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Re: Mobile Me and the Cloud

toddmundt — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:29:23 -0000

zz4j9m - there's a lot of chatter today about the possibility that AT&T will sell iPhones without activation. Erica Sadun has one of the better posts as TUAW: http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/10/iphone-3g-may-be...

Re: Mobile Me and the Cloud

toddmundt — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:52:30 -0000

Good questions! I'm not sure, but I think that will be harder to do. Apple and AT&T will do in-store activations this time around, rather than allowing at-home activates through iTunes. If this holds, I assume that it will be hard to buy the iPhone without going through activation on the spot. Others may correct me on this - please do!

As for the Touch prices - having another company (AT&T) subsidize the price of an Apple product does create a big crack in Apple's pricing structure for the iPod products. Apple may drop the price of the Touch this summer - or give the whole iPod line a price reduction - although I wonder if the price drop will be as significant (percentage-wise) as it was with the iPhone 3G.

Thanks!

Re: Mobile Me and the Cloud

zz4j9m — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:45:36 -0000

Am I right in thinking that with the new iPhone (which presumably is like its predecessors in having iPod capability) could be purchased and used exclusively as an iPod for something like $100 less than buying an iPod Touch? I may be missing something here.