Last month, Verizon’s CEO said that his network would have to “earn” the iPhone and strongly implied that their upcoming rollout of their 4G network would be what would do it.
Maybe so, but they are off to a shaky start when it comes to servicing the Apple faithful: Verizon has officially launched their 4G network by offering their first LTE modem to the public… but don’t expect it to work on your Mac.
According to reports Verizon’s USB LTE modem, the LG VL600, only has drivers for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7… not OS X. The same is apparently true for the upcoming Pantech UML290.
How the heck does Verizon intend on “earning” the iPhone based upon the blistering speeds of their 4G network if you can’t even test it on a Mac? I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs doesn’t keep a Windows laptop around.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
