Hands on video- Verizon Voyager and friends
Verizon created quite a buzz earlier this week when they announced the imminent release of four new phones on their network to take place this year. The next version of the BlackBerry Pearl was announced along with the Juke, Venus and the phone that caught everyone’s attention, the Voyager. Not wanting to leave our readers in the dark today I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Patrick Kimball of Verizon and he brought all four of the new phones for a hands-on peek at what’s coming.
The new BlackBerry Pearl looks pretty cool as do the Juke, a super narrow media wonder, the Venus with it’s unique two screen approach, and of course the Voyager, the iPhone like new handset from LG that is well, pretty cool. I took some video of the hands-on session so have a look at these four phones and you’ll see why I was impressed with what I saw. One thing I found out that I haven’t seen anywhere about the Voyager, when it ships it will have a full HTML browser and not just a WAP browser. That is very cool. I couldn’t see it in action as the prototype did not have it enabled but a full browser will be awesome on the Voyager.
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A Voyager running windows mobile would be nice….
The inability to add applications, other than select Verizon apps, would limit the phone for most tech users.
The Voyager is not aimed at tech users, it’s a mainstream phone all the way like the iPhone.
Come on,
the voyager interface is nowhere near as intuitive as the iphone.
Jk great coverage. yet again
how does the pearl compare to the 8830? also , any word on if and when verizon will enable the gps on the 8830?
The Pearl is narrower than the 8830 and the keyboard has two letters per key.
What is the resolution of the Voyager screen?
Since it was not mentioned, I assume standard QVGA, far short of the iPhone.
The Voyager will feature a dual-screen setup, a large external QVGA touchscreen (but still smaller than the iPhone) and an internal QVGA display, a QWERTY keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, and high-speed wireless connections for fast music and video downloads, Bluetooth A2DP and a MicroSD slot for 8 GB of extra memory.
JK, great video and information! :)
Some questions:
1. Can the email app connect to an IMAP-based account?
2. Does it support the instant messenger service if I want, for example, to use Windows Live?
Neil,
I disagree with you completely, the Voyager appeared in the video to be very intuitive and more important– flexible… something that Apple products always lack (it’s the Apple experience or bust).
After swearing off cell phones since their invention, the Voyager actually has me *considering* breaking down and buying one. I like the fact that I can use the touch screen if I want, but I don’t have to use it. I like the fact that it has a REAL keyboard, not just a wicked-small soft-keyboard.
Oh, and I like the removable battery (and extended battery option) too! :)
–Aaron
I didn’t get long enough with them to tell. I doubt that Windows Live will work with them not being WM devices.