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Wow. Verizon attacking Apple's hostility to open development? Talk about a pot and a kettle...
by fpgeek 17y ago
Wow. Verizon attacking Apple's hostility to open development? Talk about a pot and a kettle...
- fnid 17y agoAnd the "compromise" part hits their Mac commercial as well.
- fpgeek 17y agoThey're also hitting back with a separate "there's a map for that" ad that (directly) goes after AT&T coverage, but clearly is taking a pot-shot at Apple as well...
- DenisM 17y agoVerizon has done an unexpected about-face around a year ago, turning from the most closed carrier (crippled phones, removing bluetooth etc) to the one who, at least on paper, embraces open everything. My guess is that they looked at the network capacity and realized that if they push other carriers into "who's got more open access?" war they will come out on top by virtue of having more bandwidth to sustain those apps. Their latest attack ads against AT&T pretty much underscore that with point made on watching mobile video. I may be ascribing too much to Verizon, but I know if I had more XYZ then competition I would certainly make my current and potential users appreciate XYZ more in order to gain advantage. True for any value of XYZ.
- protomyth 17y agoTo most people I talk to (and my personal belief), Verizon's commercials are directed squarely at Apple. I was hoping to have a choice in US carriers, but this ad seems to kill that possibility.
- evgen 17y agoIt is a network protocol issue. Verizon and Sprint are CDMA, AT&T and T-Mobile (and the rest of the world) are GSM. Your phone will work on one spec or the other, and depending on the spec you will have two carriers to choose from if you were to get an unlocked phone.
- DenisM 17y agoThings change. When it comes to 4G Verizon has abandoned EV-DV (Qualcom/CDMA family) and instead committed to LTE (GSM family). What this means is that come 4G there will be one standard across all major carriers both in states and in Europe. (I can't imagine Sprint having enough money to justify further EvDv R&D so they will have to switch as well). Verizon is hard at work rolling out LTE equipment as we speak.
- fpgeek 17y agoSeeing that play out will be interesting. I don't know how many people (like me) stick with AT&T and T-Mobile because they insist on having a phone that will work overseas, but I'd bet we're among the more profitable consumers...
- fpgeek 17y agoFair enough, but, on the other hand, Verizon has always been the carrier most resistant to becoming a "dumb pipe". At bottom, that's where their hostility to open devices comes from. Their involvement in developing the Droid suggests that they're looking for other ways to escape now, but I still don't trust their instincts.