Comments on: Mossberg confirms Apple’s “iPhone”, I say it’s more

By: Jordet

Jordet — Sun, 14 May 2006 11:12:02 +0000

PLEASE…… Come out with a Mac Phone/PDA!!!!! I have nothing but troubles and headaches with my iPaq and Windows Mobile. Lock-ups, Restarts, compatability issues, bluetooth malfunctions and let’s face it, Apple’s gear is SOoooooo much sexier. Come on Steve… Hook it up!

~Jordet

By: Julien Boyreau

Julien Boyreau — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:47:34 +0000

It’s quite sure that Apple is preparing something around handheld things.
Maybe the most interesting part could be The Business Model employed.
I dream about Apple applying the iPod model : Sell high margin “iMac Nano” with ultra-low-cost cell minutes and data plan as MVNO, i.e the exact opposite of current model (where Carriers sells subsidized terminals with high margin expensive minutes&data)

I am sure this will make big boyz Motorola&Nokia think twice and maybe following the Apple’s Model thus revolutionizing the Cell Model.

If only….

By: Tablet PC User

Tablet PC User — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:21:54 +0000

"Now, Apple is working on other projects built on the same end-to-end model as the iPod: a media-playing cellphone and a home-media hub." (from the WSJ) This is the only quote about the potential of an iTunes cell phone...which isn't a new market concept (see the SLVR from Motorola at http://www.cingular.com/SLVR_iTunes/ ). The rest of this article was a semi-rant of Apple vs Microsoft! I'm guessing the high price of gas must have everyone disgruntled. Most of the anger is always directed at people at MS who can afford a $1,000.00 per gallon gas! BTW, apple had better come good with that cell phone since the Motorola Razor is the sexiest phone on the planet!

By: Nikoooo

Nikoooo — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:14:33 +0000

Would you mean that Apple is about to reveal the Newton II with phone capabilities???

It makes more than 5 years that I have been waiting for an apple sub-notebook, a tablet or something… They have patents, they even worked with HP on a design near the TC1100 (so does the rumor say)… but as you know nothing came out.

In conclusion, eventually we’ll see some kind of a convergence device (an iPod that phones and has some pim capabilities?), but not tomorrow.

Nico

PS: BTW where are the annouced “new” iBooks???