Apple Phone Show Episode #3

How to get out of your current contract and other fun stuff!

Host: Scott Bourne: Podcastgearguy.com, Podcastingtricks.com and iLifeZone.com Special Guests: Chris Breen: MacWorld Magazine and Playlist Magazine Andy Ihnatko: Colossal Waste of Bandwidth and The Chicago Sun Times
Now that we know who everyone is, let’s have a chat…

First, let’s hit the subject of how to get out of your existing cellular contract. After all, if you’re a Verizon, T-Mobile, or Sprint / Nextel customer, you’re out of luck if you want an iPhone!

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by Vincent M. Ferrari, Apple Phone Show Producer

In an interview at the D: All Things Digital conference, Steve Jobs had the following to say about third-party apps being developed for the iPhone. MacWorld reports:

[A]sked by an audience member about writing applications for the iPhone, Jobs said that Apple ultimately wants both the iPhone to be secure and open without compromising either attribute. The last thing Apple wants, he suggested, is an iPhone that can be easily hacked or that crashes as a result of installing third party software.

“I think sometime later this year we will find a way to let third parties write apps and still preserve security. But until we can find that way, we can’t compromise the security of the phone. Nobody’s perfect, but we sure don’t want our phone to crash. We would like to solve this problem, if you could be just a little more patient with us, I think everyone can get what they want,” he said.

If this is true and if there are plans for third-party apps to be available for the iPhone, then this is just one more knock against the iPhone that won’t carry any weight, and yet another reason why any criticism, at least for now, should probably be held back until a shipping product is in our hot little hands.

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1) AT&T’s decision to initially use the Edge Network on the iPhone will prove to be a reasonable one, given the extended coverage it supplies along with more reliable performance than 3G.

2) The iPhone’s built-in camera will prove to be more useful and applicable than almost any other cell-phone’s built-in camera.

3) The iPhone will spawn more accessories within the first year than the iPod did in that same time frame.

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by Vincent M. Ferrari, Apple Phone Show Producer

Rumors have been springing up around the internet that Quanta Computer of Taiwan has signed a deal to produce the second generation iPhone. On Quanta’s website, a note to investors read as follows:

Quanta Computer Address News Report on ” Quanta Receive iPhone Order”

1.Name of the reporting media: Commercial Times and Economic Daily News
2.Date of the report: 2007/05/29

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In case you’re interested, you can also visit, download, listen to and subscribe to the Apple Phone Show Podcast via Podango. Visit the Apple Phone Show on Podango here.

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Consumers Give High Marks to Perceptions of the iPhone

Boston, MA - May 24, 2007 - The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Labs probed consumer perceptions of the iPhone experience in a series of research panels. “Consumer Reactions to the Apple iPhone - Wireless Device Lab Analyzes the “Wow” reports on the iPhone’s stellar performance.

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1) Apple will NOT launch the iPhone during WWDC
2) Apple has a five year exclusive with AT&T
3) The iPhone will include a GPS in version 2.0
4) AT&T will allow prepaid plans with the iPhone
5) Apple and Cisco are competing for Yahoo ad space

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