HotHardware reports that AT&T's exclusivity on the iPhone is a mere three days from being over. That would mean the announcement on Wednesday might not only be about Tabletmania, it might also be the ushering in of new mobile carrier partner(s) in the US. The report stopped short of naming Verizon, but it did mention that AT&T was sick of having the iPhone "hurt its image":
Inside of AT&T, we are hearing that the iPhone is causing more trouble than ever before. On some level, having the iPhone is hurting AT&T's image. Because they are the only company to carry it, and it's such a data hog, it's largely to blame for AT&T's network troubles. We don