"Kevin Weaver" <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> >> most likely is No. 3 of course.... if those companies can modernize
> >> enough to support Visual Voice Mail and very high bandwidth devices.
> >
> > Why do you need high bandwidth? I thought everything was done with WiFi.
> > How long does ATT have an exclusive on the iPhone in the US? I thought it
> > was 5 years.
> > Also the iPhone is only GSM - is Apple also designing one that is CDMA?
> >
> They did. But Verizon being 1st in line for the iphone, shot the iphone
> down. Then they got AT&T

yes, that will likely go down as one of the top 25 biggest business
blunders of the last 50 years or so.

verizon almost had it, but failed at the end.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/29/v...e-iphone-deal/

i think they didn't yet understand that Apple sets the rules, they
don't... so they lost the game. But it's possible they may have a chance
later on.