At 09 Jan 2007 22:12:40 -0800 Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Apple may have made a serious mistake in not offering the phone on
America's
> Most Reliable Network. It is interesting that they chose GSM rather
than the
> technically superior CDMA.

They didn't choose GSM, per se, they chose to partner with a _carrier_
who happens to use GSM.

I expect AT&T (what Cingular will be called by the time anyone is able to
buy one) saw the iPhone as an excellent opportunity to reinvent their
image while launching America's Most Renamed Network.

Can you really believe that Verizon would sell a phone that the
manufacturer wouldn't let them cripple? I'm amazed Apple got any
American carrier to cater to them. I half expected Apple to launch their
own MVNO for the phone (a la Amp'd or Disney) just to avoid having to
work with a carrier over design and pricing issues.

Anybody think Apple's going to let AT&T silkscreen a blue globe on the
back? ;-)


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