Remove This wrote:
> 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...

I doubt it. The part of the iPhone that would be CDMA or GSM is a very
small part of the total product. There are a great many phones that are
available in both GSM and CDMA.