More talk of Apple and Verizon, plus Blu-ray's consumer e...

Apple and Verizon have been in the "traditional" rumor mill for a while, but an anonymous source told USA Today that the companies have been in advanced talks to bring the iPhone to Verizon. Mike Rose, of TUAW, says he thinks it's starting to seem more likely, given that Verizon's next generation wireless network would bring some compatibility that their current gen phone couldn't match. I'd agree with that, but that means by the time Verizon's network is rolled out and AT&T's exclusivity is up (2011) there'd have to be a pretty rapid deployment to have broad iPhone coverage... either that or Verizon would have to beg T-Mobile for roaming agreements, because you know AT&T wouldn't give in. On the flipside, James Papadopoulos of TechSpank, thinks their might be some people out there who haven't yet jumped on the iPhone, and since it adds competition in the marketplace, iPhone contracts might finally be able to drop in price.

Also, Panasonic released a portable Blu-ray player last week which had us thinking: Why would anyone install a Blu-ray player in their car? James says what we're all thinking: It's simply ridiculous. Why would anyone want to watch a 1080p movie on a small screen while they're driving? Mike posits that it's the obvious extension of a large Blu-ray library; regardless of which screen people are watching it on, they'll want to have one library for every arena. I'm thinking before Blu-ray ever catches on, technologies like LTE and other wireless standards will catch up, so people can watch their library from any internet connected device— including their car.

What's your take on either of these topics? Are you waiting for AT&T to lose its stranglehold on the iPhone before you jump ship? Is Blu-ray worth thinking about, even in your car? Sound off in the comments, or leave us a video feedback on YouTube.

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[JunierMahri246]

@omniken66 Verizon is the first with LTE. VErizon bought Android glory but AT&T screw up Android. I get dropped call when I was once in AT&T. You were saying?

[JunierMahri246]

@omniken66 Did yoou travel all over the country? Because unless you live in New York or California, there won't be 3g coverage. I sticked Verizon for a reason. I used to be on AT&T but I went to VErizon

[Jesusandashley]

@omniken66 Yeah right. fucking ATT doesn't have coverage where I live and I used to have the iphone. the "Best" phone. Psshhh. that piece of shit is lame. but when I got the droid from Verizon, woow. I had BETTER coverage and it was fast and its still FAST! and Verizon is way better than ATT. Apple doesn't want to make a deal with Verizon because if Verizon does get the iPhone 4g ATT will go out of business, because it SUCK! Thats just my point of view. I'm sorry but Verizon all the way!

[omniken66]

Verizon lags on every front....You can't even use the phones abroad....shit phones....shit coverage.....research the internet folks...clearly ATT is better even the personnel that work in the stores are more knowledgable then Verizon personnel....listen to these jerks and you'll be walking down a dead end road!

[omniken66]

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

In coverage, I've found them to be similar. In tech support, I've found AT&T better. In cost, I've found AT&T less expensive. Plus, you have the choice of using any unlocked GSM phone with AT&T whereas with Verizon you're limited to Verizon phones. And, of course, AT&T has the iPhone (which is why I dumped Verizon).

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[163mike]

verizon is already #1 of all phone with this i dont know what to tell to all other phon user vzw just gettin better n better but wit the i phone moving to VZW does it mean that apple is don with at&t you gotta be joking with me now i know y people dont like at&t cuz there network suck.

[urza1992]

many of my friends with iphones dont get service where i doi

[omniken66]

GSm is the world standard...not CDMA, Both Verizon & Sprint can come out with whatever they want....they'll always be playing catch up....Verizon is 3-4 years behind the curve...ya'll keep fooling yourselves though..."LMAO" Yea, I'm a child and you're an expert! Hillarious!

[omniken66]

It's a matter of personal taste regardless of what Verizon looks like on paper...ATT & T-mobile lead the industry....I've seen every phone Offered by Verizon...not impressed...their phones are 3 years in the rears of ATT....GSM is the world standard...Verizon & Sprint can come out with whatever they want...

[omniken66]

Additionally, more & more phones that come out regardless of carrier will require a data plan as OS systems on phones & heavy web usage becomes the standard in the industry...