Tablet Hype and Rumors: Jobs and Cook, Carriers, and iPhone Apps

[Belly-laughs]

Just to keep you going until Wednesday. Some entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En7cdBhlrGU

and walt mossbergs take on it: http://www.youtube.com/v/M_Fi9V_ot4I

 

[iOrlando]

att is not blue...its color is orange (i do recall those pains called monthly att bills) haha.

and what is clear? never heard of them

 

[KnightWRX]

I think if the iphone goes to diffrent carriers.......the iphone will lose it's value.......

the iphone won't be an exclusive phone.......

instead it will become an everyday phone.

I wont' be surprised if at&t starts giving free iphone 3G's for 2 year contracts....now..

Oh please, the iPhone already isn't an exclusive phone, it's an everyday phone. You want exclusive and flashy, you get this :

Of course, you can't afford it, so you're always going to be one of the sheep with a cheap 199$ cellphone (and I can't afford it either. Accept it and move on, you are not part of a select club).

 

[RobMoss]

Oh please, the iPhone already isn't an exclusive phone, it's an everyday phone. You want exclusive and flashy, you get this :

Of course, you can't afford it, so you're always going to be one of the sheep with a cheap 199$ cellphone (and I can't afford it either. Accept it and move on, you are not part of a select club).

Ugh! What are those..?

And more importantly, why on earth would I want one..?

 

[0098386]

If you look closely you can see satan in there too, le gosh!

 

[KnightWRX]

Ugh! What are those..?

And more importantly, why on earth would I want one..?

Don't worry, if you don't know about those phones, you aren't part of the club. It doesn't matter how ugly they are, it only matters that you have one if you can afford it.

They're not so much phones as much as a social status symbol. You know, what goofs like leomac08 think the iPhone is.

Notice the horse on there ? That's to match the car you're driving.

 

[jerome65]

"major new product that that we're really excited about."

Just hope it isn't an Apple branded Segway!

 

[dernhelm]

Good God this is getting out of control.

But wait a minute - I think I see the belt of Orion in there....
http://www.orionmobilephone.com/

 

[OllyW]

Don't worry, if you don't know about those phones, you aren't part of the club. It doesn't matter how ugly they are, it only matters that you have one if you can afford it.

They're not so much phones as much as a social status symbol. You know, what goofs like leomac08 think the iPhone is.

Notice the horse on there ? That's to match the car you're driving.

You also get the Concierge button for when you need a little extra help to spend your millions.

 

[robvs]

may not be end of at&t exclusivity

has anyone considered that the iphone may remain exclusive to at&t while the iPad allows multiple carriers? with all of the rumors flying around, it would be easy for someone to hear about apple working with multiple carriers and assume that it applies to the iphone when it actually only applies to the tablet.

 

[jayducharme]

Doonesbury has been running a series about the keynote:

 

[Half Glass]

Apple is way too global for this to correspond with US only carriers.

--HG

 

[thecartoonguy]

Cool, now where are the laptop/mac pro update rumors...

If history repeats itself, it will not be until October.

 

[smeagol]

im hoping att allows iphone users to have free data on the itablet.

this is ridiculous to have an itablet plan x iphone data plan

The tablet will be more akin to a computer so I think it will be available without being tied to a carrier though we will have to pay more out the gate (which is fine by me). And with talk from AT&T and others of capping the unlimited data model, it will be a cold day in hell if said tablet shared a data plan with an iPhone

 

[Jamik]

I'm not sure if someone mentioned this already but the colors are just the colors of the apple logos. Remember the rainbow apple? yeah that's where all those colors come from. It's just people looking for meaning where there is none in the image that are associating the colors to carriers.

 

[thecartoonguy]

That's not even the same design as the invite!

OK, the colors mean nothing.

I think the design was changed/modified to fit the window scheme. But still there may be something to the colors.......I think.

 

[cleric]

The speculation is getting out of hand, every week I hear the iPhone is losing its exclusivity.

 

[thecartoonguy]

Ugh! What are those..?

And more importantly, why on earth would I want one..?

For a mere 8,500 you can get-
This Vertu Ascent T.I. Ferrari is Original phone and its made by Nokia. This is a quadband phone meaning that it will work with any GSM network in the world. It includes a high-performance 20mm hands-free loudspeaker. It also has a built-in Advanced Yamaha polyphonic hardware. These Vertu phones are one of the best hand manufactured phones in the world.

Package Content:

1 Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Quadband Phone
1 Standand Battery
1 Charger
1 User Manual
1 Original Vertu ascent T.I. Ferrari box

Phone Specs:

Network Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Size Dimensions 115.5 x 49 x 15 mm
Net Weight 160g
Display Type N/A
Display size High-resolution dynamic display
Camera Resolution 3MP
Video No
Flashlight Yes
Connectivity GPRS No
HSDPA No
EDGE No
3G No
WiFi No
Bluetooth Yes
A2DP No
USB Yes
Memory Card Slot Internal
Internal Memory 4GB

 

[0309385]

These are the kind of things that make me tear eyed

<3 Apple.

iPhone BETTER STAY ON AT&T i'm not switching services again!

Edit: I also want the iPad so stay on AT&T Apple it's honestly not that bad!

 

[thecartoonguy]

OMG you guys!

Oh, wow! How could you get it so wrong? Look, here is the real answer!

LMAO That was awesome!

 

[synergy]

att is not blue...its color is orange (i do recall those pains called monthly att bills) haha.

and what is clear? never heard of them

The AT&T globe logo is blue. The bill color is orange, probably a throwback from when they were cingular. But the AT&T logo is blue, go check out www.att.com

 

[thecartoonguy]

att is not blue...its color is orange (i do recall those pains called monthly att bills) haha.

and what is clear? never heard of them

Clear is the new internet service being offered in a few cities. We have it here in Atlanta and I have to say it is FAR better than AT&T and Comcast. They used a mobile technology. Oh it's cheaper and faster too

 

[sticky.chicken]

I'm buying the iTablet no matter how much it costs.

I'm sorry, but I can't understand why you would. Unless there's something that's fundamentally new about this thing, I'm unsure why there's such a hype over it.

 

[rwilliams]

I think if the iphone goes to diffrent carriers.......the iphone will lose it's value.......

the iphone won't be an exclusive phone.......

instead it will become an everyday phone.

Exactly what the hell is it supposed to be now? The hyperbole on this site is just ridiculous.

 

[rwilliams]

Ive really got my fingers crossed that this is true, I have sprint because ATT has terrible coverage here, but Ive always wanted an iphone.

Same here. If it doesn't come to Sprint, then my next phone will be the next update of the HTC Hero. I'd love an iPhone, but early termination fees and all new phones for everyone on my plan would be too expensive.