“The problem is that these rumors have been circulating almost as long as the actual iPhone itself,” Siegler reports. “And the WSJ report isn’t exactly a slam dunk by only citing the ever-anonymous ‘people briefed by the company.’ But, more so than ever, the timing does appear to be right for Apple to break its AT&T exclusivity… Apple is also giving AT&T a nice little present in the form of the iPad.”
Siegler writes, “Perhaps Apple is dangling the iPad and early access to the iPhone HD as signs of good faith towards AT&T. Maybe they want the carrier to know that even though the time of exclusivity is coming to an end, they intend to give them certain perks in exchange for keeping the same terms of their current deal.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JES42" for the heads up.]
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