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Originally Posted by Kirk Gunn
Probably don't expect to sell out because no one in corporate america (i.e. - where you can expense your phone) can purchase one. If it's not compatible with Microsoft ActiveSync or the Blackberry client, it will be a tough sell beyond retail. Perhaps retail will be enough (gotta believe the margin is insanely high...), but I can't imagine that as a great long term strategy considering the price point.
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Originally Posted by DaveF
Until a few executives buy themselves iPhones and then tell their IT staff to "make it so."
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Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt
The iPhone won't compete with the Blackberry market simply because it lacks a tactile QWERTY keyboard. In that world, efficiency is more important than elegance.
The big question will be how many people in the general market are willing to pay smartphone prices for smartphone services many probably don't need. |
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Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt
The big question will be how many people in the general market are willing to pay smartphone prices for smartphone services many probably don't need.
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| . I sure hope some of their CEOs get iPhones -- who's the rogue then? It reminds me of the IT/MIS people's frantic efforts to keep PCs out in the early 80s... |
| If it's not compatible with Microsoft ActiveSync or the Blackberry client, it will be a tough sell beyond retail. |
| What wireless e-mail capabilities does the iPhone have besides web browsing ? Pain in the arse to hit webmail.corporateurl.com and type in a user/pwd every time you want to check mail.... |
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| To thank the employees, all fulltime Apple employees in the US who have been there for a year will be getting an iPhone at the end of July. Multiple sources have told me that they believe this includes retail employees. -- ArsTechnica |
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Originally Posted by Craig S
It's not a rumor, Jobs announced it at an all-hands meeting in Cupertino today.
He also dropped a hint about the next-gen iPods - said they would run on OS X just like the iPhone. |
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Originally Posted by Craig_O
I work for AT&T and we can't even use our employee discount (30%) on an Iphone. Also we get free service but with this, we have to buy a seperate plan. Makes me think that apple might be getting some backend profits.
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Originally Posted by Patrick_S
It's common knowledge that one of the reasons Apple pick AT&T as the carrier is that Apple is getting a protion of the service contracts.
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| And Ron, also realize that people who posted in that thread about Cingular are more likely to be the ones with complaints. Happy people just don't speak out as often, even if you specifically try to poll them as well. |
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Originally Posted by Craig S
A number of Apple/tech blogs (including TUAW) are reporting some good news for potential iPhone buyers this morning.
A few weeks ago, there were rumors that AT&T was making significant & widespread updates to their EDGE network in advance of the iPhone rollout. Well, it appears as if somewhere a switch may have been thrown since current AT&T subscribers are reporting noticeable improvement in EDGE performance since last night. Sustained speeds of over 200 Kbps now seem to be the norm, which in many cases is double what people were seeing. Also, Apple has posted another iPhone video, this one called "Finger Tips". And finally, iTunes 7.3 (required for the iPhone) is now available for download. |
