LOL ... and you bought this ? Just how do you test hardware that has to connect to AT&T’s equipment without hooking it up to AT&T’s equipment ? Such “testing” means NO testing - the results can be manipulated to anything the showman wants.
But this is interesting - “ In July 2006, the two companies finalized a deal after 30 hours of negotiations over two days, a person familiar with the discussions says.”
You can bet that the “30 hours of negotiations” they had would include the agreeing to leave out consumer-friendly functions that would reduce the profitability of AT&T’s carrying the phone.
Yep. It falls right in line with Apple's normal secrecy and their poor experience with the ROKR in letting anyone else have a say in the design of the phone. To say that Jobs is an anally-retentive control freak is an understatement.
Just how do you test hardware that has to connect to AT&T’s equipment without hooking it up to AT&T’s equipment ?
Did you even read the article or my post where I quoted it?
You can bet
No I can't, given how much AT&T has had to bend over backwards in order to get the exclusive deal for the iPhone. And they were the only carrier willing to do it. 500,000-700,000 signed up in the first weekend alone, looks like a good deal for AT&T.