I'll believe it when I see it. Just a few bits quickly found in Google News archive search:

November 2008: http://www.macworld.com/article/150187/2010/03/att_verizon_i...

November 2009: http://www.crn.com/mobile/221600785;jsessionid=WQM2VISJVVS4B...

Any media site still reporting or echoing unsubstantiated "Verizon iPhone" rumors should be embarrassed by now.

The enhanced utility of a GSM phone still keeps me away, though I have to say, at least in my experience, Verizon seems to have their act together better than AT&T.

Hasn't this been a continuous rumor for almost 3 yrs now?

This article could very well be true, but I've become highly suspicious of these apple rumor articles over the years. Especially ones that randomly pop up after a 4.5% AAPL stock dip. The cynic inside me is telling me that someone's starting a rumor so they can dump some stock on its way down...

Gruber Calls BS: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/06/29/bloomberg-verizo...

It would be more accurate to say he expresses doubt. There's no denial based on his sources, or even reasoning against a VZW iPhone happening -- just reasoning against Apple leaking this info at this moment.

Yawn. Verizon is full-steam ahead on the Android front. Bringing in the iPhone would fragment their investments in Android and they'd be competing against themselves. Android devices are good enough to match the iPhone for most consumers. Verizon isn't going to do what it takes to court and share profits with Apple, because they don't need to.

This makes my heart flutter with anxious optimism.

Well, the exclusive contract with AT&T does end in 2011 ...

I bought an iPhone today. Crap.