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I’m seeing a very interesting increase in traffic coming in searching for the term ‘VX11000′. This would presumably be the next in the V, enV/(enV2), and Voyager series from Verizon, although that’s certainly not guaranteed. The Voyager was Verizon’s response to the iPhone and while an amazing peice of equipment, it certainly didn’t come close to meeting the iPhone killer hype that was piled on it.
If you’re reading this and have come to the site by searching for the VX11000, please leave me a comment and tell me why! What prompted your search?
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My man on the inside has reported that the 3G iPhone was announced today to great fanfare. A few quick points:
- 8GB 3G iPhone – $199
- 16GB 3G iPhone – $299
- Small Battery (in size)
- 5 hours Talk time
- Real GPS instead of cell phone triangulation
- Many more countries
- Available July 11th
I also hear that it was a great keynote and one of the biggest cheers went up when India was announced as one of the new countries where the phone would be available.
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There should be a drop in price on ebay for the 1st generations soon:
I’ll get some more Voyager hacking info up soon, but one thing that you’ll need to know for sure is how to access the service menu:
First, open the phone. Then type in ‘##PROGRAM10000′ and press Send. The code is ’000000′, all zeros.
One very interesting piece of news coming from HowardForums is that you can steam audio and video via Orb. That means if you have a tuner card
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If you act quickly you can add the $5/mo mobile web plan before the new plans take effect. This option will be discontinued, but if you already subscribe your service will be grandfathered in as long as you keep your current plan. I still suggest you keep your WAP hack intact if you use a proxy and not just the wap.google hack. A proxy with cookie support adds enough extra benefits to make it worth the extra trouble, the ability to check your gmail on your cell phone is worth the trouble by itself!
*For more info on hacking see the Cell Phone Toolkit
The LG Venus will be available for preorder on October 19th, it will be available to purchase on November 4th. Pricing has been a little harder to nail down on this model but it looks like we’ll see it in at around $199, with rebates possible.
Venus Pics and info: Test Unit Pics, Field Test Unit, Additional Field Test Unit, NEW! LG’s Page
From LG:
Fashion-forward users will love The Venus™ by LG, exclusively available from Verizon Wireless. This fashion statement has dual front screens – the lower screen features touch sensitive navigation. The slim, stylish slider comes in both black and pink and features a dedicated music key for easy access to music. The player supports .mp3, .wma and unprotected .aac file playback, plus Bluetooth stereo so users won’t need to clutter their cutting-edge look with headset or stereo wires.
In addition to the sharp dual screens, The Venus™ by LG also features:
• Expandable memory with microSDTM cards, currently up to 8 GB
• 2.0 megapixel camera with landscape rendering and zoom/review adjustments• Speakerphone
• VZ Navigator
• Picture, text, video and instant messaging
• Bluetooth stereo for headsets and speakers
• Built-in stereo speakers
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Expandable microSD memory slot of up to 8 GB
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