Interesting. However, this article rebuts Verizon's thinking by saying that the AdMob acquisition was in direct retaliation at Apple (and this one is a long doozy of an article, so grab a cup of coffee or whatever...):
Apple?s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal - NYTimes.com
It goes in depth at machinations in both companies and how this is really beginning to take on epic proportions.
The enemy of mine enemy is my friend. Seems like Apple and M$ may have a good reason to join forces, if everyone is
that scared of Google....