According to a company spokesman, Verizon is unlikely to get the Apple iPhone in the "immediate future," despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs' recent revelation that "there might be" a iPhone on a new carrier in the U.S. soon.
Verizon spokesperson John Johnson says: "We have no plans to carry the iPhone in the immediate future."
Johnson then went on to talk about Android, and Verizon's support ... [ read the full article ]
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This is because if you ignore that Verizon has the widest coverage in the US, their data plans are a complete rip-off and the iPhone (along with some others) represents a real threat to their current business models (which are mostly tailored to businesses who don't have a clue). They also disable features on purpose on nearly every phone they license, like Wifi and they would be one to disable tethering as well to use Internet without using their network.
I'm glad...there are a lot of apple fanboys out there, and I would rather they keep slowing down the AT&T network.
My droid has wifi tethering for free...that is the wonderful thing about an Android phone...you can take control back from the provider. There are lots of droid phones, most have better hardware than the iPhone...but the real advantage is the freedom to install things like WiFi tethering, Flash Player, etc...
