| I don't think this is 100% correct. If you remember with the 1st gen iPhone, Apple wanted a piece of your monthly service- something that no hardware provider has ever asked for.
I think this is what soured Verizon on the deal. Apple moved to AT&T and they said... "sure thing!".
Now it's clear that since the iPhone 3G, that is no longer the arrangement between AT&T and Apple- so I think Verizon would want some of the action, even if they did not profit from the sale of apps.
Since Verizon is touting their new Android phone as "open", I wonder how open the OS is going to be. I don't think Google would even let them have the OS for the phone if they planned to lock it down, but we will see! |
