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Verizon launching FiOS Interactive Media Guide {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2007 5:53PM Can anyone with the new IMG v2.0, with the high-end, dual-tuner DVR Box, tell me if you can set "Reminders" for TV shows you want to watch in advance. While strange (and basic) as this seems, the current FiOS TV Program Guide can only do this with the low-end Boxes (STBs) - confirmed Verizon tech support! Seems they felt with the high-end DVR Boxes, this wasn't needed due to having the "Record" function!
I think they're badly mistaken - I miss this - and currently I have to write onto a piece of paper, each time for each show that I want to watch! -And I pay for the high-end STB!!!
Yet more G'zOne Type-S details {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 21st 2007 8:30PM Its the size of the screen that's the deal-breaker for me - its what, a 1.8"? I REALLY was wanting for this to be like one of the slick Jap models (2.8"/2.6" screens). Its such a tiny screen for a phone as large & thick as this phone (4" x 2" x 1"+) - makes me LOL.
I guess now I'm hoping that Sprint might bring the REAL thing. (Or, always can hope the new KDDI Mobile MVNO will surprise us).
Casio G'zOne Type S for Verizon? {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 15th 2007 1:47PM Another forum had pictures of theType-S (kudos to "gunny"):
http://saucerater.com/g.jpg
Have to say, Im disappointed. The phone looks nice, and if like the Type-V, should work great - it just seems to be lacking the thing I wanted most: A LARGER SCREEN/LCD! Other Jap models have 2.6s and even 2.8s, while form loks of it, the Type-V is a step BACKWARD to maybe a 2.2 or even 2.0!!! Pictures can be decieving, so What do you others think? Waiting so long for this, to get specs, or even see pics, this is a major disappointment. Wonder if Verizon or Casio Japan is to blame? Why a LARGE screen - for using VZ Navigation (those morons). This just plain pisses me off!
Casio G'zOne Type S for Verizon? {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 28th 2007 8:38PM Finally! Found something more on the Type-S (waiting for Verizon is worse than watching paint dry). 3/27/2007, [Alledged at NAB Show in Las Vegas April 14-17 - Handset Vendors Segment The Market: Attendees looking for the lowdown on new handsets... Here’s a sampling of what attendees will find at select booths: Casio: The company is expanding its G'zOne (Jeez-Wun) lineup of ruggedized phones with the Type S, which is smaller and more stylish than the original Type V but still promoted as being resistant to shock, dust, water, humidity, salt, fog and solar radiation. It also resists scratches and vibration. It will be on display in the booth of UTStarcom, which will distribute it in the United States.
Two versions of the CDMA 1x phone will be available, one with push-to-talk (PTT) and the other without. Both add Bluetooth to the series and replace a stub antenna with an antenna embedded inside a handle at top. Like their predecessor, both models are digital dual-mode 800/1,900MHz models with GPS, speakerphone, built-in camera and a lantern. [Lantern or a LED flashlight? Anyway...]
As part of Casio's G-Shock family, the phones' exterior screen looks like the face of a watch and features a stopwatch and countdown timer. [ibid] Now I hear VZW’s PPT is pretty bad, but another new development is that Verizon / AllTel-Lucent acquisition (today) may help develop their PTT capabilities further. See the article @ http://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=119148
