Anything new from Verizon on the horizon?

[treofanatic]

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

Nice screen

yeah, the 320x320 screen s a noticeable upgrade from the treo 700w/700wx's 240x240 screen. you can make even more use of the higher resolution by installing realVGA.

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

I am getting use to the optical mouse. I actuallky changed it to be like a pc mouse pointer, which I am finding easier to use.

changed it from what, "navigation mode" (virtual D-pad)? in "mouse mode" it always has a mouse pointer.

just so you know, you don't need to go into any menu settings to change that. you can easily switch between modes by pressing the lock button on the left side of the phone (short press shifts mouse/scroll modes, hold down locks the phone).

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

1. LCD sleep. Once the LCD turns off for power saving, I have found the only way to get it back on is to push the Power Button at the top of the unit. Usually, most cell phones, and the Treo too, you could just press the Red "End" button, and the screen wakes up.

unfortunately, there is no good wake-up option on this phone (yet). as you've already found out, the only 2 options are "top power button only", or "any key". for anyone who puts the phone in their pocket or a case, having any key or touchscreen press wake it up will lead to random pocket-dialing and unwanted program/file launching.

for most of us, currently the only usable option is "top power button only". although it's aggravating at first, you get used it quickly. hopefully with the next firmware release they will they will add an option to use the front power button (end key) to wake it up as well as a keygaurd like the treos have, but that's probably wishfull thinking.

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

Email. With the Treo, I could press the soft key Messaging from the Today screen, and Outlook emails would pop up. With the Saga I have to go to mail, then select Outlook email.

the softkey assignment was something I missed from the treo days as well. fortunately it's an easy fix. I installed a nice today screen program launcher called iLauncher. this programs has alot of settings that you can change, including reassigning the soft keys. the program is worth the $15 it costs to register it, but if you only want to change your softkey assignment then you can simply download the free 12-day trial to do that.

you can also use the messenging/email/missed calls bar/shortcut on the today screen to access it. there is a little icon and arrow on the right side of that bar which scrolls throughn the different outlook accounts. it will stay on the last one you selected (unless it needs to notify you of somethign else like a missed call or text message).

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

Argh - I need the 800WX

don't hold your breath. I'll bet Sprint carries that phone before VZW does (if VZW ever carries it at all, they don't seem to care for Palm anymore). do you still have your treo? if so, try using it after you've gotten used to the optical mouse of the Saga. personally, I don't think I could ever go back to a D-pad phone again.

the Saga is still very new so you can't find much info on it yet, but this is probably the most active forum for it so far. chances are any issues you come accross with your Saga have already been discussed there.

enjoy your new phone

[skylarc]

Treofanatic,
Thanks so much for your review & updates. I've been waiting & waiting for something new from Verizon -- my only options based on corporate standards are blackberry & WinMo. The Saga sounds like it may be the best fit (maybe better even than holding my breath waiting for the Treo 800)

I did get to see a dummy phone in a Verizon store -- didn't get to play with the mouse since it wasn't a live phone but definitley liked the phones form factor.

I also find it very appealing that it's a true global phone with a SIM card. Since I'm heading overseas in 2 weeks, I may just pull the trigger & ordrer the Saga in the next couple of days.

Again, thanks for the helpful information -- you have pointed me in what looks like a helpful direction.

[Lee Goldman]

Has anyone heard if Verizon will be offering another choice in Windows Mobile soon?

[Lee Goldman]

Just thought I would re-oen the thread

We have been using the saga for a while; OK, but not great.

The HTC Ozone is a nice looking phone. But with only a D-Pad and no mouse, and a nice but smaller display, we don't love it.

I just saw in the rumor mill that Verizon might laucnh the 800W in Feb 2010

Has anyone heard about this?

thanks

[comiken205]

800w? If they were to get a Palm Treo I bet it would be the Treo Pro.

[Lee Goldman]

Well, we finally ran out of time. Several of our 700w's are failing in the field, and with no "Great" Verizon WInMo phone, we are making the jump to Blackberry.

I have been using the Tour for about 2 weeks; nice solid phone.

Overall, the pros & cons so far.
1. Operating System - the Blackberry is fairly easy to learn how to use. Somethings it handles better, somethings WinMo handles better.
2. Handset -the Tour is a great phone. I am missign WinMo, but with verizons poor WinMo offering, I am happy with the Tour
3. Server Software - Our biggest challenge so far is learning the RIM software running on our WIndows mail server. We did not need to do this with WInMO - one of WInMo's biggest plusses

[pitterpat]

Originally Posted by Lee Goldman

Well, we finally ran out of time. Several of our 700w's are failing in the field, and with no "Great" Verizon WInMo phone, we are making the jump to Blackberry.

Why not buy several 700Wx's off of Ebay? There are always several on there and you can find many refurbished models that almost look new?
Pat

[jfa02]

Verizon has the winmob 6.5 imagio now!