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11-02-2006
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Nov 2005/93 posts
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Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Caught a first glimpse of a VZW prototype BlackBerry today. Code name is supposedly "Cyclone", but looks very similar to what I've seen as "GammaRay" or the 8800. Design is virtually identical to Motorola Q. Has expansion slot, trackball, GSM, etc.
Can anyone confirm if Cyclone is the same as the 8800?
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11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
SpiceMan if it's on Verizon this can be a GSM device 'cause verizon are on CDMA network and this is not the same thing at all
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(#3)
11-02-2006
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Aug 2006/1,565 posts
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Nothing...
Sounds like an interesting concept though... I gotta start searching the web for info.
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11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
This is definitely a VZW phone and I know it's capable of international roaming. I must have had my T-mobile users in mind when I typed GSM.
Either way, regardless of the technology, VZW will supposedly have it by sometime in Q2.
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(#5)
11-02-2006
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Oct 2006/6 posts
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Sooner than that. I sat on a plane last week with a senior Verizon executive, (Vice President) and he told me that there will be a Blackberry phone out on the Verizon network with international roaming within the next 5 - 6 months.
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(#6)
11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
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Originally Posted by SpiceMan
Caught a first glimpse of a VZW prototype BlackBerry today. Code name is supposedly "Cyclone", but looks very similar to what I've seen as "GammaRay" or the 8800. Design is virtually identical to Motorola Q. Has expansion slot, trackball, GSM, etc.
Can anyone confirm if Cyclone is the same as the 8800?
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(#7)
11-02-2006
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Jul 2006/244 posts
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~
Ok so Vzw is on CDMA which means a GSM phone is not for Vzw. It is possible that Vzw might be releasing an 8700 series capable of roaming overseas on a GSM network but I highly doubt Vzw is going to get a version of the 8800 series before any other carrier. I don't have any insider info, but this is just usually how things work. I have no idea what you saw or heard but none of this really makes much sense.
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11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
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Well 6 months would fall into Q2 07.
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11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
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I agree with bcoop I just think this is an 8703 with international roaming capabilities just like the moto v710 and the moto a840
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(#10)
11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Toddboy71...
I didn't want to touch that one...but you were thinking the exact same thing I was!!! LOL!!!
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(#11)
11-02-2006
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Jul 2006/244 posts
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
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Does anyone know if Vodafone is CDMA or GSM? Just curious...
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11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
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Vodafone is on 3g if I remember well which is an upgrade from gsm
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(#13)
11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Vodafone is GSM I'm sure. Don't know of any Major European carrier that is not. I think that is a EU Requirement.
Rcbjr.
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(#14)
11-02-2006
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
Vodaphone is all 3G
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(#15)
11-03-2006
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Jul 2006/244 posts
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Re: Verizon BlackBerry "Cyclone"
ok thats what I thought. Just wondering cause it would make sense if Vzw wants to release a device that can go back and forth between Vodafone and Vzw.
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