| reply to VerizonSucks
Re: Apple went to Verizon first The deal failed because Apple wanted a high price per device and a big chunk of data revenue going forward. Verizon balked because honestly, the company didn't need a high-cost product line to maintain growth. AT&T did, so they ponied-up. It is just business.
As to the other comments, there are already WiFi compatible Verizon smartphones. They required manufactures to unify the UI to make it much simpler for customers to adapt to a new handset and drastically cut training costs for employees. The key feature that everyone griped about them crippling was file sharing Bluetooth connectivity, but that wasn't really Verizon's fault. It was Qualcom who provides the Get It Now (Brew) application services and they hadn't figured out a way to keep people from copying applications from device to device through Bluetooh. They finally figured it out, and now the feature is available on all the phones. What is funny is that now that it is available, nobody uses it. People just griped over something they wouldn't have used anyway. |
