Quick Summary: ..Americans' desperate wish to see the iPhone on a carrier other than AT&T. Americans have for years felt that their wireless carriers are holdi

Quick Summary: ..Americans' desperate wish to see the iPhone on a carrier other than AT&T. Americans have for years felt that their wireless carriers are holding them back.. ..Americans feel abandoned by supposedly customer-friendly Apple, who did so much to advance the state of handheld technology but just can't quit AT&T. So now they're looking to Google, whose motto is "don't be evil," to liberate them.. ..This is unlikely to happen.. ..The U.S. uses two incompatible radio standards on three different spectrum bands.. ..Americans rely on carrier subsidies to make device prices look palatable. The iPhone actually costs $599, but what most people see is the $199 price.. ..I hate America's addiction to phone subsidies.. ..Remember, unlocked smartphones have been available here for years.. Almost nobody buys them.. ..An anti-carrier line would compromise their great success so far at getting Android phones into major carriers.. ..Another boat Google would be rocking is their Open Handset Alliance.. ..Google's goal is to get their software in front of as many eyeballs as possible.. ..Back in 2007, there was a lot of speculation behind how Apple would sell the iPhone. One exciting idea was that Apple would start its own wireless carrier, which would show the other carriers how to do customer service...