http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/This sure sounds more `breaking` than the last breaking news they showed us, that's for sure.]]>May 24th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
PS I bet there is some behind the scenes "wall street style prospecting" going, I bet ya. Crooks the lot of em! ]]>May 24th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
What a poor survey. What about the people with "tremendous interest" and "gigantic interest"? They are left out and forgotten. What a one sided view. :-(]]>May 24th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/Very BAD study, not statistically relevant and with many failures in the design.]]>May 24th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
I hope Apple announce Verizon/CDMA iPhone for latter in the year. It would bring Verizon into the iPhone camp and certainly starve Android of oxygen. ]]>May 25th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://j.mp/4g-verizon-iphone-dream]]>May 25th 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 25th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
You have to get 10% to be 'gnarly' and 15% to be 'rad'.

Seriously though, this is Huberty for goodness sake. It's not supposed to make sense.]]>May 24th 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/

I really REALLY want that one to work..........but no.]]>May 24th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/it's not the number that's extreme, it's the want that those users have... Notice that they are identified as having "total extreme want"....]]>May 24th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Is that why more ppl bought a Droid than an iPhone in the first 74 days? ]]>May 24th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/Steve Jobs told me to tell you good riddance.

PS once the iPhone is on verizon, say goodnight to Android. What average consumer is gonna pick some techy nerd phone when the well-known, easy-to-use iPhone is right next to it?]]>May 24th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
I don't think Android is going anywhere, regardless of any iPhone coming to Verizon. Not everyone thinks the 'easy-to-use' iPhone is the bees knees.

I remember a phone that really changed the market, the RAZR. Once everyone had one though, it lost it's pizzaz and newer/better phones hit the market.

Android will exist and continue to exist for one reason: choice. ]]>May 24th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
People who want their keyboards and 3.5"+ screens. People who can't stand iTunes. People who like to have choices regarding Flash (and Air, etc.) content. Basically anyone who wants a modicum of choice in hardware. At least WinMo7 could be in contention for these people.

My dad's no tech junkie, but boy does he love him some 4.3" screens...]]>May 24th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/if your dad knows the fact that the screen is 4.3". Then he is more of a tech than 85% of cell phone users. Tech nerds don't understand that people do not care about that stuff. You know why the iPhone sells so well. The iPhone is one of the very few phones you sell to anyone from a 6 year old to and 95 year old. If you don't think that happens then you are not you need to wake up and open your eyes. I own an android device and an iPhone. I let my grandparents who cannot use there home phone use my iPhone and they won't touch my android phone because they are confused. To many buttons, to many whistles for them. The iPhone is all tiles right in front of them. ]]>May 24th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Aside from that, rather than littering your screen with icons, Android uses a drawer to put icons in, and lets you put the ones you want on the home screen (by holding your finger on them for a couple of seconds, hopefully that's not too hard). After that, rather than having to be techy to know how to use the phone, you'd have to be techy to know any difference other than style.

The argument that Android is hard to use compared to an iPhone is absolutely ridiculous, however, the advantages of Android stack up rather quickly. About all the iPhone has going for it now is the larger library of apps, which is dwindling quickly. Also, the iPhone has iTunes which is supposed to make music, movies, and tv shows easier to download and install, but iTunes is bad enough that it's not even really worth counting that as an advantage.]]>May 24th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/you made the milk come out of my nose.

If it wasn't for android... I wouldn't have a smartphone. period. I'd get by with a cheap phone and a netbook. I never had the slightest interest in iPhone, WinMob, Palm, or any other closed system phone os. I never even considered a smartphone before android. And if it disappeared tomorrow, I would do without. And my Grandmother could use an android phone, it's stupid simple. It was actually dissapointing, I like command line now and then.]]>May 24th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
I dunno about that; I'm not saying he knows that the screen is 4.3", but he can definitely see the difference between 3.5" and 4.3". And hell, almost everyone has a tech nerd in their family. I don't doubt the iPhone fills the needs of many non-techies out there, but having a variety of options at a number of price points will ultimately come to be Android's advantage.]]>May 25th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
lol, every year since the launch of the original iPhone I've heard the SAME rumors. ]]>May 24th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Since when did 17% of a random survey of customers equal 17% of the entire Verizon user base actually buying an iPhone. I have extreme interest in plenty of things. Doesn't mean that I would buy them all.]]>May 24th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
None of what you said has anything to do with the iPhone not being on Verizon. The reason iPhone is not on Verizon is because the CEO of Verizon turned them down when Jobs came by to shop the iPhone to them.

I think it's hilarious, all the outrage at Apple only being on AT&T. You want to blame somebody for that? Blame Verizon, and Sprint, and T-Mobile for turning Apple down when they were OFFERED the iPhone.]]>May 24th 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Eh, I just don't know about that. As an iPhone owner who has gone from the 2G to the 3GS over the years, I've seen Apple implement basically everything that I have wanted, and respond to what customers feel are major shortcomings of the platform.

Examples include copy/paste, landscape keyboard in SMS, unified inbox, rotation lock, global search, 3rd party applications and (for some) multitasking. None of these features were available on the original iPhone, and have since been added via software updates that come in a predictable manner.

]]>May 24th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/

So what? its his company!;

end sarcasm ]]>May 24th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
I think part of the reason Verizon turned down the iPhone is because they would have to give up a great amount of control to another company, for just one device.

But I don't recall Sprint and T-Mo getting invites for the iPhone? Apple would have been nuts to offer exclusivity to either of those carriers. ]]>May 24th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Unfortunately, they've implemented everything you wanted over 3 iterations of the basically the same device. Droves of people ran out to get the 3G, just because it had 3G.. but 3G phones were available at the launch of the 2G iPhone? Video recording only on the 3GS? Multitasking only on the 3GS? And what 3rd party applications (unless you are referencing jb)?

I wouldn't call it Apple giving customers what they want. I would say its more Apple being forced to give customers what they have requested time and time again.
]]>May 24th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
Apple shopped it to all the major carriers. And exclusivity was never what Apple wanted. Why would they? Exclusivity doesn't help Apple, it only helps the carrier. Apple wanted the iPhone to be on EVERY carrier.

You are right though, that Verizon turned down the iPhone at least in part because of the changes that Apple wanted the make to their infrastructure, i.e. not allowing any of Verizon's crapware on the iPhone, implementing Visual Voicemail, allowing an unlimited data plan, etc.

That's still Verizon's fault. They changed their tune pretty fast after they saw how popular the iPhone became, so you get phones like Droid that have unlimited data plans.

Like Gordon Ramsey said on TV the other night, "Change or die."]]>May 24th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/
I don't get these people that want an iPhone so bad that they will bash the network that its on and most of them have no clue what they're talking about.]]>May 24th 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/I'd consider Philadelphia to be a city, no? No problems here. ]]>May 24th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/many-verizon-customers-suffering-from-extreme-interest-in-ipho/May 24th 2010 4:23PM