“On Thursday, Verizon Wireless announced it would be using LTE (Long Term Evolution) as its fourth-generation wireless technology, aligning it for the first time with AT&T and European carriers.LTE is a new wireless standard that the global GSM crowd has picked for its evolution beyond the current 3G (third-generation) HSDPA systems.When the full LTE rollout comes around — think 2010 or 2011 — there will be a much wider variety of hardware available for Verizon Wireless customers.

For example, Nokia, the world’s No. 1 mobile-phone provider, which has always been weak in CDMA, has announced its glee at being able to play with Verizon Wireless in the future.

Combine this with Verizon Wireless’ “open network” announcement earlier this week and you’ll see a very different mobile landscape in a few years.” (Link)

This is great news for Verizon Wireless customers. However, it is still a long ways away. For those of you who have Verizon Wireless, you can look forward to the iPhone. However, in a few years I doubt the iPhone will be the top cell phone on the market. Hopefully Apple will come out with something better than their current version of the iPhone.

Now I just need to decide which I want more - the iPhone or Verizon’s new Voyager. In either case, I have a few years to decide.

-Justin