"Mr. Strat" <rag@nospam.techline.com> wrote in message
news:271220072028114099%rag@nospam.techline.com...
> In article <Jtq9sq.nrt@pinkrose.net.dhis.org>, B'ichela
> <mdalene@pinkrose.dhis.org> wrote:
>
>> Actually thats not quite true. If it is, why is Verizon going to go
>> with LTE and not Qualcomm's 4G standard? Also Qualcomm is a greedy
>> company and charges high licensing fees. GSM is an open standard
>> whereas CDMA is propietary.
>> Apple went to Verizon at first as there IS MORE U.S CDMA
>> customers than GSM customers. APPLE wanted to lock down its Iphone
>> which is very common on CDMA systems. Verizon, the largest of the CDMA
>> providers didn't want to play ball, therefore, Apple went to the next
>> largest market penetration. That would be AT&T/Cingular
>
> The more likely scenario is that Verizon wanted to cripple the phone
> like they do all of their others, and Apple told them to get lost.


No. Verizon turned Apple down.