iPhone/Smartphone stuff

[Thomas Charron]

On 8/4/08, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Q3-Q4 this year, but I have a hunch Verizon won't have any untill
> > next year.
>  Is VZW actually going to let the semi-open, consumer-friendly
> Android concept on their network?  I'd be fairly surprised at that.
> They won't even let other apps use the GPS receiver on BlackBerry's
> they actually sold you.  (With "other apps" being defined as "anything
> not 'VZ Navigator' for $10/month".)

  I don't doubt they will, eventually.  But they sure as heck aren't
going to push it all that much.  On the other hand, they've opened up
their EVDO network for pretty much any device (Read: Non Voice).  Of
course, I've yet to SEE any of these hypothetical open access
devices...

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-- Thomas