There's surprisingly little synchronicity amongst Verizon's diverse service offerings, of which Verizon Wireless is just a part -- you've also got landline telephones, internet, and television in the mix. The
Hub is a small step toward bridging those services (though ironically, the device is offered solely through Wireless, not the landline division), and another step is coming courtesy of FusionOne, which is partnering with Big Red to deliver unified contact synchronization across all of Verizon's services later this year. With cloud services more real than ever before and heavyweights like Google clearly looking to be at the forefront, Verizon's effort seems almost quaint in comparison -- but for folks who subscribe to a number of the company's services and want a dead-simple contact management solution without having to venture outside the Verizon ecosystem, this just might be the answer. FusionOne has previously partnered with Verizon Wireless to deliver Backup Assistant, so the new service really seems like it'll be little more than an extension of that; alas, no word on pricing or availability yet.
posted February 23rd 2009 11:54PM
Ever so gradually, Verizon is moving in the right direction... just wish they'd move a bit faster.
does anyone think that phone looks a lot like the palm pre?
It is a really old phone from HTC called the Blue Angel. It came with WM2003
ahh!!! dejavu!!!
I used to have that phone, it was HUGE and it ran winmo 2003. The verizon name for it was the XV6600. It's definitely not as awesome as the pre.
AT&T has been selling their HomeManager for months with many of the same features. Contact sync, visual voicemail, email client, customizable weather, sports, news etc. Admittably Verizon's offering is much more eye catching.
Now if they could sync their system with Facebook then I'd never have to update a contact again
Exchange has been taking care of this for me for years. Better to have that than a proprietary verizon system. Not a bad idea for their customers, though.