2008
Ballmer says Verizon wanted a strong phone to compete with AT&T's iPhone, but Microsoft's software was not ready in time and Verizon went with Android.
“But we didn't have the stuff they wanted at the right time. They went Android.”
Topic
Verizon
5 facts from 5 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2009
Verizon licensed the Droid name from Lucasfilm and spent heavily marketing the Motorola Droid, launched in late 2009.
“But even more important than the features was the marketing and the muscle that Verizon put behind this. So they licensed the droid name from Lucasfilm.”
2019
The host cautions that Disney+'s 10 million early activations were boosted by a Verizon offer of a free first year to about 17 million households.
“there are, what, 17 million households that use Verizon that got a first year free offer.”
Undated
The Netscape brand stayed with AOL until Verizon acquired AOL, so Verizon owns the brand.
“the brand is an easy one to trace. That stayed with AOL until they ultimately were bought by Verizon.”
Undated
Matt Garman said AWS's Verizon arrangement was a partnership to potentially sell edge compute space together, rather than Verizon building a rival cloud.
“Well, Verizon was a little bit different. It was actually a partnership with us where we were talking about potentially selling some of that compute space together at the edge.”
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