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CES 2011: Verizon Makes No Mention of iPhone, iPad Competitors Take Shape

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Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg on-stage at CES 2011 (Source: Engadget)
In what should not be regarded as a surprise, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and other presenters during his keynote address at CES 2011 this morning made no mention of the possibility of the iPhone coming to Verizon. Seidenberg's role as the primary keynote speaker for the event had sparked speculation that the forum could be used to introduce a Verizon iPhone, although most observers have long thought that such an introduction would take place at an Apple-controlled event headed by Steve Jobs.

Seidenberg's presentation instead focused on Verizon's LTE and FiOS networks from the perspective of an integrated data access environment, and included the appearance of executives from Time Warner, Motorola, and Google to demonstrate such concepts as "TV Everywhere" that would allow customers to view their video content on a variety of devices over a number of different connections, as well as next-generation mobile devices and software that can take advantage of Verizon's LTE network speeds.

A CDMA version of the iPhone compatible with Verizon's network is still widely expected to make its debut early this year, possibly within the next few weeks, but we have yet to hear word of any Apple media event that would presumably accompany the introduction.

On a separate note, with Apple's iPad experiencing great success in 2010, tablets are unsurprisingly a major focus of this year's CES. Among the developments on the tablet front:

- Android 3.0 / Motorola Xoom: Google has released an intro video for its upcoming Android 3.0 software, "Honeycomb", an updated version of the company's smartphone operating system now said to be optimized for tablets. Meanwhile, Motorola has followed up on its "Tablet Evolution" teaser video with the introduction of the Motorola Xoom. A brief hands-on, however, reveals that the Xoom is still to be in the early stages of development.
While this sleek little device is still running a very early build of Honeycomb, we were able to sneak some peeks at the stuff Google and Motorola don't actually want you to see just yet. The device was looping demo videos of the Honeycomb UI, but a little investigation on our part revealed a bare bones homescreen.
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Xoom is expected to launch Q1 2011.

- RIM BlackBerry Playbook: The BlackBerry PlayBook has been highly touted as Research in Motion's answer to the Apple iPad, and early impressions have been very positive.
The BlackBerry PlayBook is surprisingly polished and responsive at this stage, even though RIM says it has a lot of work to still left to do.
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With the initial PlayBook model set to launch early this year, a 4G (WiMAX) PlayBook has also been announced for a summer debut on Sprint.

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Verizon Iphone will not happen till full LTE trans. CDMA is a dying technology and apple know this.
 
and the wait continues... and so do the rumored dates.

A part of me wanted him to announce it this morning, just so that these rumors will go away. First, it used to be Apple tablet rumors that wouldn't go away, and since now we have the iPad, people need to focus on a new obsession of rumors.
 
I hope that he didn't get to announce a Verizon iPhone due to the fact that it might come on all carriers. No more of this carrier drama!
 
boogieman said:
Verizon Iphone will not happen till full LTE trans. CDMA is a dying technology and apple know this.
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sure it will die - but not in the next two years. For a CDMA iPhone Apple would only need to think about that time frame - the phones are getting updated every year, contracts are usually two years. That does not mean it will happen (and I couldn't care less if it happens; I'm lucky and have no problems with the iPhone on AT&T)
 
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Surprise surprise
 
The Xoom looks very nice. There's at least three things that stand out to me as making this worthy of being called a tablet:

1) Actual desktop

2) Legitimate tabbed browsing (w/ flash support)

3) Card-based (thumbnail) UI for task switching

So far, so good. Now let's just hope it supports user file storage and mounting as a USB drive.
 
Android 3.0 for tablets looks AWESOME!!! Is superior to the iPad's iOS in some major way!! About time we got some actual pressure put on Apple - now they're going to be forced to innovate even more quickly with the iPad. The iPad 2 better set it up significantly in terms of the software, but as of now it looks like the T-Mobile G Slate and Motorola Xoom are the ones to beat! It's nice to see some healthy competition in this space, but as usual what I'm really looking forward to is how Apple will respond.
 
What does reality have to do with anything?
You can substitute verizon iphone with any number of unrealistic things that people still believe in: jeebus, compassionate republican, etc. :rolleyes:
Of course, verizon iphone salivaters will probably be predicting the announcement at the next iphone intro, if not sooner.
mefck said:
Most people didn't realistically think the iPhone to Verizon would be announced at CES.
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NKT said:
How is CDMA dying?
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It was abandoned by Telstra in Australia, replaced with HSPA+ by Bell and Telus in Canada and replaced by HSPA+ in various Caribbean countries. Bell and Telus still support their existing CDMA network but they are selling HSPA+ phones to new customers.

The main stronghold for the North American variety of CDMA (CDMA2000) are the american CDMA carriers like Verzion, Sprint, US Cellular and MetroPCS. As usualy, the US a behind the curve.
 
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg delivered the official CES 2011 opening keynote this morning. Verizon's press conference is at 4pm EST today.
 
Donz0r said:
Android 3.0 for tablets looks AWESOME!!! Is superior to the iPad's iOS in some major way!! About time we got some actual pressure put on Apple - now they're going to be forced to innovate even more quickly with the iPad. The iPad 2 better set it up significantly in terms of the software, but as of now it looks like the T-Mobile G Slate and Motorola Xoom are the ones to beat! It's nice to see some healthy competition in this space, but as usual what I'm really looking forward to is how Apple will respond.
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Let's not call this 'competition' to the iPad until it's selling a million a month, and it's clearly putting a dent in Apple's sales. Competition is this sense can only be measured in sales, and so far, android 3.0 tablets have not sold anything.
 
aristotle said:
It was abandoned by Telstra in Australia, replaced with HSPA+ by Bell and Telus in Canada and replaced by HSPA+ in various Caribbean countries. Bell and Telus still support their existing CDMA network but they are selling HSPA+ phones to new customers.

The main stronghold for the North American variety of CDMA (CDMA2000) are the american CDMA carriers like Verzion, Sprint, US Cellular and MetroPCS. As usualy, the US a behind the curve.
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So a few small mobile operators migrated from CDMA. How does this translate to CDMA dying?
 
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