said by fAcEtIOUs:Up until recently, Blackberry had the field pretty much to itself when selling a phone model to multiple carriers. Now with Palm starting to do that and now Google, it looks like SOON you may be able to pick a phone(and its set of features and app store) and use it on the carrier of your choice. 2010 looks like it is turning out to be a good year for smartphone buyers.
P.S.>> except maybe Apple and their iPhone. They seem to be locking themselves in to a marriage with AT&T.
I doubt it. LTE is when that time comes. Verizon, TMO, and ATT will all be using the same network technology on 2 bands: 700 and 1700. Until then, I'd be surprised to see any manufacturer spend money on a 5-band chip.
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