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		<title>Waiting for a Verizon iPhone?  Don&#8217;t.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest ad campaign from Verizon for their upcoming Android phone signals ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I don&#8217;t think any of the US users if the iPhone are too happy with AT&#038;T, there haven&#8217;t been any other options if you wanted to stick with an iPhone.  And while I think many of us had placed our hopes on a Verizon iPhone in 2010 when the AT&#038;T exclusivity runs out, I think the latest advertising campaign by Verizon signals that we won&#8217;t see an iPhone on their network anytime soon.</p>
<p>The iDon&#8217;t ad campaign we&#8217;re talking about is for Verizon&#8217;s first Android phone, built by Motorola, called the Droid.  They campaign has a web site at <a href="http://droiddoes.com">DroisDoes.com</a>, the phone is to be released next month. The campaign is focused on pointing out the things that the Android phone does that the iPhone doesn&#8217;t such as multitasking, physical keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, customization, widgets, and open development.  But the troubling part is how derogatory it is to the iPhone.  </p>
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<p>The concern I have is that if we were to see a Verizon iPhone in 2010, negotiations would already be underway.  And if you are negotiating with a company for products that you want to carry, you don&#8217;t publicly denigrate them like Verizon has done with their iDon&#8217;t campaign. Verizon is publicly ripping into the iPhone.  They wouldn&#8217;t do so if they were any chance of them selling that product anytime soon.</p>
<p>So when, or if, the AT&#038;T exclusivity expires next year, what options will we have.  The only other two networks in the US are Sprint and T-Mobile.  And both are even worse than AT&#038;T in most parts of the US.  So that basically means, yes, we&#8217;re stuck with being treated like second class citizens with AT&#038;T.</p>
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