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BusinessWeek: Apple Rumored to Bring Tablet and iPhone Lite to Verizon Soon [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... BusinessWeek cites two sources reporting that there might be an iPhone "lite" and a connected touchscreen tablet as early as this summer. ...
Apple Rumors: “iPhone Lite”, “Media Pad” and Verizon
SolSie.com —
... Some juicy rumors coming out of BusinessWeek stating in few months Apple will launch a “lite” version of its iPhone and a “media pad”, and these products might debut a new wireless carrier relationship, this time the name of Verizon was mentioned. While details are scarce a the moment, the phone could be using Verizon network and the “Media pad” seems to be similar to Amazon Kindle, except it will let user play music, view photos and watch hi-def videos. If the Kindle uses Sprint network to download books only. The “Media pad” could use Verizon network to connect to the ...
Apple e Verizon estariam trabalhando não em um, mas em dois novos dispositivos
MacMagazine —
... , Apple e Verizon estariam mesmo em negociações secretas, de acordo com a BusinessWeek. Porém as empresas não estão discutindo o iPhone atual, mas sim a possibilidade de a operadora distribuir _dois_ novos produtos da Maçã atualmente em desenvolvimento. ...
Apple rumored in talks for Verizon budget phone, media tablet
AppleInsider —
... , Verizon is now claimed by BusinessWeek to have been in discussions for at least six months to bring the two mystery devices to its network, one of which could be ready as early as the summer while both are reportedly in the prototype stage. The first is simply characterized as an "iPhone lite" and would be a physically smaller, thinner and feature-reduced version of Apple's distinctive handset. It would achieve the effect by using a system-on-a-chip -- a processor that combines its necessary graphics core, controllers and other components on a single chip package -- and ...
Rumor: Apple Developing Two New iPhones for Verizon
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... buddy up with Verizon. Apple would likely offer the same phones through AT&T — so yes, we might see one as soon as summer, but we don’t believe it’d be on the Verizon network.
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Apple prototyping "iPhone lite" and MacBook Mini / media pad for Verizon?
Engadget —
Hot on the heels of yesterday's reports of Apple and Verizon dealings comes some tantalizing, but still unconfirmed, new details from BusinessWeek. According to the publication, the gang in Cupertino has prototyped two devices for the carrier. The first one is a smaller, less expensive device that's been dubbed as "iPhone lite" by someone who's apparently seen it in person. The other is called a "media pad" (Joggler, anyone?) for music, photos, HD video, and placing calls over WiFi. Details are scant beyond that, and while that pad sounds a lot like ...
iPhone Lite and Apple Media Pad in works for Verizon?
SlashGear —
... regarding Apple and Verizon’s ongoing negotiations, rumors regarding two new mobile devices already in the prototyping stage have leaked from Cupertino. The Apple iPhone Lite and the Apple Media Pad are both tipped as headed for Verizon, the former a cheaper iPhone and the latter having a large touchscreen, VoIP and WiFi connectivity. ...
Rumorología: No uno, si no dos nuevos productos de Apple
Gizmología —
... Esto es lo que dice el nuevo rumor publicado por BusinessWeek. Dos nuevos productos se lanzarían, uno sería un “media pad” y el otro una especie de “iPhone lite”. ...
Cheaper Apple iPhone Lite and Media Pad launching soon
Phones Review —
... It looks like Verizon Wireless will indeed be gaining an Apple iPhone, well actually two Apple devices according to a report on businessweek. ...
Is Apple launching a low-end iPhone and tablet PC?
Tech Digest —
... If rumours are to be believed, then Apple will be launching an "iPhone lite" and a "media pad" this summer. People "familiar with the matter" have been yapping away to BusinessWeek, and let slip that the new devices might coincide with the release of iPhone OS 3.0. One device is a smaller, cheaper, iPhone that'll allow users to make calls and send texts, but probably cut back on other features like GPS and the camera. The other is a tiny tablet PC, smaller than a Kindle, that would allow owners to view HD video and ...
Apple y Verizon piensan en un iPhone Lite (antes iPhone Nano)
Celularis —
... que reproduce fotos, películas en alta definición y música. Además tendría WiFi para permitirle navegar por internet y realizar llamadas VoIP.
El más complicado con esto es AT&T, que tiene la exclusividad hasta el 2010 del iPhone, pero como estos prototipos no son “EL” iPhone, habrá que ver como resuelven el dilema. En definitiva, dos buenas ideas de Apple, y un gran problema para AT&T, habrá que ver como prosperan.
Vía BW y Iphone Blog ...
Apple iPhone lite and a tablet-like device
PR News: —
... Both devices will be launched in partnership with Verizon after info was leaked and obtained in this BusinessWeek story. At the moment, there is very few details on the upcoming ‘iPhone-lite’ device, but the Apple Media Pad is ‘’supposedly smaller than Amazon’s Kindle, but with a larger touchscreen.” ...
New Apple Gizmos Coming Exclusively to Verizon?
Today @ PC World —
... , now may be the time to switch back. According to two anonymous sources speaking to Business Week , Apple and Verizon may release two new Verizon-exclusive iPhone-like products as early as this summer. The rumors go hand-in-hand with recent talk that the ...
New Apple Gizmos Coming to Exclusively to Verizon?
Today @ PC World —
... , now may be the time to switch back. According to two anonymous sources speaking to Business Week , Apple and Verizon may release two new Verizon-exclusive iPhone-like products as early as this summer. The rumors go hand-in-hand with recent talk that the ...
Apple, Verizon Wireless sitting in a tree: ‘iPhone lite,’ multimedia tablet en route to VZW?
CrunchGear —
A fascinating bit of Apple gossip for your Tuesday morning, gossip that piggybacks on the never-going-to-die “iPhone on Verizon Wireless?” rumor. Does an “iPhone lite” interest you? Or perhaps a “media pad that would let users listen to music, view photos, and watch high-definition videos” that makes calls using Wi-Fi?
They interest Verzion Wireless. So says BusinesWeek, at least, citing two people “familiar with the matter.”
It could be that these two devices will wind up on Verizon Wireless sometime in the future, one perhaps as early as ...
Apple has Tablet, iPhone Lite in Wing for Verizon?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... would address Apple’s apparent aversion to the netbook craze while also addressing it competitively. How these negotiations will affect Apple’s talks with AT&T (NYSE: T) are pretty clear - Jobsy will be able to leverage their other option (America’s biggest carrier) to put on the squeeze. Prototypes of both the iPhone Lite and media pad are apparently already out there, and could be on the market as early as the summer, if things go smoothly.
[via BusinessWeek]
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Report: Apple planning two new wireless devices with Verizon?
Crave: The gadget blog —
... to bring the iPhone to Verizon once Apple's exclusivity pact with AT&T; expires in 2010. But Tuesday Businessweek added a new twist to the ...
New iPhones from Verizon?
I4U News —
... we reported that Verizon was in talks with Apple about bringing the iPhone over to their 4g network next year. Now BusinessWeek has information about two brand-new iPhone descendants that might hit the market under the wide umbrella of Verizon's network. One of the new phones looks like a smaller, thinner iPhone, and is rumored to be a 'media pad' in the same vein as the Kindle. BusinessWeek says that this Apple pad will be less bulky than the Kindle, even though it will have a larger screen size. Either of these new Apple phones could be hitting the stores as early as this ...
Two new devices from a possible Verizon/Apple partnership?
Gadgetell —
... to pay subsidy-wise for each device. Plus, if Verizon says “no go” on Apple wanting exclusivity regarding apps, like they do with AT&T, that may stop the whole thing in its tracks.
The whole thing is kind of a win-win for Apple regardless. If they go with Verizon, they gain another carrier. If they can’t work out a deal with Verizon…it pushes AT&T to the plate for a nicer exclusivity contract.
via: businessweek
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WWDC Report Card: Wired.com Grades the Apple Rumor Blogs
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... later this month or in July to unveil iPhone upgrades.
The tech blogs won against a supposedly informed analyst by having faith in the most obvious outcome, which is quite often a good strategy when playing the Apple guessing game. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber stood out among the crowd: He even knew the new iPhone’s name (iPhone 3GS) before anyone else in the blogosphere. That deserves extra credit.
Two New iPhones for Verizon
Source: BusinessWeek
Status: False ...
Report: Verizon to get smaller iPhone in 2010
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews —
... in late 2008. Both reports suggested that a smaller iPhone would launch in 2009, but that seems unlikely now. In April, BusinessWeek reported that an “iPhone Lite” was in the works and on the way to Verizon, along with a larger media-centric device (the rumored ...
