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AT&T talking with Apple about 3G-ready MacBooks?
AppleInsider —
... Published: 07:15 PM EST AT is hoping to make 3G-enabled notebooks a staple of its cellular business, and in an executive interview hints that it may be chatting with Apple to extend its reach into MacBooks or other non-iPhone devices. Sitting down with Fortune , AT 's Emerging Devices group president Glenn Lurie says he would like his company's deals with Apple to extend beyond the iPhone , though he takes care to avoid implying any immediate collaboration on other hardware and portrays Apple as one of many device builders AT speaks with regarding future plans. "We're ...
Report: Apple, AT&T Talking 3G MacBook Deal
Cult of Mac —
... The implication is that AT&T is seeking to expand its lineup of subsidized data devices to Apple’s MacBook portable computers. Earlier this month, the carrier announced it would subsidize a Sony digital camera and a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. In the case of the Dell computer, reported Fortune, the usual $449 price would fall to $99 if owners also sign-up for AT&T’s data plan. ...
Apple and AT&T discussing subsidized 3G MacBooks?
MacDailyNews —
... phenomenon that helped make handsets ubiquitous in the U.S. isn't just for phones anymore." "What about Apple? Lurie won't offer specifics of course, but during our chat he mentions that he just sat down with Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook a few minutes earlier," Fortt reports. "Will AT&T ever sell a discounted MacBook? 'We're having conversations with lots of folks,' Lurie says. 'I would very much like to do more business with Apple, and hope that we do.'" Full article here . [Attribution: Cult of Mac. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Brawndo Drinker" for the heads ...
AT&T Exec Seeks MacBook Deal with Apple
The Mac Observer —
AT&T Exec Seeks MacBook Deal with Apple by on January 29th, 2009 at 1:50 PM [image] An AT&T executive has hinted that his company would like to work out some kind of deal with Apple over a subsidized MacBook or other laptop tied to a data plan from the cell carrier. In an interview with Fortune magazine, Glen Lurie told the magazine that he had recently met with Apple COO Tim Cook, though he was mum on the specifics of those talks. In recent months, AT&T has begun promotions wherein the company works with PC manufacturers to offer netbook computers for as low as $99 ...
The promise of a 3G MacBook
The Apple Core —
... noted that AT&T is exploring 3G data services for more than just the iPhone. Sitting down with Fortune , AT&T’s Emerging Devices group president Glenn Lurie says he would like his company’s deals with Apple to extend beyond the iPhone , though he takes care to avoid implying any immediate collaboration on other hardware and portrays Apple as one of many device builders AT&T speaks with regarding future plans. I thought that Apple was trying to cut costs by removing components from the logic board? Doesn’t this go against that? And what about obsolecense? Will the MacBook’s ...
AT&T Executive Hints at MacBook With 3G [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... . But talking to Fortune about the future of netbooks and 3G, AT&T; Emerging Devices president Glenn Lurie hints that they're cooking up something Apple-flavored. ...
