Verizon renames the Samsung U740 to Alias
By Dusan Belic on Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 5:12 AM PST In Devices, Samsung, Verizon
I guess Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s idea behind all the renaming is that users are more comfortable with phone names they can actually remember. A letter followed by two or three numbers may not be that memorable after all.
Anyway, following their decision to rename the U940 to Glyde, the CDMA carrier is (sort of) re-introducing the Samsung U740 clamshell as “Alias.” Apparently it’s the U740’s dual-hinged “nature” that made Verizon use “Alias” as the new name. The device only looks like a “sleek, high–style, high–class handset” but there’s more (like full QWERTY keyboard) under the hood.
[Via: PhoneArena]
I got this nifty phone because it was text messaging friendly. If you do alot of voice usuage i wouldn’t recommend this phone because the buttons are so small and not in the same positions as any other cell you may have used or are accustomed to. It works better in horizontal mode.
There is no good software for this phone. And getting a ringtone into thru your software is a mess.
The software is comparable to a dos user vs. aol user friendly.