Rumor: iPhone's Coming to Verizon
Citing anonymous sources, the paper says the phone will be similar to the iPhone 4 but will have a CDMA chip inside, made by Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), of course.
The Journal also reports that Apple's fifth-generation iPhone is in development, and that it will have a different form factor. We're rooting for a plush hexagon.
It's a good-news/bad-news day for the iPhone, as Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) sued Apple today over 18 patents, citing improper usage in iPhones, iPads, and other products. (See Motorola Sues Apple.)
— Craig Matsumoto, West Coast Editor, Light Reading
Say it enough times and it'll be true eventually, right? :)
Data point, take it or leave it: I've talked to someone at CTIA who's using Verizon Wireless and has been threatening to leave to get an iPhone. Their sales rep implored them not to do anything til January -- "I can't say why, just wait til January."