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So the Blackberry Bold is coming out in its I must say beautifully redeisgned glory that doe share similair design elements from the iPhone, it has great new features and better yet a new OS and interface. And guess who the first “exclusive” carrier is going to be, why thats right AT&T. Problem? Yes. The Bold is a direct competitor to the iPhone and AT&T has both exclusively. This is bad news for the iPhone, and this on top of other reasons is why Apple needs to jump the exclusive ship and spread out. Reach the greatest ammount of customers possible not reaching the smallest ammount of customers possible. Apple needs to open the iPhone up to the second largest network in America and the highest ranked in customer satisfaciton VERIZON. The iPhone should be available to as many people as possible if Apple really wants to make a dent, because guess what the Bold may be with AT&T for a while but Blackberry knows how to make money and you can put money on RIM opening up to the other carriers within 6 months. Apple tried to show favoritism to AT&T, it tried to forge a strong one carrier alliance; but it failed, and not because Apple didn't try but because AT&T is more interested in selling competitors phones, providing crappy service and not keeping up to their end of the bargain. It's time to cut the deal and cut your losses. Verizon is the NO1 network on the East Coast and thats a big market that Apple is throwing away by not pushing the iPhone there.
