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I expect that Rogers it the natural choice in Canada for Apple''s new
GSM
phone. Can you confirm this and do you know if your launch would be
close
the the US June date.

Thanks,

Kevin]]>Jan 22nd 2007 11:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/
Apple develops iPhone, with GSM, but without 3G.
Apple then announces it's siding with Cingular/AT&T.. Why no 3G? It doesn't make logical sense.

...unless they originally wanted to go with T-Mobile which doesn't have 3G yet, but T-Mo turned them down? If that were true, Apple still needs to get their R&D back, and it would cost more to convert it to CDMA for Verizon, so the logical second choice would be Cingular. Especially since they don't give 2 flips about their customers and will rather put out a garbage phone to their customers just because it will be popular. They've done it before.

Why does this strengthen my inner wonderings? Well, Rogers picked up the Sidekick 2 way back when, and that was T-Mobile only.

I haven't been able to dig up any other evidence besides speculation, but I'm wondering if T-Mobile turned them down because of either the price point (very possible), and/or the reliability of the prototype models (T-Mobile has been known in the past to turn down certain devices if it doesn't meet their standards, no matter the 'cool' factor)]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/Jan 23rd 2007 1:25PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/01/22/rogers-set-to-carry-the-iphone-in-canada/Jan 23rd 2007 2:30PM