New Wireless Devices from Apple | Through Verizon
As per Businessweek reports, Apple (AAPL) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks about selling two new wireless devices. This is in contradict to an earlier report from USA Today that Verizon was planning to offer Apple's iPhone as early as next year.
The devices are a less-expensive "iPhone lite" and a bigger "media pad" that "would let users listen to music, view photos, and watch high-definition videos" as well as offering wi-fi calling, according to BusinessWeek.
This sounds a lot like the tablet that Apple is supposedly developing, which is commonly been called the "iPod touch HD."
If Apple wants to get a chunk out of the mobile phone industry, they'll have to eventually offer something cheaper than $199. BusinessWeek describes the "iPhone Lite" as "slightly thinner and smaller than the existing iPhone," usimg more a cost-efficient chip.
That sounds good, assuming it can keep most (if not all) of the iPhone's features. For instance, the phone would probably have to work with the iPhone App Store and include location features. As Apple has repeatedly said it has no interest in selling crappy "voice" phones, it wouldn't be too "dumb" to be worthy of the iPhone name.
Meanwhile, the "media pad" device is a smart one -- especially if it could also support Verizon's 3G network for data service. While PC makers have tapped the fast-growing market of "netbook" mini laptops, Apple has repeatedly slammed them for being crappy, cramped devices that consumers ultimately won't be happy with.
That's where Apple could bring its hardware expertise, multi-touch user interface, and powerful OS X software to make a great device. BusinessWeek describes it as "smaller than an Amazon Kindle electronic reader, but its touchscreen is bigger than the Kindle's," citing someone who's seen it. And if Verizon is willing to subsidize it -- with a 2-year contract, of course -- then it's a win-win situation.
Website : www.apple.com
Location : Cupertino, CA, 95014 - USA
Founded : April 1976
Founder : Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computer maker to include consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007..
Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), software, Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, iPod (offered with up to 120 GB of storage with the iPod classic or with web browsing and touch screen controls with the iPod touch), and the iPhone (now available for sale in over 80 countries).
Website : www.verizon.com
Location : Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Founded : January 1, 1998
Customers : 68.7 Million*
Employees : 70,000*
Annual Revenue : $43.9 Billion*
*As per the company website
A Dow 30 company, Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of communications services - deploying fiber optics, broadband, wireless, directory and data services. Verizon is one of the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States and internationally, primarily in the Americas and Europe.
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