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April 03, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Apple iPhone launch imminent: analyst
Australia's iTWire reports the US market research company Visiongain "is tipping Apple to launch its much-rumoured iPhone mobile phone to co-incide with the launch of Helios, a US mobile virtual network operator with which it has close ties."
According to Visiongain, Helio CFO Todd Tappin has said that Helio plans to sign about three million customers and generate more than $US2 billion in revenue by 2009.
PC World Editor in Chief Harry McCracken wrote late last month on earlier rumors: "I'll believe it when Steve Jobs pulls it from his jeans pocket at a keynote and pronounces it incredible, but it does seem like a logical move: I'm not sure if there's a single phone in the world that's at good at doing what it does as the iPod is at doing what it does. A terrific music phone could be the kind of game-changing product that's Apple's core competency."
iTWire writes: "The iPhone will most likely be produced in South Korea by an existing handset maker, and made available exclusively through Helio," Duffey predicted, adding "the iPhone will likely be as disruptive to the existing carrier market as the iPod was to the mobile music industry. When the iPhone adds VoIP capability, it will be even more disruptive to carriers."
Posted by Mike Barton on April 3, 2006 05:36 PM
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About time. I told Joy Mountford that Apple should become a phone company at SIGCHI '88, right at the start of the cellphone boom. And also about the time DECT/PCS standards for cordless were emerging - which you still can't buy in North America. They get another shot now, we'll see if they take it.
Posted by: Craig Hubley at April 4, 2006 04:31 PMCould somebody foward Craig Hubley's comment to Steve Jobs please?
Posted by: stan at April 5, 2006 01:54 PMHello all. Actually I do not think the iPhone is strictly intended for VOIP and music playback. Lets examine the possibilities. There is now Disney and ABC "wares' to be sold, and a billion or so imbedded ads.
In short, I look for the iPhone to become something of an alternative and new medium for viewing video.
Posted by: LNM at April 7, 2006 01:22 AMI don't know... It seems odd that apple would simply drop their motorola in pursuit of their own phone ideas. It just doesn't make sense. Besides, what kind of market will apple have? sure, they were able to get the iPod in and eventually to the top, but a phone? It just seems like there is much fiercer competition in the cell phone business. But hey, I would like a mac phone regardless!
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