“Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster maintained an “outperform” rating and $103 price target on Apple Computer after February NPD data showed iPod sales tracking in-line with estimates. The analyst is modeling for March iPod unit sales of 9 million,” Maya Roney reports for Forbes. “‘We would be buyers of Apple on [the recent] pullback given we believe iPod demand will accelerate in mid-calendar 2006, based on upcoming positive seasonality and new form factor iPods,’ wrote Munster in a research note Wednesday.”
Roney reports, “In addition, the analyst believes Apple will benefit in its fiscal second March quarter from the new Intel-based Macs, along with what he estimates to be a ‘75% chance’ of an ‘iPhone’ in the next 12 months,” Roney reports.
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I still think an iPhone would be awesome. Cell Phones need to be “Apple-ized”, which is to say that a bunch of bullshit needs to be taken out (like surfing the net, etc…), and the good shit needs to be simple and functional and beautiful.
75% based on what, rumour sites?
I just recently started thinking about buying a new mobile phone and after surveing the models on sale from all the major mobile phone makers I can simply say that the long rumored iPhone can’t get released soon enough. This market is in dire need of some Apple Simplicity and Elegance.
I’ll buy one!
I just got my first new cell in 5 years. if an iPhone comes out, I’ll crap myself. And then get one.
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There is a 98% chance that 42% of 69% of rumours are 33% iPhone rumours, which are 75% true.
Nautical, I agree. The biggest problems with cell phones today is the lack of true organizer features in a nice slim package that can sync FULL contacts (ie: addresses, photos & notes) with Apple’s Address Book, iCal and notes (although we could use an Apple note application).
The only solutions seem to be Windows SmartPhone, HipTop or Palm based (which suck, and require third party sync software). Those solutions are also way too big.
I want a Motorola RAZR that has full contact sync, and decent voicedialing capability. Motorola’s voicedial and contact features sucks major ass. Oh, and a simplified iPod style interface would probably work a lot better than what most phones currently use.
A decent pop3 email mini-client and WAP browser are also important, but secondary features.
I didn’t know Herman Munster had kids!
…but seriously folks, I don’t believe in the iPhone rumor. Think about how you aquire your current phone. heavily discounted at the service provider’s store. service agreement. Customer support. Where or how is Apple going to make money off of this product? I dunno.
NO iPHONE!!!
1) Market is too saturated
2) Steve Jobs would have to kiss telecom @$$es.
3) Too slow for any real use.
4) Anal-ists are better at anal things.
OH! People want a phone to be a phone!!
6) Battery storage life is a problem.
What would happen to iPod?
Has anyone heard the rumour that Disney is launching a mobile phone service (as a brand rather than a carrier)?
What percentage of Disney does Steve Jobs own again??
Don’t get me wrong: I would love a cell phone created by Apple. But that’s only half the equation. Remember that any cell phone maker has to contend with the cell phone providers, and they are the tail that wags the dog. As such, many very good phones are often crippled because providers like AT&T (SBC), Verizon and others turn off great features, simply because they don’t see profit in enabling them.
Ask Jeff Hawkins, the creator of the Treo. When the then-Handspring tried to launch their first Treo, he was shocked at the cold greeting he was given by the telcos. They could not see the value in his creation. The iceberg has since thawed, but quite simply, the telcos, just like Hollywood, just doesn’t get it. (Are you listening, Jack Valente?)
Face it: cell service in the US of A compared to that of Europe and Japan totally sucks. With competing standards, greedy service providers and a buildout of different cell systems, US cell service is lame compared to many of our neighbors. Imagine what an Apple phone could REALLY be like.
If Mr. Muenster’s prognostication proves correct, it will be interesting to see the final result. Would Apple partner with someone like Motorola, for whom cell phones are a strength? Would we see a Moto phone with “Apple inside”? Or is this another lame rumor that refuses to die? Time will tell.
One thing to consider: what can Apple add to a cell phone that’s not already there, and get the telcos to love it? Apple is often not the company that creates a new product that no one has ever seen before, but instead, as in the case of the iPod, they brilliantly do what others totally screwed up before them. But Apple can’t take an idea and really make something of it, then I wonder if this is a rumor and little more. It’s why we have not seen (and won’t see) and Apple PDA, in no small part because the market for PDAs continues to shrink. Apple does not want to get into the commodity business. That’s not their business plan.
So unless the brilliant minds in Cuptertino can create a cell phone that we’ve never seen before, parlay what they have already done with iTMS, .Mac and other services, and get the telcos on-board, I really wonder if this is all so much wishful thinking. I do hope that Mr. Muenster proves me wrong.
Meanwhile, as I write this, just below the text entry box is an ad for Windows Live Local (beta). Just think: now I can get close-up satellite photos of our tennis pro boinking my wife in the back yard while I’m at work. Thanks, Microsoft!!
Personally I’d like to see something more along the lines of a SKYPE phone for use in the home Handsets that can work as proper video phones via ichat on a home network – security cams etc, access your address book, your ical and so on. Then add actually mobile phone capability later if needs be. That way they don’t have to worry about networks and carriers and all that shit, they can build a new market – they could totally change the phone as we know it since it wouldn’t be being built solely for the purpose of making calls with other features tagged on, it could be a pda type device but they have to build it so that it isn’t so much a tiny computer but just another electronic gadget that just works – like iPod.
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Is this a “shaggy dog story”??
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In the meantime folks, I suggest picking up a Sony Ericsson K750, download a Tiger theme and screen saver, and that will tide you over.
Yeah the Razrs look cool on the outside, but OMG the gui is so, so awful.
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My Guess:
Think WiFi. When the iPhone is in WiFi range it uses VoIP. When it is out of WiFi range it uses normal Cellular links. You set the order just like the Mac’s ‘Automatic’ Network Setting. I guess incoming calls might be the same.
It would need a .Mac account i.e. subscription. All your voicemail and address books would be held and accessible on .Mac via the web or your email.
I am in WiFi range 90% of my day. Could save me a fortune!
I guarantee that I know more about upcoming apple products than some idiot at piper jaffray who is assigned to research for thirty minutes before announcing the chances of an upcoming release. There is a zero percent chance of an iPhone. Apple would never venture into such a crowded market that already has companies like nokia and motorola performing excellently. THe only reason that they entered the MP3 market with the iPod was because it blew the competition away. There is nothing in mobile communication that could be so revolutionary, so don’t expect Apple to dabble with it.
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>I didn’t know Herman Munster had kids!
Didn’t you ever notice Eddie (Butch Patrick)?
He even went on to form his own band, Eddie and the Monsters, and put out a single “Whatever Happened to Eddie.”
More info at http://www.munsters.com
Yes – an iPhone. Small and simple, connects and synchronizes over WiFi in range of my laptop, makes triple band calls when i’m out of range. Does DECT as well if you’ve got a basestation already.
If I want to make a call no need to worry about what mode.
Just 4 buttons and a wheel to scroll my contacts list. Perfect.
Yeah maybe they will do a video phone.
I dunno though. Probably cost $500 and only work with select systems. Who would buy that?
Oh wait – the iPod was like that when it first came out.
This maybe a case that Apple markets something to Europe and Japan primarily cos the US market is so way behind.
Videophones are old news, we’ve had them (3G) for years. They still suck though, the lag is unbearable and 5pfs is no joy!
I would buy an iPhone since my nokia 6230i doesn’t play well with iSync and probably never will (series40). I can use it as a remote for my pb very well though, frontrow works well with sallingclicker 3.0.1!
I will be the first to buy an iPhone when they release it.
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Will likely look like Mickey Mouse, cost $800 and come loaded with kiddie porn.