Verizon launching V Cast Apps on March 29th, RIM devices get first dibs
By Darren Murph 
posted March 24th 2010 2:50PM
posted March 24th 2010 2:50PM
Responding to a few questions, Verizon insists that its own storefront won't take away from "other markets," namely the Android Marketplace. Instead, they're "perpetuating the ecosystem," with the app store simply being a vessel of distribution. In other words, app devs are stoked that their software could be found in multiple stores.
Incredible?...No?...*sigh*
@InspectorEngadget
GOT MY HD2!!!
@InspectorEngadget
EVO 4G soon to be mine as well!!!!!!11!1!!!!11!!!!!1!!11!!!111!!1!
@TonyMontana2367 How is it? That is one sick phone, but I am waiting for the HTC EVO 4G!
@angermeans
like Android it's good to kill apps (and not good at the same time) to rid any chance for lag. hardware is gorgeous, software is all eye candy before you hit brick and mortar windows shit. I'm loving it.
I guess one guy didn't get the memo about dress code?
@Oghowie You mean the guy wearing the striped shirt?
@Oghowie LOL dude thinks it's family picnic
I had my S1 freeze up on 2 phone calls this morning. I have no need or desire to install any more apps on this POS. I'm hoping for some info on the Inc or N1.
Verizon apps are lame. They need to put out a real press release, like the one they missed yesterday... Nexus One where are you?
=D
Fail. Just fail.
Wow, just in time for me to ditch my S1 for an Incredible.
Lower rate plans? Better phones? People pay for apps?
Nothing to see here, next!
saw verizon... got excited... come onnn nexus one!
@Ronster Same here haha...oh well. I'll just continue to be stuck with my Storm. :-\
Hey Verizon... big farking deal!
How 'bout pushing out the 2.1 update for my Droid already!
Launch the Incredible already too.
No Nexus 1 or Incredible news from VZW? No care.
Take your Skype and your V Cast apps and keep them to yourselves until you have any phones worth a damn to announce.
@mac35
+1
@mac35
God forbid they cater to the highest selling phones on their network first. Don't forget, 5 out of top10 smartphones sold in the US are blackberries and they have the majority marketshare. There is only one Android from Verizon that cracked the top 10, the Droid and android still has a tiny marketshare still. As a business, what would serve first?
Hoping for some info on Incredible and N1. EVO looks sweet and all but won't ever go back to Sprint. Maybe if EVO or equivalent ever came to verizon I would pick it up. Not sure about the whole non AMOLED screen on the EVO.
@chriset ......With specs that blow any mobile device created out of the water you are not sure about this phone because of the non AMOLED screen. Exactly how many phones with AMODLED screens have u owned that will make u miss it so much. Give me a break !!!
@TheEdge Not saying I wouldn't buy it if it came out on VZW, will say that I won't be purchasing it on Sprint. Just wondering why they went all the way on every spec except the screen seems to me like it's 99% all their. Also correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't AMOLED use less power so better bat. life?
it won't hurt verizon thats for sure, but this is really not important enough that they should be wasting resources on it. I highly doubt they will come up with enough good apps at cheap enough prices to make anyone switch carriers or improve loyalty. How getting us some new phones verizon...Thats what keeps the customers coming
Disappointed no one at the event had the balls to ask about the Incredible. Also, who cares about the V Cast App market? It's going to suck just like the V Cast market does now.....just with more apps.
Everyone else is announcing great new products. What does verizon do? "No new phones or anything but we slightly improved vcast! Lol."
@scots79 .....I personally know 5 people leaving Verizon for Sprint when the EVO launches....Verizon better step up to the plate or they will lose many subscribers.
@TheEdge It's all about Android man. V better step up with some new hardware.
That's nice. Now where is the bleeping Incredible? Have fun funding your LTE rollout when everyone starts bailing for networks w/ the new hotness!
"Instead, they're "perpetuating the ecosystem," with the app store simply being a vessel of distribution. In other words, app devs are stoked that their software could be found in multiple stores. "
BS - who says that an app written for a blackberry is going to run on Android? Is it a separate SDK? Do you really think us Devs want yet another mobile SDK / Ecosystem to port to and have to submit our apps too? And this one is run by the Verizon, the most anal mobile carrier in the US, and which will always be second to the platform's real marketplace? Please. They'll be lucky to get a few hundred apps on it.
Vcast?! Doesn't Verizon realize this provides negative PR. When I was on Verizon, Vcast was a horrible waste of time. I couldn't cancel it fast enough. When I asked a guy in the Verizon store, "Does ANYBODY actually pay for this?", he came just short of admitting the only way Verizon gets Vcast subscribers is because people forget to cancel the service before the free trial runs out.
LOL who cares about this news? It's pointless without an awesome new phone to run those lame apps on. Yes, I have a bit of an issue with Verizon dangling that friggin' carrot of 'spring release'. Those game players are going to lose subscribers.