Get Better Gear!

Premier Sponsors

TechRestore

Other World Computing

Top 5 Free Apps

Sheep Launcher Free!
Kronos Games
Release Date: August 05, 2009
Genre: Games
Boxed In
Dennis Mengelt
Release Date: May 22, 2009
Genre: Games
Ninjas Live
Storm8
Release Date: August 29, 2009
Genre: Games
Bump
Bump Technologies LLC
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Genre: Social Networking
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Release Date: August 07, 2009
Genre: Entertainment

iTunes New Music Releases

Black Gives Way To Blue
Alice In Chains
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Genre: Rock
Backspacer
Pearl Jam
Release Date: September 20, 2009
Genre: Alternative
The Resistance
Muse
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Genre: Alternative
Awake (Deluxe Version)
Skillet
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Genre: Rock
Ellipse (Deluxe Version)
Imogen Heap
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Genre: Alternative

Top 5 Paid Apps

The Moron Test $0.99
DistinctDev
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Genre: Entertainment
StickWars $0.99
John E. Hartzog
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Genre: Games
Bloons $0.99
Digital Goldfish Ltd
Release Date: April 05, 2009
Genre: Games

Discover New Music

  • Wolfmother

    • 8 out of 10
    • Wolfmother

    • Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges. There aren't many bands worth their salt that want to be compared to other bands, but when I listen to Wolfmother's self-titled American debut, I can

  • How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

    • 6 out of 10
    • U2

    • U2's latest entry is a mostly underwhelming collection of songs that does very little to sound any different from its equally pedestrian predecessor, 2000's "All That You Can't Leave Behind." While

  • Jagged Little Pill (Acoustic)

    • 6 out of 10
    • Alanis Morissette
    • Ten years after the original release, comes the traditional celebratory acoustic re-recording. The album has held up remarkably well. While it is not as meaningful to me as it was when I was sixteen,

  • Rift

    • 8 out of 10
    • Phish
    • This quasi-concept album (the only of its kind) from these Vermonters finally showcased their ability to convey a message with a studio album, whereas previously they only succeeded in doing so live.

  • Music Has The Right To Children

    • 10 out of 10
    • Boards of Canada
    • This one will haunt you. From the first notes to the last, their sound surrounds you. BOC has put out a fantastic catalogue, and this album is a great starting point for a new listener. Jump straight

Reader Specials

Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!

News

Apple, Verizon Talks May Include New iPhone, Tablet

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 8:46 AM - by Jeff Gamet

Rumors that Apple and Verizon are negotiating an iPhone deal are building momentum, and now it looks like they include detail leaks about two new handheld devices. The rumored products include an "iPhone lite," possibly just for Verizon, and a multimedia tablet device that's bigger than the iPhone and sports a touch screen interface, according to BusinessWeek.

Details on the "iPhone lite" are slim, although it appears that the device will cost less than the current iPhone 3G, sport a thinner profile, and will use "system on a chip" technology.

The tablet-style device will apparently be smaller than the Amazon Kindle, but with a bigger display. It will play music and movies, and display photos. One person that claimed to have seen the tablet commented "We are talking about a device where people will say, 'Damn, why didn't we do this?' Apple is probably going to define the damn category."

If Apple and Verizon do strike a deal, that would end AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal in the U.S., and the cell carrier is currently working to prevent that from happening. AT&T is in talks with Apple to extend its exclusive iPhone deal beyond 2010, and Apple executives have said that they are happy with their relationship with the cell service provider.

Apple may also be pitting the two carriers against each other to improve its own negotiating position. If so, the company may be able to call the shots for new iPhone deals with AT&T and Verizon.

5 comments from the community.

You can post your own below.

Tiger said:

April 28th, 2009 at 8:59 AM

Idea for them:

separate section of the App Store.

call it the Ver-iZone

   Quote

Pashtun Wally said:

April 28th, 2009 at 11:08 AM

I completely doubt that VZW is any kind of contender here:  they almost certainly lost their initial chance due to their ‘pride of size’ and their absolute insistence on control of the phone & restriction of the user experience.  Even in AAPL were thoroughly displeased w/ ATT I think there’s a snowball’s chance that Apple would take on the backward-looking task of tackling a CDMA phone on VZW’s terms.

If VZW wants the iPhone, they need an ATT-busting offer, both for Apple and for customers.  At minimum, they need to drop their V-Castfunneling, and their control over the contents of the device.  They also need to offer current service levels at a better price, or a significantly better service level at the same price.

And even so, there’s still CDMA…sorry, gents - just don’t see it happening.  I see VZW adopting GSM first.

   Quote

rattlebone said:

April 28th, 2009 at 6:02 PM

Wouldn’t it be a good idea if Apple just did their own proprietary phone service!? Is that naive of me? Could they legally do it, since WE taxpayers paid for satellites for these phone companies

   Quote

PSMacintosh said:

April 29th, 2009 at 7:21 PM

I’m totally sick of Apple’s Exclusive Contracts and Subsidized Pricing arrangements.
It cuts many of us out of using an iPhone.

Just make an iPhone that can be made workable with any and all cell carieers….and let them sell.

With such foreseeable increased sales, will come foreseeable economy of scale, which will allow sufficient price reductions to make heavy subsidization unnecessary.

The iPhone could be made to run fine on CDMA….or as fine as it can run.

Verizon has the best cell coverage by far in the rolling valleys where I live in SF East Bay.

   Quote

cbsofla said:

May 1st, 2009 at 10:24 AM

PSMacintosh hit it. I’ve been a MacFan since about 1986, currently using an iMac, MacBook Pro, and a dinky iPod Shuffle, and one of the main reasons I still won’t buy an iPhone is the friggin’ AT&T restriction, and its attendant costs. When the terms come down to a freer, simpler, and more accessible unit, I’ll consider getting in line.

   Quote

Page 1 of 1 pages

Post Your Comments

  Remember Me  Forgot your password?

Not a member? Register now. You can post comments without logging in, but they'll show up as a "guest" post.

Commenting is not available in this section entry.