One day after the Wall Street Journal reported that a Verizon iPhone 4 was coming on Tuesday, sources speaking to Reuters have confirmed the claims.
Sales of the device are expected to launch in early February.
As with all prior reports, Apple and Verizon have not commented on the “speculation.”
AT&T has been the exclusive American carrier for the iPhone since its inception in 2007. Analysts have warned that losing the exclusivity pact, and the strong growth driver that is the iPhone, may affect the company’s bottom line for some time. Other analysts have warned that frustrated AT&T iPhone owners may jump ship to Verizon, who is known to have the most reliable network of the major carriers.
On the other hand, analysts also claim that a majority of AT&T’s iPhone owners are part of family plans, which are much harder to cancel as they involve, on average, three family members.
Furthermore, many are new upgraders or purchasers, and AT&T charges very heavy early termination fees.
Result for: family members
Buckingham Palace has noted today that the British Royal Family has now joined Twitter, just another addition in the long line of big names that have joined the micro-blogging site.
The Twitter account is @BritishMonarchy and is now publicly available after spending a couple of weeks in private testing.
According to the BBC, the family signed up “to harness the popularity of Twitter to spread news about the Royal Family.” Among the “news” about the family will be most royal engagements and links to information on what family members are doing.
A spokesperson did note however that none of the family would be tweeting personally, and instead, “the intention is that it is a news service rather than a personal voice.”
Result for: family members
Warner Brothers has confirmed that it is infact working on a new Rock Band game that will feature Lego characters. The deal is already in place with Harmonix, MTV and the Lego Group, and the game will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and the DS handheld.
“Lego Rock Band combines two compelling properties and creates an experience that family members of all ages will enjoy playing together as a group,” said Tom Stone, managing director of TT Games (part of Warner).
“Harmonix and MTV Games are the world experts in music gameplay, and we’re genuinely thrilled to bring the unique and humour-filled Lego experience to their Rock Band universe.”
Bob Picunko, of MTV, added: “Harmonix and MTV Games are big fans of the Lego game franchise and excited to work with TT Games to develop a new take on Rock Band that focuses on great music and Lego humour that’s fun for the whole family.”
So far the only songs known are:
“Boys and Girls” (Good Charlotte)
“Kung Fu Fighting” (Carl Douglas)
“Song 2″ (Blur)
“So What” (Pink)
“The Final Countdown” (Europe)
