On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:41:46 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <469dc40a$0$27215$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>Scott wrote:
>> John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>> news:0qkq93pr2mer3ianeo4ri54h893dlc75r5@4ax.com:
>>
>>> That's Verizon spin not fact.
>>
>> Untrue- Apple has even admitted that they went to Verizon first. Don't
>> believe it? Google it, Spanky.
>>
>>> What undoubtedly actually happened is
>>> that Apple held a beauty contest that AT&T/Cingular won and Verizon
>>> lost, a big downer for Verizon.
>>
>> Wrong on all counts.
>
>Actually, someone went and looked at all the FCC applications and found
>that the switch to GSM occurred very late in the iPhone project. It
>appeared as if Apple were sure that Verizon would come to an agreement.
>So it looks like all the news reports that said that Verizon had first
>dibs on the iPhone were correct.

Not true. That was just speculation based on little actual evidence.

What undoubtedly actually happened is that Apple held a beauty contest
that AT&T/Cingular won and Verizon lost, a big downer for Verizon.

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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>