There were a couple of interesting things in the latest edition.

One of our divisions works on a display technology call Mirasol. As we all know, battery life is one of the most important issues with mobile phones, and the display usually eats a lot of that. Just like on your laptop, if you dim you screen, your batt life goes up. In talking about display technology, there was this interesting bit of info:

** Not in original QMag article

Interesting that the HTC has the best resolution (by far) and also the best battery life.

And then there is a small blurb about some researchers at Washington University that came up with USB ultrasound probes that work with WinMo. So apparently in developing countries, doctors could use mobile phone technology to take an ultrasound. Pretty cool.

But more and more it seems like VZ is falling behind in the phone department. Cruising their website shows a mediocre selection and some downright odd handsets.

Apple initially talked to VZ about the iPhone, and for whatever reason, they didn’t take it. Sure, it was probably a risk then, and maybe they would have had to give up a little control to do it.. but you know they are kicking themselves now.

Then came Android, and all the talk about how VZ had a falling out with the Open Handset Alliance. It seems they have rectified this, but still, there have been no handsets announced, and just rumors and statements saying they are coming.

And then VZ goes buck nutty about the Balckberry Storm. Initially it looked pretty good. BB has a great reputation for email devices, and a full touchscreen BB seemed pretty cool. I had one for about 6 months, and I wasn’t impressed, but thats another post.

And now Sprint has the Pre. I’ve played around with it a few times. Its a great phone, and a definite competitor. If they get their app store off the ground, this could be good times.

So, VZ, with the best network in the country, is left with nothing, while all the other big networks have a signature phone. They need to put down the beer and get with it. VZ is a joint venture with Vodafone… and Voda got the very cool HTC Magic. Why not VZ?

I switched to T-Mo to get an G1, and love Android. But I would switch back to VZ in a heartbeat if any one of the Android, iPhone, Pre options were available.