Here we go again. Just as one rumor regarding an iPhone for Verizon dies down after being quashed by the facts, another rises from the ashes to start the cycle all over again. This time, it’s a Verizon iPhone by Christmas.
If you want a tablet computer, there’s really only one choice right now — the iPad. The same could be said of the original iPhone and iPod when they launched. Although it’s easy to see how Apple hooks us, how do they not only keep us but keep us coming back again and again?
For a very long time, it was Apple and AT&T standing in the way of Skype over 3G calling. Back in January, that roadblock was removed, but the functionality hadn’t appeared until just now — it’s time to upgrade, baby.
Sounds like a lot, right? Well, it does until you reckon that Apple’s sold somewhere North of 75-million iPhones and iPod touches, and that Opera Mini isn’t yet available for the iPad. Still, the little browser that does is proving to be a popular alternative for people outside the 3G wireless cloud.
In another new industry survey of smartphone users, the Apple iPhone and its operating system took first place, followed by the Motorola Android phone and the Android operating system itself.
There are estimates on the street that AT&T could lose as many as 6 million of its iPhone subscribers if Apple were to end AT&T’s current exclusive deal on the iPhone and allow Verizon to sell the iPhone in the U.S.
In June 2009, when Apple began selling the iPhone 3GS, the company also cut the price of its iPhone 3G to $99, providing an affordable alternative for budget conscious buyers. This year, a fresh rumor posits the company will follow the same successful formula.
As we count down the days to Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, where the company’s expected to roll iPhone OS 4, Google is trying to make what hay it can. So, yes, their updated browser is the fastest available, but that claim’s only valid if Flash isn’t running.
Beginning on June 1, it is going to cost you more to cancel your AT&T smartphone contract, including (of course) on the iPhone, a charge that is being raised from $175 to $350, though they say it’s not aimed at Apple.
The front-facing camera on the fourth generation iPhone prototypes that pop up here and there on the web is evidence enough, but some folks just keep looking for more proof. Still, nothing’s real until the skinny guy says it is.
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