My guess on why thes VZ negotiations took place so early, was that Apple
would've loved to have
VZ as the exclusive carrier, but the decision between CDMA + GSM just had to
be made...

Like I said, only a guess....


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"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:45be9bb1$0$68949
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>> LOL, Verizon probably wanted to disable the transfer of audio, photos,
>> video and ringtones from the computer to the phone, like they've done on
>> most of the handsets they sell, demanding that iPhone owners send all
>> their content to the phone over the cellular network, rather than via
>> USB, Bluetooth, or WiFi.
>>
>>
>
> Do you suppose Steve Jobs had a VZW hobbled-up phone, before, and didn't
> wanna get blamed for VZW turning it into a PoS?....hee hee...
>
> Larry
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