“Ma iPhone announced its support for a slew of new smartphones that will become available over the course of the year,” Jhonsa reports. “These devices include five Android models, one of which will be Dell’s first North American offering, and two unnamed Palm models.
Jhonsa writes, “AT&T clearly meant for its presentation to be a feel-good event showing its commitment to consumer choice. But for me, at least, it raised more questions than it answered.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The answer to the headline is: They oughta be. iPhone OS devices will be on carriers other than AT&T in the U.S. this year.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “iSteve” for the heads up.]
It doesn’t matter – AT&T;and Verizon are like Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum.
Wimax!!! Google gettin prepared for no cell companies!!
I’ve heard that song a time or two, XJM. It sounds a lot like Aerosmith’s Dream On.
Just sell it unlocked please. I just want phone service and to use WiFi, data plans cost to much..
But… but… MDN, there’s that 5-year exclusivity contract. I swear… I read about it on the internet, so it MUST be true!
Anyone else notice how MDN has become one of those analyst predicting that the iPhone’s fate? I can’t tell whether they like at&t;or dislike them. Report the news and don’t make obscure predictions. State the facts and make fun of Ballmer and other clowns. Don’t get into the “analyst prediction” game. you’re starting to lose me as reader.
I’m sure if Apple really wanted to screw the competition up, they would make the announcement fairly early so all these people don’t get stuck buying wannabe iPhones. I know when they first announced the original, I waited the 6months before upgrading when I stuck it out for a phone with no apps then. but now everyone knows the capability of the iPhone and would wait till july or august for Verizon or Sprint version.
I agree with “Anyone else notice…”
MDN don’t fall into the prediction game. You are lowering yourself.
I don’t care who has the iPhone as long as I can tether my iPhone and don’t have constant dropped calls.
@hmmm….
The situation is a bit different now than it was three years ago. Apple has a refined iPhone product for sale, and many people have been willing to switch to AT&T to get it. So the impact is not nearly as large as a few years ago when Apple had no smartphone product for sale at all. Besides, Steve Jobs is a perfectionist who is willing to wait until everything comes together. Profits are the end result of this process, and not the driver.
Apple is generally careful not to burn a bridge before they have constructed and verified the fancy new bridge. We will just have to wait and see what happens during the January event.
MDN is just tooting their own prognostication horn. It may be getting a little old, but it actually shows that they have some nads, especially after the way that MDN has iCal’ed and ridiculed other predictions in the past.
I prefer the short and sweet MDN Takes with the dry humor. And the Ballmer and Enderle comments seldom fail to humor me a bit.
My wife were in an AT&T;store on Tuesday night to purchase her first iPhone (she liked mine so much she had to have one). The point is, of the 4 people in the store at the time, ALL 4 were buying iPhones amongst the many on display. Im keeping my aapl stock for a long long time.
I also agree with ‘Anyone else notice’ and ‘DWJ’ that MDN is starting to get a bit too much like the Lou Dobbs pontification hour. Please just report the factual news and leave all the other cap out of it.
AT&T;preparing for the end of iPhone exclusivity?
Can’t happen soon enough.
Apple will not announce anything about the iPhone unless it is an OS upgrade to existing phones or an immediately available 8 GB 3GS taking the place of the 3G at the $99 price point. They do not want to depress sales between now and June/JUly.
Has anyone noticed an increase in anonymous readers lately who feel they can tell a successful online content provider how to run their business?
How ’bout you guys go back to reading the free Macintosh industry content, click on an ad once in a while, and leave the new media captains sail the ship?
I agree with the folks that are saying MDN is in the prediction game. MDN is starting to fall in the same league as those clowns a year claiming to have a Bigfoot carcass and having a press conference to announce it. I think making fun of your buddy Ballmer is more your guys league
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Are any of the new ATT phones exclusive?
If not, then what’s the point of ATT making the announcement?
If so, then where’s all the people complaining that they can’t get those phones on their network?
I think Verizon getting the iPhone is about as likely as Michael Eisner taking over for Steve Jobs. Ha.
“It doesn’t matter – AT&T;and Verizon are like Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum.”
Verizon is more like Tweedle-Dumber.
@cw107. The future is wimax apple and google r gettin ready for bigger and better more bandwith watch mark my words wimax….. Google already is taking power away from cell phone companies… Think out side the box my friend there is way more than just dumb ass. Verizon or AT&T;wimax!!
You noticed the increase amount of “analyst”(now MDN) lately who feel they can predict a secretive successful multi-billion dollar company how to run their business? Just wondering
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Boy, a lot of MDN bashing. The fact is that MDN has often made predictions and analytical statements over the years. I don’t know why this one seemed to light the fuse on a few of you. The bottom line is that MDN is most likely correct. I wrote the same thing when when ATT announced the new android phones. ATT knows that their iPhone exclusivity is coming to an end. Whether it was four years or five years, I’m not sure it was officially stated by ATT or Apple. I could be wrong, but I don’t think Apple is going to renege on a contract, and ATT is definitely behaving like a company preparing to fill a huge void. ATT will still have the iPhone, but they are going to see a significant number of their users jump to other carriers when they can.
Though this is not one of MDN’s Trademark™ Takes™, I don’t feel this is really much prognostication by MDN. Is there anyone who thinks MDN’s crystal ball report will NOT happen? In fact, it seems obvious enough that it didn’t serve MDN well at all by even mentioning it. On the other hand, I do hope that MDN is iCal’ing (and reporting) its own guesses on Apple’s, and every other company’s future. I think MDN’s track record will be pretty good, but it would be good to see the numbers anyway.
Nothing wrong w/MDN’s prediction. They seem to know when ATT’s exclusivity will expire, and are informing their readers. What’s bad about that??
It’s pretty much that every other article now adays is analyst this analyst that. Seriously How many analyst predictions do we need. How many times did we hear of a verizon iPhone last year from analyst? Too many analyst trying to predict a company that plays its card very very close to their chest.
I love me some MDN. I check it a fews times a day at work and home, I like their little quips, its a good take on news about Apple, we are all fans, I just don’t want them to go down the road as the band wagon Analyst and make predictions that are 50/50 on the believable scale. and someone iCal when them when AT&T;resigns another year of Exclusivity to give at&t;one more year to prove their network is worth keeping the deal, it’s a risk maybe, then again AT&T;(cingular) took a big risk too. HMMM…
MDN is being very careful with his prediction right now: iPhone OS devices will be on carriers other than AT&T;in the U.S. this year.
What he is predicting is a tablet will be able to run on other carriers in addition to ATnT. He’s very, very careful not to say the iPhone will run on other carriers, just the iPhone OS. If it turns out that Apple does let other carriers have the iPhone, then he was right. If not, he’s still right because the iPhone OS is going to be on the Apple Tablet.
I don’t respect a prediction as wishy-washy as this. MDN, the issue is wether or not other carriers will get the iPhone. Period. You’re just trying to cover your ass like a weak Fox news personality. (Note that I didn’t say “journalist”. They don’t employ those over there at Fox).
I think that all you at&t;haters that are on verizon, are going to be very surprised at how bad verizon will handle the iphone–none of the carriers are ever prepared for the overwhelming demand on their cell phone services. dropped calls on verizon? you bet, no signal? you bet–you will all be verizon haters before it’s over. As for me AT&T;is just fine–what you seem to forget is that no one can keep 15 million constantly babbling-on-their-cell phones customers happy all the time. At least AT&T;is scrambling and putting things in place, let’s see how much effort verizon makes to placate unhappy iphone users–or will they treat you all the way they treated steve when he first offered them the iphone?? If I was steve, I would run verizon out of business–just for shits and giggles!