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Wired: Gadget Lab: Verizon iPhone Could Arrive Next Year After All
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Apple Making Smaller, CDMA-Compatible “World Phone” for Verizon, Launching Q3 2010?
The iPhone Blog —
... , and readying it for Q3, 2010? Maybe. And TiPb’s sure this “report” coming out on Droid Day is purely coincidental, given Google and Verizon’s moment in the sun. AppleInsider, however, claims a new report, with the prerequisite “sources in Taiwan” (SiT) say it’s so: ...
Apple To Launch Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010?
EverythingiCafe —
... 3G networks using a new hybrid chip.
In a surprising twist, the new phone is rumored to have a smaller 2.8″ screen, much smaller than the current 3.5″ screen currently found on the iPhone.
This news comes on the day when Verizon launched the Droid, the phone intended to compete directly with Apple’s iPhone 3GS.
For complete coverage of the Motorola Droid, please visit our sister site at everythingandroid.org.
[via AppleInsider]
Verizon iPhone Could Arrive Next Year After All
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... The firm’s report, which was provided to AppleInsider, also claims the handset will have a smaller screen — 2.8 inches, significantly smaller than the current iPhone’s 3.5-inch display. ...
Official NASA app and a hovercraft racing game: iPhone apps of the week
iPhone Atlas —
Apple Launching a Smaller GSM/CDMA iPhone in 2010 for Verizon Launch in Q3?
iPhonefreak —
Apple Launching a Smaller GSM/CDMA iPhone in 2010 for Verizon Launch in Q3? AppleInsider has the word that Apple is looking to make a hybrid GSM/CDMA iPhone model in 2010 that they can sell to all cellular providers worldwide, and specifically Verizon in the US. The info comes from a report by OTR Global that was passed to AppleInsider, and details that this new cross-network capability comes courtesy of a new hybrid chip from Qualcomm. Asustek (rather than current iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai) will be manufacturing the phones. The news is also a bit surprising ...
Rumor: Smaller iPhone on tap for Verizon in Q3 2010?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... If you're tired of dropped calls and dead zones, and pondering the merits of turning in your iPhone for a DROID... hold on there, champ. AppleInsider says it's received a copy of a report by OTR Global, claiming that Apple has signed contracts to produce a ...
Report: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone in 2010
MacDailyNews —
... McLean reports. "According to OTR's sources, Asustek subsidiary Pegatron will build the new hybrid phone devices for Apple rather than Hon Hai, the iPhone's current manufacturer," McLean reports. "This decision was reportedly made to prevent the company from being 'constrained by a single-source assembler.'" McLean reports, "The research note also identified the new phone as having a 2.8" screen, which is significantly smaller than the current iPhone's 3.5" display." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lynn W." for the heads up.] ...
The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010? [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... might make this report more believable than others is the tidbit about who'll make the thing. According to the document, Pegatron will build the phone and not Hon Hai, the current manufacturer. Baseless speculation, or looming product launch? Whatever the case, I'm much less excited about these rumors now that Android handsets are available on Verizon. As great as an iPhone would be on Big Red, there are very solid alternatives that you can pick up today, so why wait? [Apple Insider]
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Verizon iPhone "Nano" in 2010?
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 —
... Apple will release a new "worldmode" iPhone next year with a significantly smaller form factor, according to a report revealed by AppleInsider. The phone will have a hybrid UMTS/CDMA chip manufactured by Qualcomm that will enable it to use Verizon Wireless's network in the United States. ...
Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
CNET News - Apple —
... .) The latest posting to suggest an imminent rapprochement between Verizon and the iPhone comes from the AppleInsider blog , which on Friday said that it's gotten wind of Apple having contracted to build a Verizon iPhone that would debut in the third quarter of 2010. More broadly, according to AppleInsider, the new "hybrid iPhone" will work on both the GSM/UMTS and the CDMA systems, meaning that Apple will be able "to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US." In the U.S., carriers AT and T-Mobile are in the GSM/UMTS camp, ...
iPhone coming to Verizon in Q3 2010?
Phones Review —
... More speculation on the iPhone going with Verizon Wireless has hit the net waves, with the latest rumour being the iPhone will come to Verizon in Q3 of 2010 according to an article on apple insider. ...
Verizon continues its offensive against iPhone/AT&T
MacNews —
No Gravatar Verizon Wireless continues it's offensive agains the iPhone and AT&T. I really makes me wonder if we'll ever see an iPhone on Verizon. Rumors suggest that Apple's next iPhone will be a hybrid phone capable of being on either a GSM or CDMA network. This would certainly make it possible for Apple to sell the iPhone to any carrier in the world, including Verizon and Sprint. However, it will be interesting to see if Verizon and Apple can make up after these negative ads. Granted the ads are mostly attacking AT&T. However, this latest ad is clearly aimed at the iPhone ...
Rumor Has It: Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010
TheAppleBlog —
... The message of each commercial is the same: bad networks ruin even a great phone. AppleInsider is now reporting that perhaps Apple feels the same way, and is preparing to do something about it. ...
Apple Wants to Have iPhones Everywhere
HardMac.com —
... Verizon, the US carrier suspected to offer the iPhone is a very near future, is using a rather specific protocol, known as CDMA2000, not supported by default by the iPhone. According to AppleInsider, this compatibility issue might be fixed by the end of Q3 2010 with the release of a new model. It will be an hybrid unit, able to adapt to all 3G protocols currently used worldwide. This should give Verizon the opportunity of add the iPhone to its catalog before waiting for the hypothetical ...
Verizon Banishes iPhone to Island of Misfit Toys
Digital Daily —
... A pretty brilliant escalation of Verizon’s marketing battle with AT&T and one that suggests through its deference to the iPhone that there may be more to these Verizon iPhone rumors than previously thought. ...
iPhone on Verizon After All?
Mac|Life —
... According to AppleInsider, a
report given to them by OTR Global suggests that the development
Qualcomm's new hybrid chip has spurred Apple to production of a
universal model iPhone. Think of this as similar to the Intel chip
allowing Windows to run on the newest Macs. The new chip will allow the
handset to operate on Verizon's CDMA2000 networks as well as AT&T's
UMTS 3G. This would also allow the iPhone to operate on virtually every
cell network worldwide, spurring growth in additional sales. ...
Verizon's ad spending: $100 per Droid?
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... The contract that made AT&T the iPhone's exclusive U.S. carrier is reported to be expiring in 2010. According to AppleInsider, Apple has already signed up Taiwanese suppliers to build a hybrid "worldmode" iPhone that would run on Verizon's network. ...
Rumors: A Verizon iPhone in 2010
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... Last week, AppleInsider reported on rumors that Apple may be doing just that. Its source was a leaked OTR Global report, based on unnamed sources in Apple's Taiwanese supply chain, that said Apple was making a "worldmode" phone using a new hybrid chip from Qualcomm ( ...
