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Verizon to add a few items to iPhone: Rhapsody, Navigator

By Larry Dignan | February 3, 2011, 2:10am PST

Summary: A few reviews noted that the Verizon iPhone isn’t loaded with the carrier’s services. That’s true—at least for today. Next week you’re getting Verizon Navigator and Verizon Rhapsody. Can the Bing icon be that far behind?

The reviews over call quality and data speeds are in for Verizon’s iPhone and generally they are good. Calls work. Data speeds are slower than AT&T.

That’s the upshot of a bevy of reviews about the Verizon iPhone. Frankly it’s amazing to me how many words were squeezed out of the Verizon iPhone review—it’s the same iPhone 4 reviewed a year ago. Talk about stretching the word counts. But I digress.

A few reviews noted that the Verizon iPhone isn’t loaded with the carrier’s services. That’s true—at least for today. Next week you’re getting Verizon Navigator and Verizon Rhapsody. Can the Bing icon be that far behind? I started the order process (didn’t follow through), but here’s what I found.

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This doesn't look like it's getting preinstalled on the devices

Pete "athynz" Athens 3rd Feb 2011

It looks more like VZW is giving one the option to buy into the subscription services - like AT&T with their in house navigation app which is a $9.99/m charge.

I do find it interesting that most of the reviews I read with the VZW iPhone say that the data is a lot slower - I guess there was some truth to those AT&T commercials with Luke Wilson after all.

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RE: Verizon to add a few items to iPhone: Rhapsody, Navigator

Rick_K Updated - 3rd Feb 2011

As long as there is no requirement of the unwanted add ons, it would not be a deal breaker. As long as the system updates come from Apple, as opposed to Verizon it wouldnt a big deal. The only thing I would not want to see on an iphone is that horrible bing icon (well unless you could delete it when you activate the phone) happy

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Hasam1991 3rd Feb 2011

You can choose those services, they won't come installed as crapware...

You said it, yet you are also writing a viphone4 article LOL
Frankly it?s amazing to me how many words were squeezed out of the Verizon iPhone review?it?s the same iPhone 4 reviewed a year ago. Talk about stretching the word counts. But I digress.