""We will not be in a position where we shun one operating
system in favor [of] another operating system," McAdam told
reporters at a trade show in Las Vegas. "We want to see what works
well over time."
"Mission: Narrow the Field
"Like other carriers, Verizon Wireless is troubled by the
diversity of operating systems among cell phones, which increases
development costs, forces the carrier to examine every new model
closely, and limits the number of phones that software applications
can run on.
"That's a contrast to the world of personal computers, where
most computers run a single operating system, Microsoft's
Windows."