apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 2/4/2009
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How will Apple ( AAPL ) persuade 100 million iPod users to trade up to an iPhone? That’s the problem Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi tackles in a report to clients Wednesday.
His answer: Make an iPhone that comes without a data plan — currently $30 a month in the ...
appleinsider.com - 2/3/2009
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appleinsider.com —
Coverage of Apple's plans to launch the iPhone
3G in the United Arab Emirates later this month...
appears to also signal a June release date for the handset's successor.
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Report hints at next-gen iPhone in June
appleinsider.com - 2/5/2009
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appleinsider.com —
Although Apple has publicly denied interest in such
markets, investment bank Piper Jaffray said Thursday it expects...
the company to introduce a networked television in the next two years and update its Apple TV set-top-box with DVR capabilities by ...
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Apple planning connected television, Apple TV with DVR - ...
obsessable.com - 2/4/2009
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obsessable.com —
We might even get push-based communication between apps
sooner, but Apple's been dragging its feet. Are you...
happy with how applications run on your iPhone or iPod touch? Many users have been asking Apple for a way to let more than one program run at the same time, a request that's gone
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iPhone multitasking may be in store for firmware 3.0
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Opinion: An iPhone without a data plan? Does not compute
iPhone Central —
... It’s been almost seven months since Apple came out with the iPhone 3G, which of course means that the field is wide open for speculating about the next version, even if doing so has all the diplomacy of asking the bride and groom exactly when they’re planning on having kids. Then again, that speculation is about as likely to stop as gossip rags are to stop printing sensationalized stories about celebrity weight fluctuations. Apple 2.0’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt has a report from Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi on what Apple could do to capture the oh-so-important 83 ...
Opinion: An iPhone without a data plan? Does not compute
Macworld —
... It’s been almost seven months since Apple came out with the iPhone 3G, which of course means that the field is wide open for speculating about the next version, even if doing so has all the diplomacy of asking the bride and groom exactly when they’re planning on having kids. Then again, that speculation is about as likely to stop as gossip rags are to stop printing sensationalized stories about celebrity weight fluctuations. Apple 2.0’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt has a report from Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi on what Apple could do to capture the oh-so-important 83 ...
Daily Apple: Norway Hearts iTunes, Wait Extend for Extra 2″, & Fun With Spelling [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... Take Out the “D”, Add In An “H, N, E” - That’s how your turn an iPod into an iPhone. Or, as the analyst quoted in this piece suggests, bundle iPhones with a built-in data plan. My way is easier, if less tangible. ...
Analyst says Apple needs data-free iPhone, misses point
Ars Technica —
... Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi thinks Apple needs to get 100 million iPod users to trade up to an iPhone before they start trading iPods in for a different cell phone that plays music. He thinks Apple should do this by offering either the mythical "iPhone nano" or an even more mythical "iPhone touch." But we see a few flaws in his analysis. ...
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