Verizon Wireless on Bluetooth
At Walter Mossberg's conference D: All Things Digital, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg took a question from an attendee concerning when Verizon Wireless would launch a Bluetooth equipped phone. The answer left no more questions: "You better switch [to another carrier that has a Bluetooth phone]."
bq. A Verizon spokesman said Mr. Seidenberg was joking and that there was laughter in the audience. An executive from Motorola Inc. said the company has a Bluetooth-capable cellphone being evaluated by Verizon engineers.
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Motorola V710 will likely be Verizon's first Bluetooth equipped phone.