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Verizon CEO Reveals He Has Asked Apple for iPhone Rights

In a brief article, the Associated Press reports that Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg yesterday revealed that his company has explicitly told Apple that it would like to carry the iPhone on its network.
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says the company has told Apple that it wants to carry the iPhone. But he declined to say when -- or even if -- the popular smart phone will be available for Verizon Wireless customers.

The topic of the iPhone on Verizon in the U.S. has been popular ever since the device's exclusive release on AT&T's network, and the company has repeatedly mentioned its interest in bringing the popular device to its network. Seidenberg noted last October that the decision was "exclusively in Apple's court", but today's report seems to the first time he has publicly admitted that Verizon has directly asked Apple for the rights to the iPhone. The company has claimed that it is prepared to handle the network traffic should it be permitted to offer the iPhone.

Interest in a Verizon iPhone spiked again late last month after a Wall Street Journal report claiming that a Verizon-compatible iPhone is in the works.


http://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/06/ver ... ne-rights/

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boosh!

it would be good for verizon AND apple. and apple would be dumb not to do it. but i still might get a nexus one.

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I'd have a huge problem because I absolutely LOVE my BB. But I really wanna try an iPhone.

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Steve Jobs is a control freak.

The only way the iPhone goes to Verizon is if he wants it there.
The Verizon CEO asking for it means squat.

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Crosscheck wrote:
Steve Jobs is a control freak.

The only way the iPhone goes to Verizon is if he wants it there.
The Verizon CEO asking for it means squat.

Well duh

Just goes without saying the Steve Jobs is a control freak.

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i guess steve jobs doesnt like verizon, to put it kindly.

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I bet Cupertino has awesome AT&T coverage....

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I will take my phone back and get this if it comes out, i have 23 more days... pray it comes out before then.

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itll be july at the earliest before this happens.

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The iPhone is coming to verizon. Period.

The only reason he isn't coming out and saying it's coming to Verizon is because Steve Jobs told him not to.

Apple doesn't want people holding off their iPhone purchases because they know it's coming out for Verizon.

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article that said a CDMA iPhone was already in production.

It'll happen before the end of the year.

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Crosscheck wrote:
I bet Cupertino has awesome AT&T coverage....


All their profits have to go somewhere. :p


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Crosscheck wrote:
I bet Cupertino has awesome AT&T coverage....


All their profits have to go somewhere. :p


They do have one of the cooler Silicon valley campuses only outdone by (obviously) Google and Oracle.
The oracle campus buildings look like the cylinder shapes with pie slices taken out to resemble a relational database.

However Apple has the coolest damn address:
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, Ca.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+infinit ... A&t=h&z=16

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I meant AT&T's profits. :p

I would like to visit the Apple campus someday.


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i heard the iPAD has bad wireless. what the hell is the iPAD? just a bridge between the laptop and iPHONE correct? i think the tablet is the future, but this is just a basic prototype, if you will.

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ironyisadeadscene wrote:
i heard the iPAD has bad wireless. what the hell is the iPAD? just a bridge between the laptop and iPHONE correct? i think the tablet is the future, but this is just a basic prototype, if you will.


Its a giant iPhone basically. Wireless, Could have complete total internet access but you have to pay extra, has a giant keyboard in the screen, does music, all the functions of the iphone or the ipod touch or whatever, pretty niffty. I wanan get one.

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ironyisadeadscene wrote:
i heard the iPAD has bad wireless. what the hell is the iPAD? just a bridge between the laptop and iPHONE correct? i think the tablet is the future, but this is just a basic prototype, if you will.


Was reading about it. Apparently it's intermittent, and it's not on all of them.

To me, that's actually not a good thing, because it means the ones that are having problems won't be repairable by software.

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i hate apple, but they come out with some pretty nifty stuff that other guys wont do because they arnt sure of a market.

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ironyisadeadscene wrote:
i hate apple, but they come out with some pretty nifty stuff that other guys wont do because they arnt sure of a market.


Not picking on you but I'm just curious... Why hate Apple?

They make some great products, they are one of the most environmentally friendly tech companies in the world, they're trail blazers in terms of new products, and they have a unique way of tying their software and hardware together.

They get hyped a lot by their users, but a lot of that hype is well deserved. I really don't know any mac owners that don't like their computer.

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apple fanbois annoy me. a girl i dated in college was an apple freak. and she sucked. but all shed talk about is OMG IPOD AND MY IBOOK AND OMG! and that probably soured me on it.

and i really dont have clue one on what the fuck the apple OS is doing.

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I want the iPhone to come to Sprint... But isn't there some fancy schmancy technological reason why the iPhone isn't compatible with Sprint?

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