Here on DVD, 'Gilligan's Island' (USATODAY.com)

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USATODAY.com 04/30/2004 07:37 AM
seems to indicate that it is .. USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll .. what they found .. sobering news .. key findings .. Rest

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New on DVD (USATODAY.com)

New on DVD (USATODAY.com) 01/16/2004 11:32 AM
USATODAY.com - Minus any pretense of an accent, Cary Grant is a French army officer whose mutual acrimony with an American WAC (Ann Sheridan) leads to marriage. What follows is a nightmare of red tape. ("Name your father's gender," Grant misreads on an official form.) And the final humiliation: Grant in drag to pose as the war bride he technically is.

Nichols says he's sorry (USATODAY.com)

Nichols says he's sorry (USATODAY.com) 08/10/2004 07:11 AM
USATODAY.com - Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols asked for forgiveness from the families of his victims and offered to help "in their long-awaited healing process" on Monday, moments before he was given 161 life sentences for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building.

Thinking outside the TV box
(USATODAY.com)

Thinking outside the TV box
(USATODAY.com) 06/22/2004 06:12 AM
USATODAY.com - With TiVo's fast-forward, viewers' shrinking attention spans and new media choices, the 30-second TV ad has more rivals for consumers' attention. That is pushing marketers' thinking increasingly outside the TV box for ways to make the costly but still dominant commercial work harder.

USAToday on bl0gs

USAToday on bl0gs 07/27/2004 04:19 PM
An intentionally naive question of mine gave the USAToday its lead for its story on blogging today. They play it as if I'd said "Shove it!" to a venerable, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist. Oh well. It could have been worse....

An anthology about something
(USATODAY.com)

An anthology about something
(USATODAY.com) 08/06/2004 05:59 AM
USATODAY.com - You wouldn't expect a man of wealth and taste, one whose finicky TV alter-ego was turned off by a girlfriend just because she had fungicide in her bathroom, to put out a run-of-the-mill DVD collection. (Related story: Master of DVD domain)

FCC may let Wi-Fi go between TV signals
(USATODAY.com)

FCC may let Wi-Fi go between TV signals
(USATODAY.com) 05/13/2004 06:19 AM
USATODAY.com - Despite the objections of TV broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday is expected to propose allowing unlicensed wireless services to use vacant airwaves between TV stations.

Wi-Fi changes virtually everything
(USATODAY.com)

Wi-Fi changes virtually everything
(USATODAY.com) 02/19/2004 11:23 AM
USATODAY.com - Watching football on TV doesn't cut it anymore for John Furrier and his son, Alec, 8.

USATODAY.com - Behind the address

USATODAY.com - Behind the address 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
"Bullshit, platitude, platitude, bullshit" *standing ovation* .. A reality check on what Bush said on key issues: .. Why does McPaper hate America? .. speech in a fair way .. decent analysis .. USATODAY

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AOL tries to keep surfers in its Net
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AOL tries to keep surfers in its Net
(USATODAY.com) 06/01/2004 02:02 PM
USATODAY.com - A subscriber since 1994, she pays AOL $24.95 monthly even though she no longer needs it to get online. She added high-speed DSL service a year ago, at $39.95 a month.

A is for Atkins? Not yet (USATODAY.com)

A is for Atkins? Not yet (USATODAY.com) 09/23/2004 06:36 AM
USATODAY.com - A new partnership between Atkins Nutritionals Inc. and major education groups is giving heartburn to critics, who say schools shouldn't promote the popular but controversial low-carb diet, even by association.

At E3, old stuff is new again
(USATODAY.com)

At E3, old stuff is new again
(USATODAY.com) 05/13/2004 06:19 AM
USATODAY.com - •Jade Empire (Bioware, for Xbox, spring 2005), an Xbox exclusive from the developers of Knights of the Old Republic, has the combination punch of a 3-D fighting game and a role-playing adventure. The martial arts are key here, and it all plays out (yes, there's a story) in a tale of revenge and revolt in a samurai-tinged world.

USATODAY.com - Bush: 'I am not going to
come in second'

USATODAY.com - Bush: 'I am not going to
come in second' 08/27/2004 03:40 PM
USA Today interview .. asked

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It's the economy, voters, but whose?
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It's the economy, voters, but whose?
(USATODAY.com) 04/26/2004 07:43 AM
USATODAY.com - John Kerry is campaigning on the state of the economy. So is George W. Bush. But they sound as if they're running for the presidency on different planets.

ACT, SAT essays under the red pencil
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ACT, SAT essays under the red pencil
(USATODAY.com) 08/18/2004 06:43 AM
USATODAY.com - Meredith Brand can't say much about what's going on behind closed doors here at ACT Inc. headquarters: Her work deals with the closely guarded essay questions being developed for the testing company's signature product - its ACT college entrance exam.

Garnering attention (USATODAY.com)

Garnering attention (USATODAY.com) 09/02/2004 06:08 AM
USATODAY.com - The Alias cast gathers to help launch their first season on DVD. Castmates Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan have just begun a hush-hush romance, prompting show creator J.J. Abrams to tell USA TODAY: "It's interesting that Michael and Jennifer's dating coincides with a story line where they're not together on the show."

Travel is still far away for many in
Iraq (USATODAY.com)

Travel is still far away for many in
Iraq (USATODAY.com) 09/17/2004 06:56 AM
USATODAY.com - Luma Anwar and her mother arrived at the passport office at 3 a.m. one day last week.It wasn't early enough. After 12 hours in line, they were nowhere near the front.It was their third attempt to get a passport for Anwar, who plans to drive to Amman before flying to Detroit to meet her husband-to-be. The passport will have to wait for another day."If I could just get my passport, I'd be the happiest woman in the universe," says Anwar, 24.The right to travel was one of the most enticing of the freedoms Iraqis looked forward to after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. It has also been one of the most agonizingly elusive.Under Saddam, getting permission to travel could take up to a year and was mostly reserved for privileged members of the government or their families.Since they became available June 22, about 500,000 passports have been issued. But harried clerks can't keep up with demand and every day there are long lines and frustrated people.Baghdad's gleaming international airport terminal has been renovated by U.S. taxpayers at a cost of nearly $39 million dollars. But more than a year after the fall of Saddam, only a couple charter flights use the airport. And even the civilian planes use evasive tactics to avoid surface-to-air missiles when landing.Iraqi Airways had planned to resume flying this Saturday from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria. Saturday's flight would have been the nation's first international commercial flight since 1990, when U.N. sanctions were imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait.Alas, the airline remains grounded, unable to secure airspace permission from the U.S.-led coalition."All of our efforts to fly out of Iraq have been futile," says Isaac Esho, the airline's deputy director general.

D.C. police, EMS to get broadband
(USATODAY.com)

D.C. police, EMS to get broadband
(USATODAY.com) 02/12/2004 07:49 AM
USATODAY.com - Washington, D.C., is launching the nation's first broadband data network for emergency crews, an important step toward arming rescuers with the latest communication technology.

USATODAY.com - 'Day After Tomorrow': A
lot of hot air

USATODAY.com - 'Day After Tomorrow': A
lot of hot air 05/26/2004 04:36 AM

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Keep spies from skulking into your PC
(USATODAY.com)

Keep spies from skulking into your PC
(USATODAY.com) 01/22/2004 08:26 AM
USATODAY.com - The intruders are clever, secretive and silent as they slip past the door. They may arrive in disguise. You may unwittingly invite them in. They can lie low for months before striking. When they do, the person or entities that unleashed them may hijack your computer or learn everything about your online behavior, down to keystrokes. Spies lurk in our PCs, and the menace is mounting.

Goss likely to get Senate OK for CIA
(USATODAY.com)

Goss likely to get Senate OK for CIA
(USATODAY.com) 09/21/2004 06:43 AM
USATODAY.com - President Bush's choice to head the CIA would likely become national intelligence director if Congress created such a position as part of a post-Sept. 11 intelligence reform effort, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday.

Iraqis want more than what they'll get
June 30 (USATODAY.com)

Iraqis want more than what they'll get
June 30 (USATODAY.com) 06/02/2004 05:30 AM
USATODAY.com - Muhsen Meschel sits in the shade of a concrete bridge and drinks hot tea, unable to work and reluctant to go home.

The ordeal of Chaplain Yee
(USATODAY.com)

The ordeal of Chaplain Yee
(USATODAY.com) 05/17/2004 06:09 AM
USATODAY.com - Last fall, he was the Muslim chaplain who had betrayed America.

Squeezin' like it's Charmin
(USATODAY.com)

Squeezin' like it's Charmin
(USATODAY.com) 08/13/2004 06:50 AM
USATODAY.com - It begins with a handshake. Then a left hand goes to a shoulder. Then a standard manly greeting evolves into something else entirely: a full-body, lingering political hug.

More may be eligible for flu vaccine
(USATODAY.com)

More may be eligible for flu vaccine
(USATODAY.com) 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
USATODAY.com - A panel of U.S. health experts today will consider opening up the list of people who should get flu shots to reduce the chance that thousands of doses will go unused.

Interrogators hid identities
(USATODAY.com)

Interrogators hid identities
(USATODAY.com) 05/28/2004 06:26 AM
USATODAY.com - Efforts to determine who orchestrated the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison may be complicated by the ways in which many military intelligence officials, covert U.S. agents and civilian contractors obscured their identities.

N.J. governor quits, says he's gay
(USATODAY.com)

N.J. governor quits, says he's gay
(USATODAY.com) 08/13/2004 06:50 AM
USATODAY.com - New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, a husband and father of two children, announced Thursday that "I am a gay American" and said he is resigning his office because of a homosexual affair.

FDA toughens its mad cow safeguards
(USATODAY.com)

FDA toughens its mad cow safeguards
(USATODAY.com) 01/27/2004 07:05 AM
USATODAY.com - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday took some of its biggest steps yet to protect the American public against mad cow disease.

U.S. tipped to Holocaust in '42
(USATODAY.com)

U.S. tipped to Holocaust in '42
(USATODAY.com) 05/14/2004 06:23 AM
USATODAY.com - U.S. intelligence officials learned within months of the U.S. entry into World War II that Nazi Germany planned mass killings to eliminate Jews, scholars reviewing newly declassified reports said Thursday.

Goodbye tie, hello tech (USATODAY.com)

Goodbye tie, hello tech (USATODAY.com) 06/18/2004 12:45 PM
USATODAY.com - Buying for Dad year after year can become a challenge no matter how well you think that you know him, but technology is helping to ease things.

Sorting through dyslexia (USATODAY.com)

Sorting through dyslexia (USATODAY.com) 08/10/2004 07:11 AM
USATODAY.com - Linda Hendrickson remembers how paralyzed with fear she felt when asked to read aloud as a child.

The first decision is about Bush
(USATODAY.com)

The first decision is about Bush
(USATODAY.com) 05/17/2004 06:09 AM
USATODAY.com - The first contest in this year's presidential election isn't President Bush against Democrat John Kerry.

Protesters, police get set in NYC
(USATODAY.com)

Protesters, police get set in NYC
(USATODAY.com) 08/23/2004 08:39 AM
USATODAY.com - Thousands of demonstrators are expected here for the Republican National Convention next week, leading to unprecedented security and sparking concerns that First Amendment free-speech rights could be suppressed in the name of safety.

Man convicted in '87 may be innocent
(USATODAY.com)

Man convicted in '87 may be innocent
(USATODAY.com) 08/06/2004 05:53 AM
USATODAY.com - A Houston crime-lab technician misread a blood test in 1987, causing a Texas man to be sent to prison for a rape he didn't commit, six crime-lab experts said in legal papers filed Thursday.

Bush: 'I am not going to come in second'
(USATODAY.com)

Bush: 'I am not going to come in second'
(USATODAY.com) 08/27/2004 01:23 PM
USATODAY.com - As President Bush prepares for the Republican convention in New York next week, he says losing the election has never crossed his mind and the war with Iraq was worth putting his political future at risk.

Do you have 'cicada envy'?
(USATODAY.com)

Do you have 'cicada envy'?
(USATODAY.com) 06/01/2004 02:05 PM
USATODAY.com - On a recent Friday, entomologist Mike Raupp, along with his son and two coolers of live cicadas, rode the high-speed Acela train back to Baltimore after an appearance on Good Morning America in New York.

New heart villain seen (USATODAY.com)

New heart villain seen (USATODAY.com) 01/06/2005 09:08 AM
USATODAY.com - Two leading research groups independently reported today that lowering blood levels of a protein that promotes artery inflammation is just as important as reducing bad cholesterol for preventing heart attacks and strokes.

New fight over TSA screeners
(USATODAY.com)

New fight over TSA screeners
(USATODAY.com) 02/01/2005 08:28 PM
USATODAY.com - The chairman of the House aviation subcommittee said Monday he is drafting a proposal to privatize security screening at the nation's airports. "I want to get TSA totally out of operating screening," said Rep. John Mica, who has accused the agency of being too bureaucratic and only marginally effective.

Hijackers set off detectors on 9/11
(USATODAY.com)

Hijackers set off detectors on 9/11
(USATODAY.com) 07/22/2004 07:52 AM
USATODAY.com - Three of the five hijackers who flew a jet into the Pentagon set off metal detectors on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as they passed through security at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, a videotape shown Wednesday reveals.
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Verizon recalls cell phone batteries

Verizon recalls cell phone batteries 06/25/2004 08:38 PM
The batteries, some of which may be fake, have caused minor fires and injuries.

Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell
Phone Spammers

Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell
Phone Spammers 08/04/2004 09:57 AM

Although I've been blessed enough to have dodged the cellular spam bullet, I know not all of you have been so lucky. And while it's far from an epidemic (yet), Verizon Wireless is trying to nip it in the bud, filing federal lawsuits against a group of alleged New Jersey cell phone spammers who sent "152,000 unsolicited commercial electronic messages to thousands of Verizon Wireless subscribers."

Until Verizon takes down their awful sign that mars the downtown Manhattan skyline, they will remain my sworn enemy. I am glad, though, to see someone try to take a chunk out of these assholes before it becomes an even bigger deal. That being said, you can only do so much with lawsuits; perhaps a technological solution is needed. Like the one for email. Nevermind.

Read - Taking a dagger to cell-phone spam... if possible [Yahoo (USA Today)]

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Consumer Reports says Verizon has the
best cell service

Consumer Reports says Verizon has the
best cell service 01/08/2004 08:16 PM
Consumer Reports just put Verizon Wireless at the top of a new survey of cellphone providers, saying that had better service than any of its...

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

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A Bluetooth phone for Verizon

A Bluetooth phone for Verizon 05/31/2004 03:33 PM
Engadget May 31 2004 6:58PM GMT

A Bluetooth phone from Verizon? Maybe,
maybe not

A Bluetooth phone from Verizon? Maybe,
maybe not 06/08/2004 03:37 PM
Engadget Jun 8 2004 6:55PM GMT

Verizon to Launch Its First Bluetooth
Phone

Verizon to Launch Its First Bluetooth
Phone 07/26/2004 05:49 AM
Verizon Wireless last week announced plans to sell the Motorola V710 phone, marking the first time the carrier will offer a device that supports Bluetooth technology.

Verizon picks up Net phone service

Verizon picks up Net phone service 07/22/2004 12:56 PM
ZDNet Jul 22 2004 4:35PM GMT

Verizon Wireless Rolls Network Crews,
Mobile Cell Sites in Wake of Hurricane
Frances

Verizon Wireless Rolls Network Crews,
Mobile Cell Sites in Wake of Hurricane
Frances 09/05/2004 08:21 PM
Investors Business Daily Sep 6 2004 0:21AM GMT

Proxicast Adds Support For Verizon
Wireless’ DMU / MIP / Static IP To Its
LAN-Cell Mobile Gateway Cellular Router

Proxicast Adds Support For Verizon
Wireless’ DMU / MIP / Static IP To Its
LAN-Cell Mobile Gateway Cellular Router 03/14/2005 04:44 PM
New CDMA-based LAN-Cell Model Eases Deployment of Remote Monitoring, Telemetry, SCADA, Data Collection and Other Cellular Applications [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

* Verizon offers US Internet-phone
service

* Verizon offers US Internet-phone
service 07/23/2004 06:38 AM
Taipeitimes.com - Fri Jul 23, 08:20 am GMT

Verizon Now Offering Bluetooth-Enabled
Phone

Verizon Now Offering Bluetooth-Enabled
Phone 08/16/2004 04:25 PM
BrightHand Aug 16 2004 6:23PM GMT

Verizon to start Internet phone service

Verizon to start Internet phone service 07/23/2004 06:38 AM
Delawareonline.com - Fri Jul 23, 06:42 am GMT

Verizon Delays Releasing XDA III Pocket
PC Phone

Verizon Delays Releasing XDA III Pocket
PC Phone 09/17/2004 06:01 PM
BrightHand Sep 17 2004 9:36PM GMT

Verizon Seen Introducing Phone Service
via Internet

Verizon Seen Introducing Phone Service
via Internet 07/22/2004 01:11 AM
Verizon, the nation's biggest telephone company, is introducing Internet-based phone service to customers across the nation.

Switched to Verizon and the Motorola
V710 Phone

Switched to Verizon and the Motorola
V710 Phone 08/13/2004 12:33 PM
As previously threatened, I've switched to Verizon and picked up a Motorola V710 yesterday. They just arrived on Wednesday, so I'm one of the first few folks to get one (at least from my local Verizon Wireless store). To recap, my reasons for switching are twofold: I wanted to get onto Verizon for the superior coverage. I wanted a Bluetooth phone. The V710 is Verizon's one and only Bluetooth phone. So far, all I can say is that it's...

Verizon launches Internet phone service

Verizon launches Internet phone service 07/22/2004 01:08 PM
Boston Globe Jul 22 2004 5:35PM GMT

Verizon details Internet phone plans

Verizon details Internet phone plans 11/18/2003 07:49 PM
The company will begin selling Internet telephony services to broadband customers early next year, a company spokesman confirms.

Verizon to introduce Internet-based
phone services across U.S

Verizon to introduce Internet-based
phone services across U.S 07/22/2004 06:47 PM
Seattle Post Intelligencer Jul 22 2004 11:38PM GMT

Verizon Announces Internet Phone
Service, Is Google Next?

Verizon Announces Internet Phone
Service, Is Google Next? 04/08/2005 12:34 PM
FinancialWire Apr 8 2005 5:20PM GMT

Choosing a New Cellular Phone Carrier:
Verizon Wireless

Choosing a New Cellular Phone Carrier:
Verizon Wireless 07/18/2004 08:19 PM
Background I was a reasonably happy Sprint PCS customer for the last 2.5 years or so. But ever since I moved into my new place, I've become more of a disgruntled customer. The wireless signal in my house sucks. I get one "bar" of signal strength and calls typically drop, if they work at all. And the coverage at work seems to have gone downhill too. Even on the 4th floor where my current office is, I get lots of...

Verizon letting DSL customers cancel
phone service

Verizon letting DSL customers cancel
phone service 05/28/2004 10:46 AM

Verizon has gotten a clue and understand people are using their cell-phones as their primary telephone number are allowing people to cancel their landlines and keep their DSL. I am sure that they finally figured out that they where going to loose the customers otherwise. [engadget]

Verizon starts local Internet phone
service

Verizon starts local Internet phone
service 04/06/2005 11:23 PM
bizjournals.com Apr 7 2005 3:21AM GMT

Kodak to Manage Camera-Phone Pictures
for Verizon

Kodak to Manage Camera-Phone Pictures
for Verizon 02/12/2004 03:23 PM
Boston Globe Feb 12 2004 8:16PM GMT

Verizon eyes Internet-based phone plan

Verizon eyes Internet-based phone plan 07/22/2004 04:22 PM
Big News Network Jul 22 2004 8:19PM GMT

Briefly: Verizon opens global phone to
consumers

Briefly: Verizon opens global phone to
consumers 09/01/2004 03:38 PM
roundup Plus: IBM, Honda team on voice-driven car navigation...Linux seller completes name change...SAP names new VP...Amazon opens floor to political pundits.

Here on DVD, 'Gilligan's Island' (USATODAY.com)