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  • Apples to Apples: Will History Repeat Itself as Android Gains on the iPhone?  [View article]
    I think it is a bit early to crown Android the winner of the race. There are other big players in the mobile phone market which are not even mentioned. Nokia and Microsoft. If you think either one will just roll over and let Android take over the market and lets not leave off the lowly WebOS and the PRE which was destine to kill the Iphone due to all its superior capabilities. When the market is over a billion units there is plenty of room for multiple providers, OSs, devices. To think everyone wants Android is ludicrous.
    Nov 03 10:50 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Does Palm's Pre Have Anything on the iPhone or Storm? [View article]



    On May 12 11:41 AM Aryamehr wrote:

    > Palm's choice of Sprint was brilliant, in that Sprint is the only,
    > and will be the only, carrier for the next two years to have 4G capabilities,
    > hence enhancing the Pre's speed by a factor of at least 10 over the
    > iPhone and Blackberry phones. Other than having a more efficient
    > User Interface and more versatility the Pre will be operating on
    > a super fast highway that ATT won't have available until 2011, that
    > is if they follow through with their 4G plans in a timely manner.
    > Now give me some Spin about the iPhone 4G? ATT again doesn't have
    > 4G, so no matter what Apple does they will be limited to 2.5G to
    > 3G for at least two more years. During this time Palm will be testing
    > a better versions of its WebOS on a fully functioning Sprint 4G network,
    > giving its developers a clear advantage. Now beat that!

    The Pre does not support 4G so how does this help Palm. ATT is upgrading their existing 3G network via software from 3.6 to 7.2 . The Sprint EVDO rev A operates at 3.1 Mbps. So If you buy a new IPhone which will come out about the same time as the Pre your network theoretically will be twice as fast on the Iphone as the Pre. Realize that peak rates and actual device speeds vary by time and location, but the bottom line is the Pre on Sprint's network will be slower then the next Iphone on ATT network.
    May 12 12:20 pm |Rating: +1 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly [View article]
    Todd
    Where do you get the estimates? 1 B in lost revenue? You assume that ATT would sell every Iphone Apple could make, which may or may not be the case. The revenue is for 2 yrs not 4. You have no idea what the future holds and based on all the new carriers for Iphone 2. I think you are grossly exaggerating the financial impact of the ATT contract. ATT has an exclusive for the US and no where else. The contract is good for both companies. It allowed Apple to get started in a new business and ATT to capture new high end customers. Verizon had a chance to sell the iphone
    May 14 20:11 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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