On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:56:40 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>X-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:56:40 EST (newsdbm02.news.prodigy.net)
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>On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:23:03 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
><lig1s2tckrm8lb1h67m739sta4re9dh8hf@4ax.com>:
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>>On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:15:48 GMT, John Navas
>><spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:15:32 GMT, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
>>><rf51s2pfc30hi28cvag5nc3g2cqoncbgpl@4ax.com>:
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>>>>When Apple and Cingular are raking in the bucks next fall, and Verizon
>>>>decides it wants a piece of the action, what Verizon VP will get
>>>>canned because the 5 year Cingular USA exclusivity contract precludes
>>>>it?
>>>>
>>>>And Verizon blew it cause Apple offered it to them first.
>>>
>>>No real evidence of that. Verizon and Cingular were probably approached
>>>by Apple at the same time. That's a standard practice, commonly
>>>referred to as a "bidding war".
>>
>>Try the very news articles you previously linked to. Jeez.
>
>I respectfully suggest you take your own advice, reading a bit more
>carefully, and considering the sources cited in the story carefully.


I already do that and give no weight to anything Navas says.