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Vnunet.com is reporting that European wireless operators are unwilling to bow to Apple’s demands for the right to carry the iPhone. Avi Greengart, principal analyst at Current Analysis, said that “Operators consistently told us, not for attribution, of course, that they had spoken to Apple and found the company ‘unbelievably arrogant’, making demands that ‘simply cannot be justified no matter how hot the product is’.”
There are some carriers that were so outraged at the “arrogant” demands that they declared never to carry the Apple iPhone. In that case, Apple could start selling directly to consumers – without a wireless plan or SIM card. But, were this to happen, we would imagine that the carrier-dependent visual voicemail feature would take a hit in functionality.
Steve Jobs is starting to see that his influence and might is strongest within US borders, and that he won’t be able to push his weight around the European Union. Too bad Stevie, maybe a nicer approach would do you some good. You know, that saying about honey and vinegar attracting flies (or was it bees)?
Keep your heads up, Europe, you’re bound to get the iPhone one way or another!
[Via: MacRumors]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
