About time, Verizon

For those of you who have been heeding my advice and avoiding the Moto Q in favor of a better smartphone on Verizon, looks like VZW is finally going to be releasing some of these long-awaited devices.

And for those of you who jumped ship because you couldn't resist the Jesus Phone, just remember to practice safe phoning.

New MotoQ? Might want to skip it

Ever since I got the Moto Q, I've had tons of people asking me if I'd recommend it. My basic answer has been "No, the phone is extremely buggy, wait for the new batch of Windows Mobile 6 phones with WiFi that are coming down the pipeline." (ie. VX6800,

Well, Verizon has finally released one of the new Windows Mobile 6 phones (sans built-in WiFi)...the new Motorola Q9m.

For those of you who were patiently taking my advice and waiting for a WM6 phone, you way want to wait a little longer.

While the Q9m is getting some decent reviews, I've seen others that insult the consumers who purchase this phone:

"Seriously, if you buy this phone, you are dumb."
-Gizmodo

Verizon should be able to do better than this...

VZW...they can't hear me

Has anyone tried to call a VZW store lately? It's damn near impossible to get anyone on the phone.

The new LG-VX8600 came out yesterday and so I tried to call around to find out who had them in stock. None of the area VZW stores would answer their phone if you select option #4 - Sales.

I tried calling 4 local VZW stores and got the same thing at every store...probably about 20 times total between all the stores.

"We're sorry, Verizon Wireless [Insert city name here] is unavailable. Please leave a message."...grrrr