Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 13 - June 29 Launch

Verizon, Sprint await iPhone onslaught
Marketwatch - June 12, 2007

While AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) executives talk confidently about gaining market share in the wireless business after the iPhone is released, skeptical rivals have reserved their fire. Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. all say they are prepared for the iPhone, but none has offered a clear strategy to combat the introduction of the highly anticipated device.

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AT&T has repeatedly called the iPhone a "game changer," saying more than 1 million potential customers have made inquiries about the device. Many of them have declined to re-sign annual commitments with their current providers so they'll have a chance to check out the iPhone, AT&T executives say.

iPhone to Support Third-Party Web 2.0 Applications

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced on June 11, "that its revolutionary iPhone(TM) will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. ......

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the number one innovator for 2007 according to BusinessWeek.

Bottomline:

Rival wireless operators are worried, to say the least. They are betting that iPhone fails. If iPhone succeeds beyond expectations, watch out!! AT&T has the most to benefit, besides Apple. In a move to create a larger base of developers, applications and users, Apple wisely chose to open up iPhone to use any Web 2.0 Internet standard application. This will take some time to sink in, but once it does sink in, can iPhone become a mobile platform? Only time will tell.

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