Cat Gymnastics

10:58AM “Good morning and welcome, please take your seats — our program is about to begin.” (Event Announcer)

11:00AM “Okay, it looks like you’re expecting a big announcement. I don’t think we’ll disappoint. If the press writes something long enough, eventually it comes true. We’re very very excited about our announcement today.” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

11:06AM “Today we’re partnering with a giant of the industry, and that’s Apple.” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

11:07AM “Our relationship with Apple has developed over the last two years. In 2008 we started talking about bringing the iPhone to a CDMA network. We spent a year testing.” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

11:07AM “Yeah we tested both the phone and the network. Good concept huh?!?” (Ira the cat/Cat Gymnastics)

11:07AM “Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad…” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

11:07AM “Chica-chica!” (Ira the cat/Cat Gymnastics)

11:07AM “Today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available early next month.” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

11:08AM “I want to thank the senior team at Apple — it has been a real pleasure to work with them. To explain more about that product, I’m pleased to introduce two folks that both have become friends and colleagues… Tim Cook and Ira the cat.” (Lowell Macadam/Verizon)

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