I have a friend who works for Mobile Communications in FL. He said they will be carrying it but will not get commission for any iPhone sales (he said the owner gave some bs reason). For you guys who are indirect and work on a commission draw, is this legal?

I don't understand why Business Week would report this. You would think they pay attention to quarterly earnings calls where Apple answers questions like "is the company going to build a netbook" or even "are you guys planning on building a cheaper (as in less capable) iPhone?" The answer Apple gave for both was "NO" and they even elaberated on why they choose not to invest R&D on either of these products.

The deal would mean the app store would be replaced by vcast store, and as a matter of fact, not only do they have to create a new model that includes CDMA chipset, but also rewrite the OS X software so it looks just like every other phone verizon sales. And you wonder why Sony Ericsson refuses to answer Verizon's phone calls. I think Verizon has a great network (best 3G coverage in the country) and great customer service, but I don't think they could hand over that much control. As all carriers in the good old US of A are guilty of, I think Verizon is the worst at keeping the country in the technological dark ages. Not to take away the blame from those customers that "don't need that internet crap and those damn text messages or camera cause if I wanna take a picture I'll take with my camera. A phone's made for talkin' and there always free cause I've been paying the company $20 a month for 10 years, and that means I'm a good customer."

Can anyone say "30 day return policy?"

So I think this guy is definitely an iPhone virgin, having heard the hype but never having the experience. Actually, he's probably a virgin in more ways then one. Also adding insult to injury is the fact it will be released as a Sprint exclusive....So the world's foremost failure of a Smartphone OS is teaming up with the world's foremost failure of a carrier and this is not only going to equal success, but success the size of iPhone? I'm returning my business degree tomorrow; I obviously have a lot to learn.