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PURDY STHU.....Who the heck actually surfs the web on a phone enough to need wifi?

3G is sufficient for now.

Got mine today, takes a bit to get use to it. overall great phone, and I can swap out memory cards and use a spare battery, try that with an iphone.....
The typing is not bad at all, its strange at first but I have gotten faster as the day goes on.

My 2 and new was up...got one for $99 and it should be here on Monday. A little hesitant about the keyboard but willing to give it a shot.

this is a world phone, runs both gsm and cdma

They're only cheap because they're crippled and overrated. Wow, a touch screen phone that clicks when you touch it. Too bad I could do that with my 8125 3 years ago.

Gotta love marketing.

come on peeps... just on this, it's VERIZON <- can you hear me now?

Didn't quite dig the keyboard. The WHOLE screen is pretty much one big button.

at least with this phone, you can change the batteries unlike the Iphone.

Too bad I was the first one to get one this morning, only to be told the system to activate it is down. I've been waiting for EIGHT hours and apparently Verizon's entire activation system is up and down across the country with everyone trying to get these going. I'm beyond pissed. This blows.

Cnet says phone is dual-mode, CDMA & GSM, though not domestic GSM. Guess ok to use in Europe or Asia. oops, didn't see post #24.

lovely screen...
too bad its verizon..

I love verizon service. It blows AT&T clear out of the water. The only downside is that Verizon cripples their phones. It's sad, I almost wish AT&T was offered here but they claim that they give no service

It is my experience as a Verizon customer that they have permanently cornered the market in lousy phones.
The other carriers always have better choice of better phones.
Then again, the other carriers have an inferior network.
So you pays your money and takes your choice.

I don't understand the lack of WiFi. It's just asinine. So many cities are blanketed in WiFi and so many hotspots and businesses and homes have WiFi now - why would you not include it? A decent internet connection is going to destroy 3G in speed tests and why wouldn't you want the speed when you can get it? Besides, not all cities have 3G coverage yet.

Not to mention, most WiFi chipsets are lower power consumption than 3G chipsets so it improves battery life.

I use my iPhone quite regularly to troubleshoot on-site wireless problems, I can tether to computers via WiFi to surf with the cellular network, I can interact with network machines...

Stupid decisions. Put a damn WiFi chip in there.

Because Verizon nickel and dimes you in the back end.

I Have the IPHONE on The ATT network and it BLOWS!!

Always getting dropped and Failed calls.

Service sucks. And i live here dead smack in the middle of Silicon Valley.

no wi-fi and you have to sign up for the $30 month internet plan..YOU cannot use the phone without the plan.

If you want this phone, great. But I'd suggest trying to work out a deal directly with Verizon instead of going through Wirefly. In the past 10 weeks, they've racked up 104 complaints with the Better Business Bureau. Check out their record before proceeding:

http://dc-easternpa.bbb.org/codbrep.html?wlcl=y&id=183237348

At least you can expand the memory with microSD cards.

#36 A buddy of mine had the same problem and got the phone's software updated and has had no more dropped calls - other than at the edge of coverage areas.

#37 The sales people all say you must have the data plan, but I would call customer service and find out for sure. I found the sales teams don't know very much. I was able to cancel my data plan on my Treo and have them block it so I wouldn't get charged by accidentally opening up the browser.