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January 2, 2009 12:15 PM PST

iPhone to land in Vermont

by Kent German
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The iPhone: Coming soon to Vermont.

(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CBS Interactive)

Vermont may have gorgeous scenery, maple syrup, and civil unions, but up until now it hasn't had the iPhone. Since the Green Mountain State is one of the few states to lack native AT&T service, Vermonters have been left out of the iPhone classic and iPhone 3G scramble. Sure, they could buy them somewhere else and use the phones in Vermont, but it wasn't quite the same.

But as the Burlington Free Press reported recently, AT&T's acquisition of Unicel will bring Apple's phone to the state. Unicel's 10 stores in Vermont will be stitched over to AT&T by February and the full slate of AT&T phones will be available in them. The extent of HSDPA coverage will be patchy, no doubt, but Apple fans can get their phones, finally.

Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent.
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by Mary7Lynn January 2, 2009 1:03 PM PST
I don't need iPhone. I am using Moto V3XX running FREE LifeInPocket app which offers most iPhone things and can do many things iPhone cannot offer. e.g. Voice GPS Navigation, active GPS location messaging.
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by weeklyworldnews January 2, 2009 2:16 PM PST
interesting. learn something new everyday.. I think I'd be upset if I was there..

However... I heard that the scientists were creating deadly rays ?!?!

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/scientist-creates-iphone-death-ray-app/
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by cidman2001 January 2, 2009 9:29 PM PST
I'm a Vermonter. I would bet my last drop of maple syrup that the iPhone experience we get will be a far cry from what most users are used to. Outside of Burlington, (our largest city) cell phone service is spotty or non-existent. It makes owning a cell phone a frustrating experience that is unreliable at best. I bought a Virgin pay as you go phone for my honeymoon to the US Virgin Islands. I had better coverage in the freakin Carribbean than we do here in the states. 3G?......Hahahahahaaaaa! We have a lot of folks who are left to decide between dial-up internet or outrageously priced (and crappy) satellite internet. Vermont is like the Flintstones for high tech...we're too small and spread out for anyone to want to spend the money to make statewide broadband and cell coverage a reality.
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by digitalmediaguy January 3, 2009 12:54 AM PST
I hate being restricted by Apple. I would rather watch TV channels around the world and movies in 1080p Blu-ray on my PC and set top box on MyTVPAL ( mytvpal.com ) that's made using Matrixstream ( matrixstream.com ) IPTV platform.

Michael Dunn
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by rbdunn5 January 3, 2009 3:41 AM PST
I too am a Vermonter and I share that seniment. We have been left out in the cold as far
as bringing technology to the interior of the state. I am sending this note via dial-up. I have
been trying for years to convince Verizon and now Fairpoint Communications to include
my "hill" for wireing up for broadband. I have been promised the first quarter of 2009, but
I've heard that before.
Frustrated in the Green Mountains.....
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by myles taylor January 3, 2009 10:32 AM PST
Vermont isn't the only state....Montana and Idaho you can't get an iPhone and I'm sure there are others.
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by usafwso January 7, 2009 1:00 PM PST
You could live in Las Vegas as I do and enjoy AT&T's very spotty service or no service. I live in the city and have to stand in the driveway to enjoy just one bar on my iPhone. At least my Wi Fi connection makes the iPhone a pleasure to use for data.

In Hawaii, AT&T's service is another matter. It was mostly five bars and 3G service even on some pretty desolate parts of Maui.
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