device manufacturers

During its iPhone 4 press conference last Friday, Apple chose to pick on a bunch of other device manufacturers with regards to its iPhone 4 "death grip" issue.

Of course, Apple has long said that all devices exhibit the behavior, but other manufacturers, either officially (with press releases) or unofficially, are firing back.

A new report by the Yankee Group focuses on the subsidies wireless carriers pay to device manufacturers.

In particular, as C|Net found, despite the fact that AT&T's bottom line has been heavily boosted by the iPhone, it takes a long time for the company to make back it's money from the bandwidth-sucking Apple device.