“Geek” Scavenger Hunt in Seattle: Verizon Urban Challenge
Posted on 29. Oct, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Equipment, Wireless Industry
HTC and Verizon are teaming up for a one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt revolving around the use of HTC handsets.
Motorola Droid X, HTC Incredible Supply Problems Are Not Intentional.
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Wireless Equipment, Wireless Industry
The Droid X (far right) is big figuratively and literally. At this moment, they're sold out. Photo courtesy Dan Thompson, Claris Networks. Click photo for device review.
I’ve heard several otherwise intelligent folks speculating that the supply shortages of the Motorola Droid X and the HTC Incredible are somehow intentional.
Let me reassure you, dear reader, that this is not the case. No conspiracy theory is logical. Right now, Verizon and the Android device manufacturers want to snag as much of the iPhone demographic as possible before the iPhone is available on the Verizon network! Otherwise, those customers will go to AT&T and the iPhone, despite AT&T network shortcomings. Droid-OS manufacturers will never have a better time to sell their products on the Verizon network than right now, when they are not competing with the iPhone.
Verizon could have sold dozens of thousands more Motorola Droid X’s in the device launch this past weekend. We’re unsure what exactly the supply issue is with the Droid X, although it may simply be poor sales forecasting and that would be a shame. The HTC Incredible, though several months out of the gate, is still working through supply issues with its AMOLED screen produced by Samsung (right now, if you order an Incredible from Verizon’s website, your device will ship on 8/3, although we’ve heard Verizon recently okayed a new Super-LCD version of the Incredible that will not have the supply issues… more coming soon).
So, assuming that Verizon and the device manufacturers have half a brain and a functioning brain stem between them, they would not have decided to reduce supply intentionally. I’m willing to make that assumption.
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In related news, our friends at Claris Networks have reviewed the Droid X. As always, Dan Thompson’s thoughts are insightful and well-stated.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
Android Surpasses iPhone in Smartphone Marketshare in Q1 2010
Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Jay Witherspoon in Cellular Sales News, Wireless Industry
iLove Apple products as much as the next guy, but if they’re on a bad network, they’re not at all reaching their potential. I currently carry the new HTC Droid Incredible (on the nation’s best wireless network), and I am here to tell you the iPhone 4G (assuming it makes it to Verizon in 2011) will have to be one bad shut-your-mouth to make me want to leave the Android platform. Apparently consumers agree with the points above, because Android handsets just overtook the iPhone’s #2 position behind RIM/BlackBerry in smartphone sales during Q1 2010.
Also, here’s an interesting article stating that Verizon users have iPhone envy. Likely to very likely, I admit. But I imagine just as many iPhone users have Verizon network envy!
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
Google on Nexus One for Verizon… Uh, Nevermind.
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Cellular Sales in Cellular Sales News, Equipment
HTC Incredible, Launches April 29, 2010
Google just did an about face and announced that their Nexus One handset will NOT be available on the Verizon network, and they suggest you buy a DROID Incredible by HTC instead. Cellular Sales is happy to see this announcement, because the Nexus One was set only to be available online through Google’s website (not CellularSales.com or Verizon’s site). And while we were not that worried that online handset sales through Google were going to cut into our numbers, we would prefer to have all equipment options available to us in our retail environment.
Cellular Sales does customer service better than anyone, and smartphones require more time with a wireless expert than most cellphones. So maybe Google’s decision was based on issues they had with customer service for the T-Mobile version? Not sure, but we’re happy to see it. And it makes us even more excited about Thursday’s launch of the Incredible. Visit CellularSales.com to find a location near you. Pre-order by calling a store. Pre-order will not be available through CellularSales.com.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising
HTC Incredible Solves The "Tethering Problem" With Android/Verizon
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Cellular Sales in Cellular Sales News, Service Features
So, some geeky Verizon-users I know have been noting the lack of this feature: support for tethering Android phones for Internet connectivity (essentially using your phone as a modem). Let me clarify: the geeky folks I know who are also conservative enough not to be willing to run illicit software or do warranty-voiding stuff to their phones have shown great chagrin at the fact that you could not use Android phones to legally connect your computer to the Internet (even if you WANTED to pay for it).
The HTC Incredible answers that problem, and will officially support tethering. That gives the user “one throat to choke” if it doesn’t work right, as so succinctly put by the editor of ZDNet, who notes his joy at seeing the new feature. We’ll hope it doesn’t come to that. It is, after all, the Verizon network.
-Jay Witherspoon, Director of Advertising, Cellular Sales
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