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- Babassboy, on 07/01/2008, -3/+58Sounds like someone is getting a little jealous.
- chudgoo, on 07/01/2008, -4/+47Candy Corner Makers : "Willy Wonka has no monopoly on deliciousness"
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -0/+39Verizon has a wonderful network. I've never had a dropped call or not had a good signal, so I can't fault them for that.
What I can fault them for is the ***** phones in existence, imo. I was leery of the iPhone at first so I was going to look at blackberry. An expensive phone and an expensive plan to support it. But the features I saw on the RIM website rivaled that of apple's. Then I looked at the Verizon site and they ***** the blackberry over horribly. No blackberry maps, which was one of the features I wanted greatly as well as web. Verizon cripples their phones and charges money to restore capabilities that were already inherit in the phone, UNACCEPTABLE.
You wanna win Verizon? Stop ***** up your phones, they are the door way to your network and if you have a ***** looking door the interior can be immaculate but no one will want to come in. - FoolsRun, on 07/01/2008, -1/+33So this logically implies that Verizon will be producing some innovative products soon? Well, that'll be a nice change of pace for them.
- BesideYouInTime, on 07/01/2008, -2/+30Maybe Apple doesn't have a monopoly on cell phone innovations, but it sure as ***** seems like it. The iPhone is a year old and still at the top of its game.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -2/+30Verizon guy claims "Jobs will eventually get old", seemingly forgetting Steve is nine years his junior.
Unless Verizon is about to unveil it's time capsule technology... no, wait, Apple has that one already. - jdigg06, on 07/01/2008, -1/+29So when is Verizon going to start getting some good phones? And the LG Chocolate or Razor9,999 don't count.
- lordtyros, on 07/01/2008, -1/+23That's your plan, Verizon? Wait for Steve Jobs to get old and die? I look forward to your company's irrelevance in the upcoming years.
- fuxxx, on 07/01/2008, -2/+24Erm, yes they do actually.
When any other company tries to create something technically interesting, they ruin it with ***** industrial design and ***** software design.
Unless other companies start realising that people care about how a product looks, as well as how it works, Apple will continue to have the edge. - dpweiblen, on 07/01/2008, -2/+23He sounds TERRIFIED!
- svensksvamp, on 07/01/2008, -11/+30Article contains Steve Jobs, should be posted in the Apple category. Who cares about Verizon?
- indiepenguins, on 07/01/2008, -1/+20This guy is a ***** idiot in the first place, he puts that horrible red menu on EVERY Verizon phone.
- flagrant, on 07/01/2008, -0/+18Verizon innovates nothing. In fact, they seem to try real hard to keep anything from changing. Best they can do is buy up competitors that brought new ideas.
- solarms, on 07/01/2008, -0/+17Sounds like a little whining b****!!! Jobs is 5 steps ahead of them, and they know it, and they can't do nothing about it!! Grow a pair of fracking balls, change the stupid system to GSM technology and start being relevant again in the industry!
- shepstl, on 02/11/2009, -1/+15they might be cool if Verizon's crappy OS didn't lock them down so much.
- truman48, on 07/01/2008, -2/+16Sounds like the Verizon guy needs more ass pennies.
- Schmich, on 07/01/2008, -1/+14As much as one dislikes the MS empire, Bill Gates seems like a pretty chill guy and can even joke about himself (unlike a certain someone who's first in your list).
- bipolarruledout, on 07/01/2008, -0/+10Just becuase you have a (near) monopoly in telcom doesn't mean you own innovation. Far from it. While you get extra points for FIOS this barely makes up your anti-consumer policies in wireless. Every wireless company sucks but verizon has gone the extra mile to insure that consumers can't run their own software or even use the full feature set of their own hardware!
While I don't know for sure why verizon rejected the iphone I'm sure it's becuase they didn't want to give apple full platform freedom. Under the verizon model your voice service is $40+, data is $60, Google maps would be $10.00 and your still going to need text messageing. Thw only up side is that htey do have a very good network. - gcnaddict, on 07/01/2008, -1/+10Sarcasm noted.
- sq2shooter, on 07/01/2008, -0/+7He is a fool if he thinks all Apple innovation is coming from Steve Jobs.
- dunktim, on 07/01/2008, -1/+8But he does have a monopoly on the black turtleneck.
- username7410, on 07/01/2008, -1/+8Knocking off the iPhone is not innovation. LOL! The article is right on point when it points that fact out. Touch screens and internet browsing on mobile devices were pretty much just a novelty until the iPhone.
- Ducttape38, on 07/01/2008, -1/+7Wait, what has Verizon done in response to the iPhone? Oh yeah, they put out a bunch of ***** touchscreen devices, none of which have the looks, aesthetics, software, or usability of the iPhone. Get a truly game changing phone, and then Verizon I will take you seriously.
- Darph.Bobo, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6It's jealousy since they passed on the iPhone, thinking their were smarter than Jobs. Now they're playing catch-up but just like Microsoft they can only imitate NOT innovate.
Oh and he's lost a potential future customer from an interview! What a douche.
For the record Ivan Seidenberg is 62, Steve Jobs is 53! Who's OLD NOW BITCH! - callmemorbid, on 07/01/2008, -4/+10wow well we all know ivan has no innovation to begin with look at how he makes all the phones have the same ui. something else also is that att (cingular) has more innovation than a lot of phone companies take roll over minutes i think thats the greatest thing ever from cell companies...... what does verizon have..... vcast pssshhhhh
p.s and steve jobs will get old what kind of statement is that .... oh we wont do anything we will just wait till steve jobs leaves... how lazy is that - HA5TY, on 07/01/2008, -3/+8OMG! BURIED! :-P
- smashingmonkey, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Looks like Verizon has the current monopoly on hubris. I can't wait to switch to AT&T...
- peestandingup, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5I've said from the beginning that the AT&T/Apple alliance would spell bad news for customers overall.
If anyone will break this sorta old wireless mold, it won't be Verizon because they're guilty of the same crap.
All eyes on Google. - badenglishihave, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5Jobs will eventually get old? I've only had my job one week, you're crushing my spirit :(
- brownrecluse888, on 07/01/2008, -5/+9Verizon: "Steve Jobs Has No Monopoly on Innovations"
Yeah, just GOOD inventions.... - cwcentral, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6Funny thing is the Verizon cell net is better than the AT&T cell net. So if he can execute (50/50 chance), then we'll be seeing something interesting in the coming months.
- ExSlashdotter, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Yeah, as soon as they lift that 5GB/month bandwidth cap they just put on the EVDO internet cards in April...
Innovation my ass. - meschmie, on 07/02/2008, -2/+6This place has one huge Steve Jobs boner going, and I have trouble understanding why.
- humperdinck, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5Needs more punctuation.
- praisethelard, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Hey...I have the same phone! Virtual high five! ^5
- johnpaul191, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4what? For the $ i pay to verizon, i would get 2x the minutes on the current iPhone plan. I guess that changes on the 11th, but the point is for the last year i was feeling that sting.... and had a lesser smartphone to boot.
- punkcat, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6I love Verizon, they are comedy gold in the tech news.
first the Instinct advertisements and now this. - vocalyouth, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5I'm VERY happy with Verizon and my phone (Samsung U740... not a smartphone but it lets me check my email, myspace, facebook, twitter, etc with relative ease and is the size of a RAZR with a full qwerty keyboard. It's a great little phone.) Not so happy with my 2 year old, dead MacBook Pro. At all. In fact, I know a number of other people who have had MAJOR mac and ipod problems.
- soroushe, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4AT&T has just started to do the same thing with iPhone. Example, you can't get ActiveSync unless you pay for the enterprise data plan which is $15 more expensive than the regular plan. Some one needs to put a stop to this... APPLE PLEASE!
- jaxter2010, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4Good. Verizon can burn in hell. They SUCK! As soon as I am done sponging off my families share plan and get my own line when I'm out of college, I am getting as far away from Verizon as possible.
- xkorbin, on 07/02/2008, -2/+6LG is utter *****..
and most CDMA phones today suck major ass: the majority of the world does not use CDMA.
There are a few gems, but cue, few. - zionKing, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5Mr. Tomson, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
- damnyooneek, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3so bitter.
- quomen, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3Invention =/= innovation
LOL wow. It looks like Youtube doesn't have a monopoly on stupid comments. - slinky317, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5I'm happy with Verizon.
- skellener, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4He's bitter since he turned down Apple in the first place. Verizon = lame.
- Dorian822, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3They had their shot at the iPhone, they were offered it first. Now they are beginning to realize the epic size of the mistake they made by passing on it. End of story.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+3Well, I thought you'd appreciate it from a random stranger on Digg instead of from management.
- johnpaul191, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3So the article tells us that Verizon bought Alltell and is therefore better than AT&T and the iPhone? Their plan to combat the excitement of the iPhone is wait it out? I guess they realized they have no clue about phones when they said the Voyager would destroy the iPhone..... so now they won't even try. great.
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