This article is really about two new touch screen Blackberries coming out in the fall. But, this little tidbit was buried in the article.
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/14/thunder-storm-in-rims-forecast/
With Apples (AAPL) 3G iPhone coming next month exclusively to AT&T and selling at a $200 discount, Verizon is apparently eager to secure its own touchscreen smartphone, and has promised RIM it will sell millions of Thunders to guarantee exclusivity, sources told BoyGeniusReport. Analysts agreed with the logic of such a deal but the details could not be confirmed.
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/14/thunder-storm-in-rims-forecast/
With Apples (AAPL) 3G iPhone coming next month exclusively to AT&T and selling at a $200 discount, Verizon is apparently eager to secure its own touchscreen smartphone, and has promised RIM it will sell millions of Thunders to guarantee exclusivity, sources told BoyGeniusReport. Analysts agreed with the logic of such a deal but the details could not be confirmed.