IPhone news and information

Archive for April, 2008

BusinessWeek

Medical Advances—Through Your iPhone? BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago Apple's (AAPL) hit iPhone, with its large color screen and full Web access, has been a boon for some graphics-rich medical applications. ... Next Generation Phones Will Do Virtually Anything KRIS-TV all 2 news articles

ZDNet

Online dating comes to the iPhone ZDNet - 4 hours ago Dating DNA has announced a full-featured online dating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just like online dating is shifting away from traditional ... Is the Palm OS Dying? Should You Care? PC World all 2 news articles

ZDNet

Online dating comes to the iPhone ZDNet - 1 hour ago Dating DNA has announced a full-featured online dating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just like online dating is shifting away from traditional ...

iPhone 3G: Release the rumors! ZDNet - 6 hours ago Will the new iPhone be had in July for $199? Despite the buzz, nothing is certain about the next-generation iPhone — except that it will be the biggest ...

Mobile Magazine

iPhone 3G: Release the rumors! ZDNet - 1 hour ago Will the new iPhone be had in July for $199? Despite the buzz, nothing is certain about the next-generation iPhone — except that it will be the biggest ... Rumor: AT&T to Subsidize New 3-G iPhone Wired News 3G iPhone Will Cost As Little as $199 From AT&T Mobile Magazine Will AT&T really be offering a $200 subsidy on the 3G iPhone? ZDNet ZDNet all 5 news articles

GizmoRepublic

Rogers announces deal to bring iPhone to Canada CTV.ca, Canada - 5 hours ago "We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada," said company president Ted Rogers in a statement. ... iPhone To Appear To The Faithful Torontoist Rogers and Apple close the deal, iPhone comes to Canada GizmoRepublic iPhone coming to Canada !!!! p2pnet.net all 5 news articles

AT&T may subsidize new iPhone San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 1 hour ago By John Boudreau The Apple iPhone buzz machine is once again in high gear - and with nary a press release from the Cupertino company's marketing team. ...

iPhone as electronic airplane boarding pass CNET News.com, CA - 8 minutes ago Now there is news of the iPhone being used to board a plane. Blogger Gerald Buckley writes about how he was allowed to board an American Airlines flight ...

Filed under: Cellphones

According to Fortune, AT&T will subsidize the cost of the new, 3G iPhone by as much as $200, bringing the price within the $199 range. Apparently, a "person familiar with the strategy" claims that the provider will create this bargain bonanza for customers signing new, two-year contracts. Of course, the author of the story also says that the new phones will be available in "8-gigabit-memory and... 16-gigabit-memory" versions (for $399 and $499, respectively), so take that as you like. In addition to these discounts, the source says the new iPhone will be 2.5mm thinner than the previous iteration, although we understand that right after telling Fortune this information, the "person" burst into a cloud of rainbow-colored sparkles and went flying off into the night sky.

[Thanks, Penny]

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Filed under: Rumors, Apple, iPhone

Everyone seems to think that Apple will be announcing a 3G iPhone this coming June, so now it is time to start rumormongering about something else. Fortune is reporting that, according to sources close to the story, AT&T is planning on taking a $200 hit on every iPhone sold (with a 2 year contract, of course). That's right, AT&T is going to knock off $200 on the 3G iPhone to ensure that everyone and their toddlers have (and use all the wonderful features that AT&T's network has to offer) an iPhone or two in their pocket.

This rumor doesn't seem too outlandish to me, given the realities of the cell phone market. Most cell phones are given away for free, since the carriers make their money from the monthly fees. The only wrinkle in the story, of course, is that Apple also receives a cut of the money from the monthly contracts. We'll see if that impacts AT&T's plans at all.

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