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10/16/09 at 8:05am
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And in this corner:
http://www.marco.org/207058863


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10/16/09 at 1:06pm
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And in this corner:
http://www.marco.org/207058863

 
Sounds plausible to me.  But even a T-Mobile iPhone (while retaining AT&T) will be a huge improvement over AT&T only.  Competition will spur AT&T to improve, some users going to T-Mobile will lighten the strain on their network, and T-Mobile itself will have a tremendous incentive to win the 4G LTE race given that they now have the most coveted phone.  T-Mobile's parent company has deep pockets -- they could afford the being a serious player in the 4G race if they went for it.

Unfortunately Sprint is in a total cul-de-sac between CDMA and WiMax with no LTE plans -- thus they will never get the iPhone.

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10/16/09 at 2:03pm
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Does T-Mobile have their own network? Sprint, I'm told, has a mixture of their own network and leasing from Verizon. If T-Mobile is similar, and as the fourth largest network I wouldn't be surprised, do they lease from AT&T at all? If so, could T-Mobile getting an iPhone actually worsen AT&T's problems?

As for Verizon. Sigh. I look forward to seeing their Android phones, though I still expect to switch to AT&T next year for an iPhone.
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10/17/09 at 7:29pm
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http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=OTC-Droid-redirect1

I signed up. I still think Android is a mythical beast; I've never seen one in the wild. But if Verizon somehow gets it right...
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10/18/09 at 10:02am
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These are not the droid you are looking for.

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10/18/09 at 10:03am
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Actuallly, its really funny.  As @gruber notes, Droid is licensed from Lucasarts!

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/17/verizon-droid

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10/18/09 at 10:57am
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Does T-Mobile have their own network? Sprint, I'm told, has a mixture of their own network and leasing from Verizon. If T-Mobile is similar, and as the fourth largest network I wouldn't be surprised, do they lease from AT&T at all? If so, could T-Mobile getting an iPhone actually worsen AT&T's problems?

T-Mobile's 3G network is actually on a totally different frequency from AT&Ts, so no, there is no possibility of a T-Mobile iPhone worsening AT&T's problems.
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