Verizon to Open Access to Apps and Devices Next Year

All these recent announcements seem like smoke and mirrors. It's like the carriers are trying to fool people into thinking they're actually doing something good for consumers. Sprint recently announced (after being dragged to court) that customers can unlock their phones after they fulfill they're contract requirements. Umm, wow, welcome to the softer side of Spring. This zipped around the web like it was something amazing despite the fact that T-Mobile and even AT&T have been unlocking phones after 90 days for qutie sometime.

Now Verizon says you can use any phone that meets their requirements. Wow, someone release the doves already!

Is Verizon's announcement even newsworthy? You can already use any unlocked GSM phone on AT&T and T-...
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