Re: [NTLK] too Quiet on the List(Pippin)

Ken Whitcomb wrote:
> According to an article in Wired last year, the most significant
> difference in bringing the iphone onto the network was that the
> manufacturer's UI design (e.g. Visual Voicemail) required that the
> carrier allow an outside party dictate some engineering specs. This
> was a big change for any carrier. Not only was there the issue of will
> the carrier be willing to give up that sort of control, but also the
> question of could they rise to the challenge of integrating such a
> drastically different product.
>

I believe that is why Cingular/AT&T demanded (and got) the 5 year
exclusivity clause in return.

-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."
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