Remember when we caught wind that Verizon was prepping a worldband version Samsung’s i760 Windows Mobile piece? That rumor’s suddenly gained a lot more credence now that we’ve seen a so-called SCH-i770 pass through the FCC’s hallowed halls, especially considering the device outline’s uncanny resemblance to that of the aforementioned i760. We’d previously heard that there might be some HSDPA on board, and while we’re not seeing any evidence of that from the FCC’s test reports, we can confirm that it’ll feature EV-DO, WiFi, and Bluetooth in addition to all the GSM you’ll need to get by while roaming through mysterious foreign lands. No word on when we might actually see an announcement about this one, but we imagine Verizon doesn’t want to wait that much longer — the i760 design isn’t getting any younger, y’know.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Remember that spellbinding page-turner of a user guide for Motorola’s W755 that we brought you a while back? Of course you do — how could anyone forget? The anticipation of a new model in Moto’s W line of low- to midrange handsets is always nearly too much to bear for us, as we’re sure it is for you. Anyway, enough with the ribbing and onto business: press shots of the Verizon-bound flip have surfaced, showing that the phone will be available in at least two shades, black and purple. With a 1.3 megapixel camera on board it’s not about to set any records or turn any heads, but the external touch-sensitive music controls are a bonus — and hey, we guess a choice of colors is always nice. Still no word on a release here, so we hope these shots will hold you over in the meanwhiles.

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It’s not often that a single handset unites all four US national carriers (assuming the T-Mobile thing ends up going down), so we have to give Palm some credit here — it’s an honorable feat. And with the Centro being a surprise break-out success for Palm (a much needed one, may we add), there’s no reason to think they won’t be able to push a few units on Verizon, too. The first color to launch on Big Red (but probably not the last) will be the very same blue that we’ve previously seen launch in Mexico. How does everyone feel about it? Check out the gallery for the full host of press imagery!

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