This wouldn't matter at all anyone as there is nothing in the VCast offering that isn't available in Apple's iTunes storeI also feel as though Verizon would have no problem not having the Media Center or Get It Now download through V Cast, because these are not available on most Blackberry's on the Verizon Network.
This also wouldn't matter since Apple covers all of their products through their own insurance programs.Also I think one advantage would be that Asurion (Verizon insurance) would most likely be willing to offer tec (total equipment coverage) for the iphone, much as they do for the netbooks Verizon offers.
This may not be an issue for you, but it would single handedly be why unfortunately AT&T would have to be my carrier of choice. I don't have nearly the issues most here (or on the thousands of other blogs) have with AT&T, but that doesn't mean I like them. I think they need to step their game up, but that's the case with every other carrier as well as far as I'm concerned. However, I use this feature (which really shouldn't be a feature. With today's technology it should be standard on ALL networks...period!) daily and I suspect a lot of other iPhone owners do as well. It's a deal breaker for me.The data and voice simultaneously would not have any effect on me because I have never used this feature, and even if you are using data, the network puts priority for voice so the data would stop so that could answer the call.
My wife is getting an iPhone at it's next release. She has been researching the medical apps she will need and want when she gets it. Currently she is a Verizon subscriber, but will making the switch to AT&T as it stands. I'm sure she would like to stick with Verizon, but she needs simultaneous voice & data as well. We've been discussing this article a bit and she stated that not having that capability is deal breaker for her as well. The geeks here don't get that all the tech talk they are spewing, matters none to the average iPhone owner...to most of us it's the little things that count!