Julian Ivan-Alexander

Verizon Wireless Unveils Device to Rival iPhone

Hmmm .. let me see.. no WiFi, twice as thick as an iPhone, worse battery life (power-sapping double screen).. no iTunes. No iPod. No multi-touch screen. Second-rate web browser. I could go on...

"iPhone Killer?" More like a reputation killer for Mike Lanman for coming up with such a stupid statement. Lanman will be hoist by his own petard once the holiday season sales numbers are out.

Verizon Happily Rejected Chance To Be Sole iPhone Service Provider

""The iPhone product is something we are happy we aren't the first to market with," Strigl noted, citing Apple's steep and one-sided terms including a cut of monthly subscription fees and total control over distribution and customer relations. Another Verizon spokesman added, "We have great distribution partners nationally, regionally and locally... And the deal [Apple] wanted would have frozen out those partners."

Translation: Boy oh boy did we screw up two years ago by not taking this product. Now we're dependent on Motorala, Palm, Nokia, and Samsung to get us out of this hole. Oh boy oh boy oh boy are we crapping ourselves! Maybe if we tell people we don't care about the iPhone they'll forget about the fact that our products will suck in comparison at that price point.