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Apple Planning Two NEW Wireless Devices
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Apple (AAPL) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks about selling two new wireless devices, BusinessWeek reports. This follows up -- and contradicts -- an earlier report from USA Today that Verizon was ...
BusinessWeek: Apple Rumored to Bring Tablet and iPhone Lite to Verizon Soon [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... BusinessWeek cites two sources reporting that there might be an iPhone "lite" and a connected touchscreen tablet as early as this summer. ...
Apple Gadgets From Verizon? This Summer?
Technologizer —
... Over at Business Week, Spencer Ante and Arik Hesseldahl have a story (warning: auto-playing video on page) saying that Apple is in talks with Verizon Wireless to have the wireless giant sell a couple of new devices: a smaller iPhone Light” phone and a “media pad” that does photos, movies, music, and–via Wi-Fi–phone calls. One of the devices could be out this summer, the story works. ...
Apple readying "media pad" and "iPhone lite" for launch soon
Infinite Loop —
... Apple is preparing to launch not one, but two new devices with Verizon, according to yet another new rumor. Two "people familiar with the matter" speaking to BusinessWeek have leaked details about an alleged "iPhone lite" and a tablet-like device, one of which may launch as early as this summer (we assume to coincide with the release of iPhone OS 3.0). ...
Apple rumored in talks for Verizon budget phone, media tablet
AppleInsider —
... , Verizon is now claimed by BusinessWeek to have been in discussions for at least six months to bring the two mystery devices to its network, one of which could be ready as early as the summer while both are reportedly in the prototype stage. The first is simply characterized as an "iPhone lite" and would be a physically smaller, thinner and feature-reduced version of Apple's distinctive handset. It would achieve the effect by using a system-on-a-chip -- a processor that combines its necessary graphics core, controllers and other components on a single chip package -- and ...
Rumor: Apple Developing Two New iPhones for Verizon
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... buddy up with Verizon. Apple would likely offer the same phones through AT&T — so yes, we might see one as soon as summer, but we don’t believe it’d be on the Verizon network.
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Apple prototyping "iPhone lite" and MacBook Mini / media pad for Verizon?
Engadget —
Hot on the heels of yesterday's reports of Apple and Verizon dealings comes some tantalizing, but still unconfirmed, new details from BusinessWeek. According to the publication, the gang in Cupertino has prototyped two devices for the carrier. The first one is a smaller, less expensive device that's been dubbed as "iPhone lite" by someone who's apparently seen it in person. The other is called a "media pad" (Joggler, anyone?) for music, photos, HD video, and placing calls over WiFi. Details are scant beyond that, and while that pad sounds a lot like ...
Apple To Launch Media Pad and iPhone Lite With Verizon Wireless
iPhone Savior —
... Verizon Wireless is said to be in active talks with Apple to distribute two new iPhone-like handhelds according to a report by BusinessWeek. The report claims that Apple has created prototypes of the devices, pointing to discussions with CEO Steve Jobs and Verizon dating back six months. The companies could unveil at least one of the new devices as early as this summer. ...
Cheaper Apple iPhone Lite and Media Pad launching soon
Phones Review —
... It looks like Verizon Wireless will indeed be gaining an Apple iPhone, well actually two Apple devices according to a report on businessweek. ...
More rumors: Verizon + Apple frenzy grows with BW story
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... regarding a potential alliance between Apple and Verizon, BusinessWeek has released a story where Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam reveals that he has been in discussion with Steve Jobs in the past six months. ...
Apple Plants BizWeek Gadget Story To Turn Up Heat On AT&T?
Silicon Alley Insider —
Last night, BusinessWeek reported that Apple is working on two new wireless gadgets that could be powered by Verizon Wireless.
Could be a big scoop for BusinessWeek, which credits two veteran reporters with the story (and two others as helpers). Or could it be Apple planting facts to a trusted media outlet to put pressure on AT&T?
AT&T is trying to extend its exclusive deal to sell Apple's iPhone in the U.S., which ends next year, and Apple probably wants to negotiate more favorable terms, such as AT&T subsidizing the phone more, improving its often-flaky 3G network, or offering cheaper service plans. Having to deal with the possibility that arch rival Verizon could ...
Verizon Wireless in talks with Apple to distribute two new devices: ‘iPhone lite’ and a ‘media pad’
MacDailyNews —
Verizon Wireless in talks with Apple to distribute two new devices: ‘iPhone lite’ and a ‘media pad’ Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 08:35 AM EDT "Verizon Wireless is in talks with Apple to distribute two new iPhone-like devices, BusinessWeek has learned. Apple has created prototypes of the devices, and discussions reaching back a half-year have involved Apple CEO Steve Jobs, according to two people familiar with the matter," Spencer E. Ante and Arik Hesseldahl reports for BusinessWeek. "One device is a smaller, less expensive calling device described by a person who has seen it as an 'iPhone lite.' The other is a media pad that would let users listen to music, view photos, and watch high-definition videos, the person says. ...
iPhone lite and mediapad rumored from Apple
The Apple Core —
April 28th, 2009 iPhone lite and mediapad rumored from Apple Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 7:08 am Categories: Hardware , Rumor , Tablet , Verizon , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Apple Inc. , Minitablet PC , Tablets , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets , Jason D. O'Grady If you thought that yesterday’s rumor about a CDMA iPhone on Verizon Wireless was interesting then you’ll love this one even more. Two sources speaking to BusinessWeek have divulged that Apple is planning to launch not one, but two new devices with Verizon. The first is being ...
Verizon Buzz Sparks Rumors of Two New Apple Products
TheAppleBlog —
Report: Apple planning two new wireless devices with Verizon?
CNET News - Apple —
Concept art for an Apple touch-screen Netbook. (Credit: Gizmodo) Over the last few months rumors have continued to swirl around a possible Verizon-Apple deal to bring the iPhone to Verizon once Apple's exclusivity pact with AT&T; expires in 2010. But Tuesday Businessweek added a new twist to the ... Originally posted at Crave
Apple, Verizon and the iPhone LiTE
Digital Daily —
Ok. So maybe there’s something to these Apple (AAPL)/Verizon (VZ) rumors after all. Shadowy “people familiar with the matter” tell BusinessWeek the two companies are discussing a distribution deal that would see two new devices added to Verizon’s mobile devices line-up. The first: a sort of “iPhone lite” handset, the second a hi-definition media tablet. Apple is said to have prototypes of each and has been talking them up to Verizon for the better part of six months.
A couple thoughts: Odd, isn’t it, that we’ve seen two stories on an Apple/Verizon deal in as many days in two major news publications. They are presumably well-sourced and bullet-proof. Could be that “people familiar ...
Verizon and Apple: To be or not to be?
Macworld —
... no surprise that Apple wants to patch it up with stronger stuff. Who better than the nation’s self-proclaimed “largest 3G network” to fill the gap? Of course, matters are complicated by the exclusive deal that AT&T and Apple have supposedly struck, which takes the two companies through 2010 or 2012—accounts vary. It’s possible the terms of that deal have changed—recent stories have AT&T trying to get Apple to extend the contract —but it also lends credence to a recent story, published on Tuesday by BusinessWeek , that Apple’s shopping other devices to Verizon. ...
