will this come out for Verizon?
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will this come out for Verizon?
i guess theres no ichat?
i would just get one , and unlock it, but then i cant have insurance on it. .which means i would be paying 600 for a new one.. which isnt happening.. unless you can buy it from the apple store and get apple care for it.. thats a diff story ...
I have a feeling that international versions, presumably unlocked, will be going for a premium to US buyers wanting to use on T-Mobile. At least, I assume that they (overseas versions) would be unlocked, since there is no Cingular partner overseas.
It wouldn't work. I think part of Apple's plan of teaming up with ONE provider is software features. Merging calls isn't necessarily gonna work on every provider. I think Cingular has done some hard work too to make the iPhone sing on their network. This won't be an unlockable phone.
I would be very surprised if apple didn't partner up with a european provider as well
Watch out for Microsoft - they're never far behind a good idea... :spook:
Cingular probably paid apple a lot of money for the exclusive rights to it, and they wouldn't demand to cripple the phone like verizon would. Sales will still be very high for a first generation specialty product, and apple will be doing very well with the money from cingular.
The phone will be offered exclusively through Cingular in the US in June, and will come to Europe in Q4 2007, and Asia in 2008. A 4 GB model will be offered for $499 with a 2 year contract, and an 8 GB model will fetch $599 with similar contract provisions.
Precisely.
First, Apple had to team with someone to develop the software that will run many of the new features that will only be in the iPhone.
Second, Apple is only trying to get 1% of the market over the next year. What percentage of the market is currently owned by smartphone-using Cingular customers? A lot of them are going to switch, I bet. Add the Cingular customers who finally have a reason to get a smartphone ... after all, the impetus for the smart phone was, "Why should I carry a phone & a PDA if I can just carry a phone?" Now it's "Why should I carry a smartphone and an iPod when I can just carry an iPhone?"
I can already think of a dozen reasons why my company should buy me one. The ability to do presentations for customers on my telephone "screen" alone will increase sales and productivity. It would pay for itself the first time I used it.
As for Verizon -- which is my current provider and I've been extremely happy for them -- they are always the slowest to adopt new technology. To their credit, a major reason for this is that they test new phones and equipment to be absolutely certain it will work in their network. Verizon is always the safe choice if you don't need to chase the latest-greatest.
I'm unsure about Cingular; I've certainly heard more than my share of horror stories.
The iPhone is a "probable" for me, pending a better warm-&-fuzzy regarding Cingular over the next six months.
If a new iTunes comes out that can sync my iPhone with Outlook, Lotus Notes, ACT, or whatever corporate contact system I'm using ... then I doubt anyone will care that it's called "iTunes" and can also be used to jam to tunes.
Clearly you don't work in IT We get hung up over Weatherbug, let alone a fat app like iTunes. Internet-centric applications represent a security threat among other things.
Not to mention some sort of new push email that people are going to work with their current email setup. And I'm convinced that weatherbug was made by Satan himself.
I'm surprised no one has metioned the "tiny" hard drive. With only 4 or 8GB the Ipod won't be left at home for a while