• Almost every Silicon Valley company is facing deteriorating business conditions and will cut their workforce by 3%-10% by year end.
• Motorola could get a life line in the form of equity investments from Microsoft and possibly Google, in return for supporting the Windows Mobile and Android mobile phone platforms.
• Apple, he says, is going to start selling iPhones via Costco at $149 starting in January.
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$149 @ costco, PLEASE. jobs would sooner cut his wrist with a unibody.
As likely as a $700 MacBook.
He also predicted that Steve Jobs got his next next big business from the movie “Forrest Gump”: Apple is going to sell produce!!!
Only if they bring out a 32 Gig iPhone
The iPhone 3G cannot be sold without immediate activation. So Costco will activate all those $149 iPhones? Not gonna happen.
the guy is called TRIP – nuff said.
Costco in Ontario (at least the one I visited in Kitchener) had a wireless booth selling iPhones and other mobile phones. You couldn’t buy the iPhone without signing a 3-year contract with Rogers. The iPhones were being sold for $199 & $299 CA.
Alansky hit nail on head, the 199 price on the iPhone is based on an upfront carrier subsidy, which does not occur if the phone is hacked and shifted elsewhere. Activation is now part of the sale, and as such Costco which does sell iPods is not equipped to sell iPhones. This could change if Costco could figure out a way to activate the phones on site.
@Candian in Canada, if they already activate the iPhones up in Canada, it stands to reason they could do it in the US.
I stand corrected.
Costco sold the PPC Mini packaged with keyboard and mouse, it carries the full iPod line, sells accessories, sells & activates other cell phones, so I see no reason why this could not be true. Costco is seeing increased traffic, I think it may be a good idea.
Crap, I don’t have a Costco!
iPhones in Costco? Maybe.
iPhones for $149? Maybe. But this guy wouldn’t know about it.
Pure trolling for hits web site.
I don’t know about the 149.00 at COSTCO but they sure have been doing a lot of stupid things lately. First they didn’t consider a 3-1 when the stock was over 180.00. (I’ll buy next at 60.00) Pissed of half of there customers on Prop 8. Unless you consider the voting percentages than they pissed off a little more than half. Got in bed at least for a few years here with a company that was monopolistic and who many consider to still be.(ATT) Oh thats right, these are the guys who listen in on the telephone to protect us with their special agreement with the government. I wonder if that will change with Barry in charge? Yeah right! All in all I would say that corporate fascism is still the flavor of the day. I wonder what will happen with the “Apple-Psystar copyright imbroglio”. Like I said, a whole lot of stupid in a short time.
Every Costco I’ve been in has sold cell phones and carrier contracts.
Also, opie should calm down.
I have been a member of the Priceclub and now Costco since ’92. I always felt Costco doesn’t much care for Apple for some reason. Go to their website and see if they offer any iPods online right now or ever. It is not carried by their main distribution, but rather each store individually. Some Costcos will therefore offer iPods, some won’t. I used to notice bigger promotions for all other MP3s in the world, mostly notably Zunes at Costco, while keeping the iPods slightly away from the main traffic by the entrance.
Finally, Bill Gate’s Dad is on the Costco board.
Costco, fast becoming M$ of the retail, while Tesco has been experimenting the Apple retail magic in a werehouse for a year before landing in the US recently. There should be a link there somewhere on this from 2007. I miss PriceClub.
Great, now I can get an iPhone with my 36 rolls of TP.
I was recently at the Makuhari Costco in Japan. They do in fact sell Apple products… currently only iPod and iTunes cards. They’re iTunes cards are discounted. I saw the 3000 yen card selling for 2780 yen. In the past I have also seen iBooks there.
Comparing Costco and Microsoft isn’t fair.
Costco is one of the most labor-friendly companies in the country. In fact, they’re frequently faulted by Wall Street analysts for — get this — paying their employees too much! They also give out full benefits to a large proportion of the work force, which is rare today. Unlike the late (non-lamented) Circuit City, they actually want to keep experienced staff around to improve services.
We will NOT prostitute our game changer no matter how many times the MSFT cartel sticks their head in their ass. Read that again Savitz and fellow retards.