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Verizon CMO confirms carrier will sell a BlackBerry 10 device at launch

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This bit of news got a bit buried amid the back-to-back-to-back press events that happened earlier this week, but Verizon Chief Marketing Officer Tami Erwin confirmed in an interview with CNET on Wednesday that the carrier will be offering at least one BlackBerry 10 smartphone at launch. As you'll recall, that launch date now sits at sometime in the first quarter of 2013, following some delays, and it's expected than an all-touch device will debut prior to a more traditional keyboard-equipped BlackBerry. Unfortunately, Erwin didn't offer any more specifics than that, but it looks like RIM's recent push to woo carriers has paid off with at least one of the big three in the US.

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Verizon CMO confirms carrier will sell a BlackBerry 10 device at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon: we will have multiple Windows Phone 8 handsets

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Verizon we will have multiple Windows Phone 8 handsets

Looks like WP8 is going to get a lot more love from Verizon Wireless than WP7 ever did. Big Red's Chief Marketing Officer Tami Erwin informed CNET that several Windows Phone 8 devices will make their way to the network before the end of Q4 2012. That means that the HTC Trophy will no longer be the sole Microsoft-powered mobile, and according to VZW COO Marni Walden, there might even be a Nokia handset or two on Verizon's network in the future -- no word whether the either of the new Lumias will make the cut. As for the hardware slated to show up in the next few months, Verizon's neither telling who's making them just yet nor when they will officially debut. But, it's good to know that folks will have the option of using Microsoft's new super-speedy OS on Verizon's lightning quick LTE network this year.

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Verizon: we will have multiple Windows Phone 8 handsets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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