Dell's mobile future: Made to order smartphones  Summary:The
mail order smartphone business didn't work out so well for
Google with its Nexus One. But that doesn't mean the idea of
carrier independence can't succeed with an established direct
sales leader.   Today, in its quarterly investor call, in
addition to discussing changes in pricing and caps on data plans
to prevent network overload from the expected influx of
customers from the recently announced iPhone 4, Fran Shammo, CFO
of Verizon Wireless re-iterated that it would be dropping the
New Every Two program, which provided additional carrier
subsidies up to $100 towards a new phone for consumers that re-
upped their contract every two years.  We have discontinued the
new every two for new customers. Now that does not mean that our
current base is not qualified to exercise their new every two
right; they are. But for new customers, there will no longer be
any more new every two. So if you think about that, you can do
the math, but before, you would get a