There is _no_ evidence that negotiations with Verizon took place
_before_ negotiations with Cingular, and they almost certainly took
place at the same time as part of a "bidding war". Since Apple is a
worldwide company, and since GSM/UMTS dominates the worldwide market,
GSM is a much better opportunity for the iPhone than CDMA2000, and thus
Cingular is the logical choice for Apple, especially given that it's the
largest US carrier.

p.s. Please don't switch posting styles (top vs bottom) in mid-thread
-- it's confusing. Thanks.


On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:09:57 GMT, "Remove This"
<spamdumpster@verizon.net> wrote in <VRLvh.4454$Pk5.2367@trndny04>:

>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....

>"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns98C8F30D96F8noonehomecom@208.49.80.253. ..
>> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:45be9bb1$0$68949
>> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:
>>
>>> 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...

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>