AT&T sues Verizon over “There’s a map for that” ad
November 4, 2009
This is classic, AT&T is suing Verizon over “There’s a map for that” TV and Youtube commercial. Engadget is reporting
As a subscriber to AT&T I find the advertising fitting, as using my smartphone on AT&T’s network is akin to using a dial up modem for Youtube. It just doesn’t work right. Perhaps if they covered more markets with a viable 3G network this wouldn’t be a problem. In our area, there are more jailbreaked iPhones on Verizon’s network than on AT&T’s.. because honestly the AT&T network here just doesn’t work. Also worth noting is that interest in the Google Android phone in this area is tremendous, basically people want anything other than AT&T.
Apple has not us no service locking people to AT&T to use their products. The short term strategy may have worked, but long term people just want a working smartphone, don’t think that having a cool looking brick is fun to have when it’s unusable.
Hopefully AT&T will lose this one.
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