(rumor) apple to att... “you want the exclusive on our phone, then no Android.”

[SDscorch]

someone said it over *here (http://phandroid.com/2009/05/26/htc-lancaster-coming-to-att-in-august/comment-page-1/#comment-42263)*

hmmmmmm!



woulda been nice to see lancaster on the market - its a good "looking" phone, albeit too small for my tastes...

but... if the rumor is true, that would give a little insight into apple's mindset vis-a-vis google/android

[thunderstruck]

I don't know how much faith I'd place in that. Doing something as stupid as this would bring down the full wrath of the DOJ on Apple. They are already in enough hot water with the decision to ban Google Voice from their app store.

[OKC-G1]

thats cuz apple knows the android will bend that ass over

[Sine]

I can count on 2 fingers the number of viable competitors the iPhone OS has right now (Android OS, webOS), and neither of then are on AT&T natively yet. Coincidence? You decide...

All I know is that it's getting down to the wire for Apple. Their OS is feeling pretty stale right now (same basic design since 2007) with a lot of issues related to Apple's walled garden approach. Their exclusivity with AT&T runs out in 2010, so they have some decisions to make, to say the least.

[SDscorch]

thats cuz apple knows the android will bend that ass over


??

are you frigging kidding me?




google's gonna hand apple their ass!

[theway2live]

theyre scared of android. =]

[Iceberg]

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