At 10 Jan 2007 17:15:08 -0600 Tim McNamara wrote:

> T-Mobile uses GSM and has probably the best world coverage. Would have
> been a much better choice than Cingular, and I'd have jumped on an
> iPhone as soon as they became available if it came with T-Mobile service

Cingular has what, 50 million customers vs. T-Mo's 20? Cingular also has
a higher ARPU (roughly translating into a more affluent customer base
able to support selling a $500-600 phone) and has a presence in more
markets than T-Mo.
In addition, the timing is just right for Cingular- the press buzz will
make this a great flagship phone to coincide with the rebranding to AT&T-
I suspect we'll see a lot of "a new phone for the new AT&T"-type
advertising.

> (I have had Sprint since they started up and no actual complaints about
> them).

Personally, I'm surprised Sprint didn't nail this one down. They could
use a shot in the arm right now.


> That's pretty much what what people said about the iPod. Too bad that
> was such a market failure. You'd think Apple would learn from their
> mistakes. :-)

Very funny!


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