At an event hosted by the Council of Foreign Relation, Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Communications, discussed everything from net neutrality to Google to the iPhone. He is pretty explicit in his desire to bring the iPhone to his network. Watch the video. Read more »
The Wall Street Journal is just barely reporting that a CDMA iPhone will be introduced this fall, and that Apple’s exclusive relationship with AT&T “appears set to end.” According to “people briefed by the company” (presumably Apple), the CDMA iPhone will be one of two released, with the GSM model “likely to be thinner and have a faster processor.” Read more »
After complaining, cursing and trying to destroy Skype for the past few years, Verizon has decided to embrace the upstart. If you just simply scanned the headlines, you’d also miss the full story: The degree to which fear of the iPhone was behind this Verizon decision. Read more »
Does “iPhone 3,1″ mean anything to you? If not, let me give you a hint. In the fall of 2008, handsets with an “iPhone 2,1″ attribute were hitting web sites, presumably to test the future iPhone 3GS. It’s a year later and the identifying string has […] Read more »
AT&T wasn’t the only company that took offense to Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign and responded in kind. Monday night, Apple premiered two new iPhone ads that are actually aimed at pointing out the downsides of Verizon’s network, though they don’t state that […] Read more »
The mobile space has long buzzed with rumors of a Verizon Wireless version of the iPhone, and according to Northeast Securities, the device may finally arrive next year. Citing its supply-chain checks, the financial services firm said in a research note issued today that Apple will […] Read more »
Even as Verizon continues attacking AT&T’s comparatively poor network with new ads, and by proxy the iPhone, the latest rumor has Apple developing a “worldmode” iPhone capable of running on any network. The three holiday-themed ads, “Blue Christmas,” “Elves,” and “Misfit Toys,” each highlight the weakness of […] Read more »
