When Will the ThunderBolt Be Available for Purchase

[TBLuvr]

Oh.. I'm sorry I thought the new HTC Thunderbolt was a droid, my mistake. You are incorrect, it's original name was "Light Peak", and it has been branded as "Thunderbolt", by Intel! You can search around on macrumors.com for any of the info you require. A Very well trusteed site, and very accurately monitored through confirmed information.

Continuing a thought... Why would Apple create a different name for a peripheral port connection, when it will most likely replace USB!?!? Not a very likely happening... Intel has the patient on the tech., so they would be the one naming it... Right!?!?

Ok guy. I posted this at Android Central this morning. APPLE named it Thunderbolt, not Intel.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm all out of troll food...

Go get your troll food...!! Sorry... it doesn't matter where YOU posted something this morning... Dude...! Intel has the trademark!! WHY... would a computer company name a peripheral connection, that is patented by someone else!?!?!! IT JUST DOSEN'T WORK THAT WAY!! There will be no HTC Thunderbolt....!!! Sorry to break it to ya.

regardless of whether or not some other company is calling their product the "thunderbolt", VZW is not in the process and will not be in the process of rebranding this phone. there's no way they'd have 400 ad campaigns going "introducing the thunderbolt by HTC" if they were working on rebranding it with a different name.

 

[stumbleflyx]

So apple wants to name something Thunderbolt now.......

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[stumbleflyx]

I read that earlier today and didn't think anything bout it lol

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[daniel73]

Ok guy. I posted this at Android Central this morning. APPLE named it Thunderbolt, not Intel.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm all out of troll food...

Go get your troll food...!! Sorry... it doesn't matter where YOU posted something this morning... Dude...! Intel has the trademark!! WHY... would a computer company name a peripheral connection, that is patented by someone else!?!?!! IT JUST DOSEN'T WORK THAT WAY!! There will be no HTC Thunderbolt....!!! Sorry to break it to ya.

regardless of whether or not some other company is calling their product the "thunderbolt", VZW is not in the process and will not be in the process of rebranding this phone. there's no way they'd have 400 ad campaigns going "introducing the thunderbolt by HTC" if they were working on rebranding it with a different name.

If someone has a copyright on the name... and they decide not to allow you to use it... then yes they would have to change it. If you'll notice there is much less electronic advertising right now on the HTC. Partially, for them just now finding out, it was all part of Apple/Intel secrecy machine.

 

[daniel73]

I read that earlier today and didn't think anything bout it lol

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I'm not sure who came up with the name, but the name "Thunderbolt" is copyrighted by Intel. Apple is using said port, on their new MacBooK Pro's.

 

[leehblanc]

I am a Mac guy anyway!! HTC Incredible was a nice little phone, and I do miss it a little, but I've got an iPhone, and will never go back. As a Mac user, Droids are not a viable option.... They are just to cluttery and don't sync. And I have to use google to keep up with my contacts... and calendars.. NO........ Thank you!!!

Go get your troll food...!! Sorry... it doesn't matter where YOU posted something this morning... Dude...! Intel has the trademark!! WHY... would a computer company name a peripheral connection, that is patented by someone else!?!?!! IT JUST DOSEN'T WORK THAT WAY!! There will be no HTC Thunderbolt....!!! Sorry to break it to ya.

Okay, now you have ZERO cred (as if you had any before)... I'm typing this on a MacBook pro. My Address Book and iCal sync perfectly with my Google account. Any idiot that can type "Google.com" in their address bar can do it in 5 minutes. So that's one less than factual statement.

Check this link out:
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
Yep... 0 for 2. The "Thunderbolt" trademark belongs to Verizon Wireless. has since December 2010. I'm pretty sure when it comes to reliable information, the United States Patent and Tradmark Office trumps MacRumors. kthxbai

 

[stumbleflyx]

The could rename the Thunderbolt to "bleeeeeeeeeep"

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[TBLuvr]

Go get your troll food...!! Sorry... it doesn't matter where YOU posted something this morning... Dude...! Intel has the trademark!! WHY... would a computer company name a peripheral connection, that is patented by someone else!?!?!! IT JUST DOSEN'T WORK THAT WAY!! There will be no HTC Thunderbolt....!!! Sorry to break it to ya.

regardless of whether or not some other company is calling their product the "thunderbolt", VZW is not in the process and will not be in the process of rebranding this phone. there's no way they'd have 400 ad campaigns going "introducing the thunderbolt by HTC" if they were working on rebranding it with a different name.

If someone has a copyright on the name... and they decide not to allow you to use it... then yes they would have to change it. If you'll notice there is much less electronic advertising right now on the HTC. Partially, for them just now finding out, it was all part of Apple/Intel secrecy machine.

still not buying it. VZW would rather pay the fines and legal fees for using someone else's name (although I think someone already said that VZW were the ones who actually got the copyright claim anyways...) than to make an even bigger mess of this PR fiasco. it will remain the Thunderbolt by HTC.

 

[Droid DOES!!]

I had a classroom training on the TB and iPhone at the same time plus an "online tutorial" (VZ Learn). Managers (corporate) took both as well. The phone will launch when it launches. Everything is being kept hush hush...even to reps and I have no idea why.

Yea looks like the 28th now. I talked to a few vzw people today and they said the reason it got pushed back so many times was because of the lack of skype video chat. This was a big deal at ces, but they kept loading those videos in the demo. I saw one skype video call but it was for like 10 seconds on youtube. The phones will ship with out this feature but that should be fixed on the first update. I'd just use oovoo anways. It's a much better program and easy to install. So the 14th, the 24th, and now the 28th were never wrong, just right at one time, but wrong now. Some people read it somewhere and just reposted the info like a virus. Others who work for the company had a better idea, but as you can see nothing is 100%. I think they finally decided to just ship the phone unless they want to try and get this issue fixed before they ship As for the guy saying vzw employee's don't get traning with the phones that's bs.... they usually get hands on training like the iphone but for this phone they got online tutorials on how the phone works.

DroidForums Junkie!!

 

[stumbleflyx]

I am familiar with the trademark site as I have looked into trademarking my band names

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[Martin030908]

daniel, you're making claims with no proof.

 

[TBLuvr]

I am a Mac guy anyway!! HTC Incredible was a nice little phone, and I do miss it a little, but I've got an iPhone, and will never go back. As a Mac user, Droids are not a viable option.... They are just to cluttery and don't sync. And I have to use google to keep up with my contacts... and calendars.. NO........ Thank you!!!

Go get your troll food...!! Sorry... it doesn't matter where YOU posted something this morning... Dude...! Intel has the trademark!! WHY... would a computer company name a peripheral connection, that is patented by someone else!?!?!! IT JUST DOSEN'T WORK THAT WAY!! There will be no HTC Thunderbolt....!!! Sorry to break it to ya.

Okay, now you have ZERO cred (as if you had any before)... I'm typing this on a MacBook pro. My Address Book and iCal sync perfectly with my Google account. Any idiot that can type "Google.com" in their address bar can do it in 5 minutes. So that's one less than factual statement.

Check this link out:
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
Yep... 0 for 2. The "Thunderbolt" trademark belongs to Verizon Wireless. has since December 2010. I'm pretty sure when it comes to reliable information, the United States Patent and Tradmark Office trumps MacRumors. kthxbai

+1
not a viable reason for the delay

 

[stumbleflyx]

+1 what up!!!!

I had a classroom training on the TB and iPhone at the same time plus an "online tutorial" (VZ Learn). Managers (corporate) took both as well. The phone will launch when it launches. Everything is being kept hush hush...even to reps and I have no idea why.

Yea looks like the 28th now. I talked to a few vzw people today and they said the reason it got pushed back so many times was because of the lack of skype video chat. This was a big deal at ces, but they kept loading those videos in the demo. I saw one skype video call but it was for like 10 seconds on youtube. The phones will ship with out this feature but that should be fixed on the first update. I'd just use oovoo anways. It's a much better program and easy to install. So the 14th, the 24th, and now the 28th were never wrong, just right at one time, but wrong now. Some people read it somewhere and just reposted the info like a virus. Others who work for the company had a better idea, but as you can see nothing is 100%. I think they finally decided to just ship the phone unless they want to try and get this issue fixed before they ship As for the guy saying vzw employee's don't get traning with the phones that's bs.... they usually get hands on training like the iphone but for this phone they got online tutorials on how the phone works.

DroidForums Junkie!!

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[leehblanc]

daniel, you're making claims with no proof.

Thank you. I don't know that he'll recover from my USTPO body blow

 

[Martin030908]

daniel, you're making claims with no proof.

Thank you. I don't know that he'll recover from my USTPO body blow

Yea your actual proof pretty much put the brakes on his theory. Pretty sure he wasn't wearing a seat belt either :icon_eek: