BlackBerry 8703e on Verizon this month?
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Aug 8th 2006 at 6:21PM
Late to the party, perhaps; but late is almost always better than never in the phone game, and word on the street has the 8703e variant of RIM's 8700 series finally finding its way to Verizon on the 28th of this very month. Normally, we'd pass on this kind of hearsay, but roc a fella's track record speaks for itself, so Verizon customers may want to start their thumb strengthening regimen immediately.[Thanks, Gary]
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless, CDMA
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ItsAllVerbatim @ Aug 8th 2006 7:56PM
roc a fella is THE MAN.
He popped off so many VZW exclusives last year, it was crazy. The Treo 700, etc.
He's a beast.
yewk0n @ Aug 9th 2006 12:27AM
just the 8703. if there was going to be an e added on the end, it would have been the 8700e. come on guys.
Vanquish @ Aug 9th 2006 1:10AM
Lol, they're probably gonna give it several names like 8703e 8703g.
Since i'm GUESSING it'll come to other CDMA/EV-DO carriers, they'll be giving it other suffixes; e for ev-do? g for global? i for .... iDEN!?
jibi@bbf @ Aug 9th 2006 6:04PM
@yewk0n, it is the 8703e. For sh*ts and giggles, it was actually, at one time, the 8702e. But nevertheless, the letter is at the end. :)
Axinar @ Aug 9th 2006 9:47PM
You know - I have to admit this is a pretty impressive looking phone/PDA.
I wonder what the calling/data plans will look like?
I also wonder if Yahoo and AOL IM clients will be built-in.
Definitely looks like it has potential though - mixing that, from all accounts, wicked solid CDMA coverage with Blackberry functionality.
Of course the big question is ... will it be able to render the graphic from Blogger's comment word verification function?
Ell @ Aug 9th 2006 11:31PM
I hope it doesen't look like the image i see there, looks like crap. I'd take a 7250 over that. Keep the blackberry's Black. and btw VZW blackberry plans are like highway robbery compared to tmobile etc. ;)
DJ E @ Aug 10th 2006 10:55AM
Hmmm kinda different looking. I can dig it. Yeah But you need to remember Ell that Verizon actually works and Tmob doesn't unless I am standing on top of my car on the top level of a parking garage in the middle of downtown on one leg and holding my phone up with my right hand and using binocs to see the screen to find out who just sent the email that was actually lagged in tmob's system from 2 days ago since i haven't had any signal and didn't know it.
Mo @ Aug 17th 2006 10:36PM
I have to say Blackberry is one of the best phones I have ever had, and believe me I buy everything that comes out in the market. I wonder if this combination of reliable network with reliable e-mail device will work? You have to agree no other e-mail device comes close to the blackberry speed of e-mail reliability. User interface they need help but if you want to make sure you get your e-mails in a timely matter, then I go with BB before buying a push e-mail device.