“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. It would place calls over a Wi-Fi connection. One of these devices may be introduced as early as this summer, one person says,” Ante and Hesseldahl reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “James W.” for the heads up.]
