So why did you click through to read it anyway? There’s nothing new to say about the iPhone possibly coming to every single carrier not named AT&T. Or for that matter there’s nothing that hasn’t been said whining about AT&T’s service.

Two things we can promise:

(1.) If you’re looking for news regarding who else is going to carry the iPhone (especially you Verizon lovers out there who are pretending to love that Android device so your iPhone-toting friends don’t laugh at your cobbled-together Frankenphone) wait until Apple tells you it’s coming because none of the rest of us can be trusted to ‘scoop the truth’ at this point.

(2.) If you haven’t had another carrier besides AT&T in the past few years, you’re missing far less than you think. Carriers generally suck badly at one or more very important aspects of their business, be it customer service, locking out or delaying features, finding ways to shaft potential defectors, the service itself, or a combination of these.

People generally love blaming the phone for crappy service or crappy service for the phone, and often don’t get it right either way. But one thing’s for sure: your world isn’t going to change the minute the iPhone becomes available from a new carrier. Bliss will end. The grass only looks greener.

But when you finally break down and buy the iPhone, your world will change – especially if the important, yet subtle details of how things work (and work together) are important to you. Your mistake was letting the last three years pass you by because someone or something convinced you that any one of the American wireless carriers comes close to being good enough to lock your business. And trust me, even an occasional dropped call is worth suffering in exchange for most every one of the other crap handsets out there.

If you think your time is wasted calling someone back, consider all the time you waste trying to do the simple things you can only do with the right equipment. You won’t get this until you start using an iPhone.

Now back to dreaming of a life without [insert AT&T, your boring lover, your horrible life, or whatever soothes your dramatic flair here].

Crunchgear reports Verizon’s ad company, Landnor, is currently working on the big V’s ad campaign for the iPhone.

I just hope it’s for this year’s model.

And if AppleInsider’s report is as true as it seems we won’t be seeing Verizon service anytime soon without a contract change.

WSJ’s reporting it right now, and they’re normally quite reliable.

Verizon Wireless and Skype join forces to create a global mobile calling community.

Andy Ihnatko talks about Google’s Nexus One and how it fits in with the competition  Here’s an important snippet:

• The touchscreen is a serious source of concern. I frequently needed to tap buttons more than once to get the Nexus to recognize the tap. Just as often, an app would think I’d tapped an item close to what I had been aiming for.  My suspicions about the Nexus’ touchscreen began to mount and so I charged up my loaner Droid and did some side-by-side comparisons. Yup: when doing the same tasks in the same apps side-by-side, the Droid was far better at correctly interpreting my intentions than the Nexus.

His full writeup can be found here.

The most interesting passage is here in bold: “The company’s version of the tablet will feature built-in Wi-Fi utilizing Verizon’s hotspots for free data; the device will switch onto the 3G cellular network when it’s away from a hotspot. This makes it easy and safe to connect to trusted Wi-Fi servers, and you’ll get a line-item for that data service on your cell bill. Basically you won’t need a home data modem service anymore,” continues Morris.

OK, so does this mean the new tablet will act as a hotspot, much like Novatel’s MiFi?  Perhaps we’re talking about the Cable Internet access killer here?

Full article here.

How about you, Comcast? Cox? Time Warner?  Anyone?

Verizon unveils new FiOS bundles with symmetrical 35Mbps pipes, heftier ETFs — Engadget.

You can Skype on your wireless data plan, you can listen to music on your wireless plan, video – yes, that as well.  From here on wireless will start looking like broadband: services running on top of Internet access.

AT&T messes with plans in wake of Verizon’s moves, slashes unlimited voice pricing — Engadget.

Regarding the iPhone win, Mr. Kumar commented “It’s looking like Qualcomm is beginning to be the one to beat [as the next iPhone chip supplier],” referring to the fact that Google has confirmed that Qualcomm was also chosen for its Nexus One smartphone.

If you’re tuning in late, this should come as no surprise and you should be overjoyed over this development.  Qualcomm’s chip delivers wireless technology independence: yes, any carrier.  This isn’t about Qualcomm so much as it’s about the two most powerful forward players all but eliminating the importance of carrier choice.

It’s a HUGE win for consumers and manufacturers, and every other phone maker will have Apple and Google to thank two years from now.  Frankly, Nokia should end their lawsuit with Apple and Motorola should give them a big hug for saving this massive part of their business.

In the mean time, these two will likely milk the single early carrier model, meaning they’ll grab extra cash from the highest bidding carrier in every market in exchange for short term exclusivity.

Mobile carrier power over technology is dead.

via Apple Tablet Goes With PA Semi Chip, Verizon iPhone With Qualcomm | iPhone | The Mac Observer.