The Apple part is past the video rental biz, past half way down.
I personally doubt Apple intended to stick with AT&T for long
My thoughts too. If Apple can, it will wiggle out of their contract with AT&T. ASAP
Foregoing network exclusivity means foregoing revenue sharing and analysts will probably tear their garments, put on rags, badly shave their head, pour ashes over it and proclaim the wrath of god is on nigh.
On a legal note, Apple will have to charge for 'significant' upgrades to iPhone OS X like it does when a new Mac OS X comes out. So users will have to be trained (bark, bark, wag, wag... good boy/girl!) to pay for mobile phone operating system upgrades. Wow, that is something new.
But wait, it's been done.
Sort of.
Customers were charged for upgrading their iPod Touch to 1.1.4 of OS X.
Open iPhone 3G HSDPA (my very own rumor contribution) is giving me a bad case of gadget lust.
