Engadget publishes pictures which were sent in anonymously. The same photos were sent to a number of sites including MacRumors.
According to Engadget the following is written on the blurry shots of what appears to be an Apple branded SIM card:
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Engadget publishes pictures which were sent in anonymously. The same photos were sent to a number of sites including MacRumors.
According to Engadget the following is written on the blurry shots of what appears to be an Apple branded SIM card:
Apple is really missing the mobile computing world.
In developing countries this is the OS of choice, using small devices with resolutions greater than the original Mac.
With my Treo I have email, internet, MS word and Excel, and most other daily apps.
But Palm is moving away from Mac support, leaving it up to third party products that have spotty Mac support.
Wither Apple?
In developing countries this is the OS of choice, using small devices with resolutions greater than the original Mac.
With my Treo I have email, internet, MS word and Excel, and most other daily apps.
But Palm is moving away from Mac support, leaving it up to third party products that have spotty Mac support.
Wither Apple?
Cellphone network provider? What does this mean?
Virgin does it, by simply renting out the Sprint Network in the US.
Apple runs an entire consumer marketplace, from stores to internet music paradigms, to online subscriptions services, to 24 hour corporate support products. They are making billions and almost half the revenues of Microsoft.
They can't handle mobile OS customers also?
Virgin does it, by simply renting out the Sprint Network in the US.
Apple runs an entire consumer marketplace, from stores to internet music paradigms, to online subscriptions services, to 24 hour corporate support products. They are making billions and almost half the revenues of Microsoft.
They can't handle mobile OS customers also?
So I've done some digging for those who didn't look at the original stories. Here is the scoop.
The phone is a Samsung SGH x497 merely with what appears to be an Apple branded SIM in it. Apple would simply be using Cingular's network to provide their Mobile Me service. This is not the iPhone.
The phone is a Samsung SGH x497 merely with what appears to be an Apple branded SIM in it. Apple would simply be using Cingular's network to provide their Mobile Me service. This is not the iPhone.
don't care about the phone...
Truly mobile computing may be the ticket here. a .mac subscription that can be accessed without wires connecting your tower at home with you on the road.
Truly mobile computing may be the ticket here. a .mac subscription that can be accessed without wires connecting your tower at home with you on the road.
berkleeboy210 said:
Yahtzee! There is the solution right there. That is the only place Apple uses color any more. Other products are black and white. And besides do you think Apple would have anything to do with a protruding antenna?
Agreedalywa said:
Cut up an iTunes card, stick it in a phone, put it on the floor of an elevator, and focus on Mars before taking the shot. A smoke machine is also recommended.
WHY would anyone send out a TEST phone for a MVNO, using an existing phone with the existing Cingular network? Yeah, THAT sounds like Apple secrecy.
Occam's Razor says.... fake!
So the conversation was...
"So you agree to this NDA."
Yes.
"You are one of only fifty beta-testers for our new MVNO."
Got it.
"Our CEO is very serious about secrecy and security."
So I've heard.
"So you will do nothing to compromise this secret."
Mum's the word.
"Good. Now here's your bright neon green SIM card emblazoned with our logo."
Of course. No one will notice that.
"So you agree to this NDA."
Yes.
"You are one of only fifty beta-testers for our new MVNO."
Got it.
"Our CEO is very serious about secrecy and security."
So I've heard.
"So you will do nothing to compromise this secret."
Mum's the word.
"Good. Now here's your bright neon green SIM card emblazoned with our logo."
Of course. No one will notice that.
Pipe dream? Yes. But good idea? I think so. Mobile internet for your macbook, everywhere you get cell service? At EVDO speed? Sign me up.askthedust said: