Verizon Gets Cozier With Apple, Will Sell iPads

Apple also developing iPhone 5

(NEWSER) - Apple will have an iPhone available for the Verizon network by early 2011, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new model will be similar to the iPhone 4, but employ the CDMA wireless technology used by Verizon. The move means iPhones will no longer be exclusive to AT&T's network. Apple is also developing a fifth generation of iPhone, which a source said will differ significantly from existing models, though no details were divulged. More»

AT&T reports 200K orders, calls sales strong

(NEWSER) - The just-announced iPhone 4S may not be an iPhone 5 , but it is still another big hit for Apple, which sold out its pre-orders in just 12 hours, reports the International Business Times . AT&T alone reported more than 200,000 pre-orders, saying it was the most successful iPhone launch ever, and Sprint and Verizon also reported strong sales. Already there are three people waiting in line at Apple's 5th Avenue store, two of whom have been there for 12 days. More»

Execs feel confident network can handle it

(NEWSER) - The good news just keeps on coming for iPhone lovers who want to switch to Verizon: The network will offer unlimited data plans when it starts selling the iPhone, at least initially. AT&T stopped offering unlimited plans over the summer, and admitted it did not anticipate how much stress the iPhone would place on its network. Verizon, on the other hand, has been strengthening its network and feels confident it can handle the data loads, the Wall Street Journal reports. More»

Analysts decry decision, Verizon stock plummets

(NEWSER) - Apple shocked investors and dismayed consumers yesterday by announcing that the iPad would run exclusively on AT&T, even though the iPhone is already straining that network to the breaking point. iPhone users tend to gobble up twice the bandwidth that other smartphone customers use, and AT&T has been bombarded with complaints that its network is overloaded. Many had expected Verizon to get the nod this time, and its stock plunged 2.2% on the news. More»

(NEWSER) - Apple and AT&T rejected the Google Voice app for the iPhone, driving TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington to drop the mobile device entirely. Why are Apple and its carrier blocking an innovative program that has amazing call-forwarding features and transcribes voicemail into text? “Because they absolutely don’t want people doing exactly what I’m doing,” Arrington writes. “Moving their phone number to Google and using the carrier as a dumb pipe.” More»