Back to the Future: How Apple is Becoming More Like a Carrier Every Day (TechCrunch)
Editor's note : Is Apple going too far with its restrictions on developers? Alistair Goodman thinks so and explains why in this guest post. He is the CEO of 1020 Placecast , a location-based mobile advertising startup. Apple’s recent behavior bears an increasing resemblance to carriers with respect to the walled garden they are creating around the iPhone. Restricting applications, restricting ...
iPhone/AT&T exclusivity may be ending within a year or so, based on reports
Apple’s worldwide single-carrier exclusivity model for each nation is seen as fleeting, as a new report suggests the iPhone could be available for carriers other than AT&T in the U.S. within a year.In his latest note to investors, Gene Munster, senior research analyst with Piper Jaffray, takes on 14 “unanswered questions” that surround Apple. They address the company’s financial guidance, the iPhone, iTunes, iPods and Apple retail stores. One prediction suggests Apple would add new iPhone carrie
iPhone in Korea: KT and SKT dangle the smartphone in front of hungry customers
iPhone in Korea: KT and SKT dangle the smartphone in front of hungry customersImage Courtesy of telecomskoreaThe Korean market isn’t new to corporate promises that the iPhone will appear on its shores. Since the 3G’s 2008 American introduction - a product launch which, along with the App Store, gave Apple’s phone new legs, promises of the phone’s introduction have come in well-timed spurts which are never accompanied by product. The lastest, again from Korea’s largest carrier, KT, suggests that
Why We Don’t Believe Rumors of an Apple/Verizon Love Child
Can he hear Verizon now? Apple and Verizon are in talks for the carrier to distribute an “iPhone-lite” device and a “media pad,” with one of the devices to be launched sometime this summer, BusinessWeek is reporting . As a Verizon subscriber, I wish I could believe this story, but we have several reasons to think it’s just a negotiating ploy aimed at getting more concessions from AT&T as it tries to hold onto its iPhone exclusive. Lousy Timing Part I : Apple wouldn’t launch a competin
Apple iPhone Features
The Apple iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 and Apple created frenzy among consumers when it was first announced in January during the MacWorld conference. The iPhone is a very innovative cell phone because of it is not only a cell phone but a multi-media gadget that caters to a persons many needs. AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the Apple iPhone until year 2009. The agreement was cemented since 2005. Features of the Apple I Phone Besides the usual cell phone features like SMS and visua