Verizon chief disses the Duke of Cupertino
PERHAPS IVAN Seidenberg, boss of Verizon Wireless is the States, is cheesed off that Apple hasn't produced a Cdmaone version of its Iphone.
He's made some very disparaging remarks about Duke Jobs of Cupertino in an interview with the FT. His most cutting remark was to say that while the Iphone is cool, "Steve Jobs eventually will get old."
His major gripe appears to be that Apple has been credited with "turning the mobile internet into a user-friendly reality", when it actually has a miniscule share of the global handset market.
He also doesn't reckon that Jobs' capitulation to operator demands that they can subsidise the 3G Iphone will help turn the handset into a mass-market device.
"You're declaring them a winner before they've earned it on the field," Seidenberg told the FT.
If he really would like to be able to sell the Iphone on the Verizon network, Seidenberg seems to have a very weird view of how to win friends and influence people. ยต
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"If he really would like to be able to sell the Iphone on the Verizon network, Seidenberg seems to have a very weird view of how to win friends and influence people."

yes... exactly... unlike most tech "journalists" out there who have been pendering to Apple by flooding in positive coverages for a chance to get some free access
crym0r verizo-[er, no Kenneth, not that word thanks. MOD] .. Vz is pretty bloody awful with their stupid phones and tarted-up "value added" garbage like ringtones TV and whatnot.

Newsflash: we want our networks cheap, fast, and dumb as dirt.

Friggin frequency oligopolies...
Ivan should be considered a good judge of business puffery, given his record. Check out, for instance, the precipitate decline in stock price of Idearc Media (IAR), his spin-off of Verizon's Yellow Pages arm, which he touted as an 'unlocking of shareholder value'. $25 at issue, $2.50 today.

And the whinge about no iPhone for his retro network? Classic Ivan.

Yes I was a V employee.

seidenberg: v.intr. To renege on employee benefits agreements without even the pretext of poor business conditions forcing the act
It really doesn't matter if you like Apple or the iPhone. Business is business. All criticisms aside, iPhone = more AT&T subscribers.