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Verizon snaps up iPhone domains
January 2, 2011: 7:59 AM ETProtecting its brand by buying Internet domain names that link the iPhone with Verizon
Source: iPhoneonverizon.com
Here's more evidence -- as if we needed it -- that Apple (AAPL) is building an iPhone for Verizon (VZ).
PocketNow's Evan Blass has discovered that Verizon Trademark Services LLC, the company that owns verizon.com and verizonwireless.com, now also owns iphoneonverizon.com and iphoneforverizon.com.
In an item posted Saturday, Blass writes that the sites were once owned by Jim Benton of HolyShnikes.com, whose catch phrase -- "share with someone who cares" -- is deliciously ambiguous.
Using whois searches, Blass turned up similar sites -- such as verizoniphone.com -- that are still held by domain name squatters. They may be holding out for a better offer.
Meanwhile, HolyShnikes' Benton still owns iphoneonsprint.com and iphoneontmobile.com, in case anyone at Sprint (S) or T-Mobile (DT) is interested.
Below: The whois.com listing for iphoneonverizon.com
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Sony's Playstation phone to be called the 'Xperia Play'
A trademark filing reveals what would be the likely name of the upcoming PSP Phone from Sony.
We're likely to find out much more about Sony's Playstation phone next month at CES or at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the following month in February. Today, however, PocketNow found what is likely to be the trademark name for the device in the EU.
The name "Xperia Play" suggests that the phones will stick MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 21, 2010 3:08 PM ET
