Verizon and iPhone To Join Hands in 2010?

Verizon and iPhone? Give ‘em a hand!

When it comes to smart phones in America, there are three things that should be accepted as fact:

1. That they are expensive (there are people who have used payday loans and credit cards to buy them)
2. The iPhone is the phone of choice for non-business users
3. You have to be an AT&T subscriber if you want an iPhone (barring unlocking the phone and voiding the warranty)

But number three may not be true for much longer. Leslie Cauley reports for USA TODAY that Verizon and iPhone may be holding hands soon.

What a blow to AT&T!

Verizon and Apple are reported to be in discussion regarding the development of a separate iPhone for the Verizon network. If things go well, insiders predict it will introduced in 2010. This would be the first time Apple has produced an American iPhone that will work on a CDMA wireless network like the one Verizon uses. Vodafone, co-owner of Verizon Wireless, already sells the iPhone in Europe.

The AT&T-based iPhone 3G operates on a GSM network, which is the most popular type of wireless network worldwide. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Verizon and iPhone To Join Hands in 2010?"