Apple Cell Phone ‘Inevitable’

Everyone knows that Apple Computer will eventually make their own cell phone, but American Technology Research has said we won’t see it any time soon.

“While we firmly believe that Apple has been working on cell phone technology, we believe its much hyped imminent entry is overdone,” wrote analyst Shaw Wu in a research note Tuesday.

Apple would need approval by the Federal Communications Commission before being able to enter the U.S. cell phone market, and that would be required atleast three months before the product launch, and there has not been any sign of that happening yet.

Most people are expecting the Apple cell phone will enter the market mid-2007 at the earliest, but more like 2008 or 2009 as a defensive or offensive move towards convergent devices, much like Motorola’s iTunes enabled phones allow people to listen to MP3’s on the go.

“We see the next large frontier in cell phones as they become more ’smart,’ gaining more PC functionality like internet access, playing music and video, and other applications,” said the analyst.

Would you buy a cell phone from Apple?

June 14th, 2006 Posted by David in News at 2:35 pm Comment Now! »
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