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January 19th, 2010, 22:40
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There hasn't been any official announcement by Verizon -- nor any recent public chatter between the carrier and the FCC -- but for whatever reason, Big Read has gone ahead and smacked some ten devices off its premium "advanced device" list that it had used to determine whether a particular phone qualified for the gargantuan $350 early termination fee (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/15/dont-shop-drunk-verizons-350-etf-is-now-live/). On the surface, it would appear that these guys might be looking to appease the feds now that even Chairman Genachowski is getting in on the offensive (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/fcc-chariman-echoes-commissioners-sentiments-says-verizons-et/), but the more plausible scenario is that they're looking to restrict it to smartphones and netbooks alone -- the ten phones removed were all featurephones, including the Motorola Krave (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Krave/), Samsung Rogue (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Rogue/), and a host of LGs. For buyers of high-end dumbphones, it's great news -- but for anyone who prefers WinMo, Android, or a mythical, non-existent CDMA iPhone, the fight continues.Verizon whittles $350 ETF 'advanced device' list a bit, FCC pressure paying off? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/verizon-whittles-350-etf-advanced-device-list-a-bit-fcc-pres/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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There hasn't been any official announcement by Verizon -- nor any recent public chatter between the carrier and the FCC -- but for whatever reason, Big Read has gone ahead and smacked some ten devices off its premium "advanced device" list that it had used to determine whether a particular phone qualified for the gargantuan $350 early termination fee (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/15/dont-shop-drunk-verizons-350-etf-is-now-live/). On the surface, it would appear that these guys might be looking to appease the feds now that even Chairman Genachowski is getting in on the offensive (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/fcc-chariman-echoes-commissioners-sentiments-says-verizons-et/), but the more plausible scenario is that they're looking to restrict it to smartphones and netbooks alone -- the ten phones removed were all featurephones, including the Motorola Krave (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Krave/), Samsung Rogue (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Rogue/), and a host of LGs. For buyers of high-end dumbphones, it's great news -- but for anyone who prefers WinMo, Android, or a mythical, non-existent CDMA iPhone, the fight continues.Verizon whittles $350 ETF 'advanced device' list a bit, FCC pressure paying off? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/verizon-whittles-350-etf-advanced-device-list-a-bit-fcc-pres/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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