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Yes - why ask? I need to make a decision on a new PDA/Phone pretty quickly. I like the Pearl, but don't want to leave Verizon. If I don't hear something soon, I won't have a choice.

I think you missed the sarcasim. 🙄 😳

yep - missed it completely. must be an off day.

bummer though - i was hoping for something i could use to help me wait for verizon.

Is there any hope for the pearl with Verizon????

Or something like it ????

No but just wait until AT&T buys Verizon this year in june and u can just use the one we offer here at Cingular

what the **** are u talkin about that wont ever happen.

LoL
i was kidding .....

You would be prying VZW out of Vodaphone's cold, dead hands . . . . No way they're giving up on that one, not even to Verizon.

RIM has a contract on the Pearls except the white one which T-Mobile has 😢 so don't expect to see it at Verizon any time soon...however, Verizon is coming out with a few phones that make me envious 👀

what are the new ones?

Technologies are incompatible, there's no way that can happen.

First of all, wow, that is a crazy thought. Cingular has a hard time keeping the customers that they already have. Being an economics degree graduate I understand what the "law of diminishing returns" is. It is what Cingular has been going through for the past year. They are losing more customers each quarter than they are gaining. At the pace that they are on currently it would not be too long and there would just be no more customers because they all went elsewhere.

Second, why would Cingular be "unbranding" their company so that they can change the name, thus, cleansing themselves of their already tarnished image.

Lastly, it would be a really hard time trying to conjoin the two networks. Can you imagine merging 112 million...
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Sorry, but you have your facts wrong. Cingular has been adding customers and growing their customer base over the last year. Verizon has been the one losing customers, which is why Cingular has been increasing the distance between the number 1 and spot. As for the "tarnished" name several different studies contradict that statement. While all cell phone providers could do a better job at customer service, T Mobile usually leads in customer service followed by Cingular. Part of the heavy advertising by AT&T is because their own studies along with studies by independent groups like Advertising Age have shown the Cingular name to be highly recognizable (Jack is the 8th most recognized mascot) and one with a positive image.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/...r_results_dc_3 »


NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc.'s (NYSE:T - news) Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile phone service by customer base, on Wednesday said quarterly profit nearly quadrupled, boosted by customer growth that beat Wall Street estimates.


AT&T, which took full control of Cingular when it bought BellSouth last month, saw its shares rise $1.24, or 3.5 percent, to $36.60 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Cingular's strong customer growth numbers likely mean it has taken market share from No. 3 mobile phone service Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S - news), analysts said.

"It's impressive they were able to deliver on the profit side despite growing much faster than ex...
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hahahahahahhahahahahah your on ****in drugs if you think AT&t will be buying out powerhouse Verizon your flippin nuts for saying something like that

How does this make sense anyways??? If im not mistakin, Cingular bought out AT&T and if AT&T was buying out VZW that would indicate therefore that Cingular is buying out VZW. If someone seriously thinks this, someone is really high.

No, Cingular (at&t) will set its sights on T-Mobile before VZW. T(Free)-Mobile is our biggest competition because of their pricing.

I remember the AT&T merger when the CEO of Cingular was qouted as saying something along the lines of we're going to try merge in order to make a run at being the number one carrier. Your article is also misleading, it says that Cingular claimed market share from the no. 3 wireless carrier Sprint Nextel (IMO could state that they are not the top rated overall carrier, but rather 4th in that market). Also, look at JD Power and tell me what they think about the top carriers. There has been much controversy over the "fewest dropped calls" claim. My girlfriend has cingular and she absolutely hates it. Carriers are like shoes, they make different sizes for different people. Cingular is not a bad carrier by any means, they just aren't as up to par...
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I have cingular and it DEFINITELY has ALOT of dropped calls. I live in NY with strong service and get tons of dropped calls. I had sprint and didnt even get as much. But Cingular has the best cell phones, and you could get unlocked gsm cell phones for cheaper than CDMA and much more advanced features

I have Cingular as well, no dropped calls ..yet.. but the quality could use some work. But i have only has the sync..and its kinda the quality may have somethingto do with the internal antanna on the bottom of the phone! what was samsung thinking!!

Im still not sure how to hold it without covering it lol!

LicorShot said:
No but just wait until AT&T buys Verizon this year in june and u can just use the one we offer here at Cingular

AT&T doesn't have the money to purchase Verizon. They continually report industry breaking adds and profit margins. There use to be a 10 million customer gap, but I believe it is pretty close to even now.

p.s. GSM and CDMA do not mix... one example of why these two would never work. Can you say monopoly?

Verizon is getting Unlimited Text Messaging to anyone on the 15th.

I have heard from a sprint insider that they are coming out with a blackberry pearl device, so it would not be far fetched that it will be coming to verizon as well

i know this is all sarcasm,but seriously,who leaves a carrier because of a phone. jesus im so sick of it,those who do are idiots...the phone is only as strong as the carrier behind it. its just stupid to leave something good because someone else has a better phone.

yeah i've seen that happen a couple times... very asinine. aside from the fact that you're giving up svc. that has been established to the point you know what to expect, it's not very cost effective either. pay the ETF, a new deposit, and sign up for svc. that for all you know could be crap, another contract, another large bill to activate everything... people give in to hype way too much. leave a carrier because their svc. sucks, not cuz they don't have the phone you want 😛

You want a good pda/blackberry...

So you going to switch to a blackberry..good choice 🙄

It's actually a Casio GoZone, I think. It's a water and shock resistant phone. Carried by Verizon and distributed by UTStarcom.

not all that cool, sony ericsson was a waterproof phone in japan, so this doesn't make me want to get it, and if casio is making it, it must really suck.

I have so many redneck custies that kill their phone with water/slime/manure/pondscum/mud/iceslush/baby slobber........ that this phone would make some of my headaches go away.

what about dropped in toilet?? 🙄 🤣

No no no...My favorite was a Cust. brought in a phone they dropped into the Deep Fryer...hehehhehehehhehehe 🤣

My best one was a guy who brought his phone in, when I took the battery cover off it actually poored out a pool of water.

When I asked how he got it so wet, he explained that the night before after a long evening of drinking, he was going to take a bath and do some drunk texting as well.

"I backed over it with my tractor..." I kid you not. It was all I could do to not laugh while the customer was still on the phone.

my favorite was "me and my girlfriend were fighting and she threw her phone at me and it hit the wall." I asked why he was getting it fixed and he said "she won."

stay away from the motorola Q i have seen so many problems relating to software issues

That's because when a customer has an issue with ANY PDA or smartphone, the protocol is that they call *us* and we *send* them out a replacement. The only people with PDAs you get are people who need help with the interface and who won't follow directions.

Note to other people reading ABLINDKID's posts: you would do well to pretty much do the opposite of whatever recommendation he gives.