I don't know if it would be good for Apple to own a carrier. Right now the iPhone is in a good place: everything awesome about it is attributed to Apple, while

I don't know if it would be good for Apple to own a carrier. Right now the iPhone is in a good place: everything awesome about it is attributed to Apple, while everything crappy about it can be blamed on AT&T. Calls drop all the time? Crappy reception? That's AT&T. If Apple suddenly becomes responsible for the whole shebang then it'd probably tarnish their brand somewhat. I'd imagine that's why they came out swinging after "Antennagate": for the first time people could blame Apple for some of these AT&T-issues.