Verizon to store managers: “Wednesday is a big day.”

John Brownlee ()

Verizon to store managers: “Wednesday is a big day.”The gadget blogosphere’s collective scuttlebutting navel-gazers peg it as a near certainty that Apple’s forthcoming tablet will, at the very least, come with a 3G option, opening the door to carrier subsidization. But if the Tablet does support 3G, which network will Apple choose to partner with? Their current domestic carrier partner AT&T, which has proven incapable of handling the traffic demands of just the iPhone, let alone the Apple Tablet? Or will it be another network, like Verizon?

Only Wednesday will tell, but Boy Genius Report was just told by one of their sources that Verizon Wireless has a “kick off” event at the beginning of every quarter to bring store managers up to speed with what to expect over the next couple of months.

That kick off event hasn’t happened yet, but can you guess the date when it’s scheduled to occur. Yup, January 27th, 2010… the same day Apple is slated to announce the Tablet. Even more incriminatingly, it will occur via a “live webcast” at the exact same time as Apple’s announcement, 1PM EST or 10AM PST.

Coincidence? Possibly. Rumor? Definitely. But the inference is obvious: Verizon wants to tell their store managers about a big, big product development at the first possible second when they can do so. I suppose it could be a CDMA iPhone, which is heavily rumored to hit Verizon sometime this year, but let’s face it: the Tablet is still the most likely contender, given the date.

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John BrownleeJohn Brownlee is news editor here at Cult of Mac, and has also written about a lot of things for a lot of different places, including Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Lifehacker, AMC, Geek and the Consumerist. He lives in Cambridge with his charming inamorata and a tiny budgerigar punningly christened after Nabokov's most famous pervert. You can follow him here on Twitter.

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  • Angel

    I say its the iPhone coming to verizon. If not then def the iTablet. But then again who knows. Maybe its something not related to Apple

  • ged

    is that a big iphone in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?

  • http://pocketfullofapps.com yourofl10

    Sounds interesting and very possible, should be interesting, though.

  • Chris

    “Even more incriminatingly, it will occur via a “live webcast” at the exact same time as Apple’s announcement, 1PM EST or 10AM PST.”

    Does this mean that we can all watch the event live?
    It would be great not to have to wait for the podcast to be released and relying on text updates.

  • Mattzook

    Finally all those Verizon lemmings will actually have a chance to buy and use some good hardware from Apple…. instead of having to use those other inferior Verizon shodware like Droids and Eris-whatevers.