This is a pretty giant red flag here. No "official" data, versus what we know - Verizon is easily the largest Android carrier in the US, Android's marketshare has been on a meteoric rise, and Google is claiming 300k Android activations per day (which, granted, is likely a worldwide number!) versus Apple's claimed 230k iOS activations per day (which again, is worldwide, and includes the iPad and iPod Touch).
I don't at all buy the argument that Verizon's Android push has failed, which is why they're looking to pick up the iPhone. I think that Verizon's Android push has wildly succeeded, but they're looking to capitalize on AT&T's battered reputation by carrying the iPhone as well. To think that a carrier must commit to a single platform at the expense of all others is somewhat silly. Verizon will see a lot of growth by offering the iPhone, and I suspect much of it will be in the form of AT&T customers who are fed up with subpar service but who love the device itself.