5 posts and columns on family plan

Verizon iPhone: What, AT&T Worry?

in Mobile on January 10, 2011 at 10:11 am PT

Another question to ponder on the eve of the iPhone’s debut on Verizon: Now that its archrival has the device on which it once had an exclusive, a device that has done so much for its bottom line, how will AT&T respond? Or, rather, how has it been responding?

Analyst: Nine Million iPhones on Verizon in 2011

in Mobile on June 22, 2010 at 7:52 am PT

Amid long-running and persistent rumors of a Verizon iPhone, one analyst has bravely stepped forward to put a date on the device’s market debut. Barclays Capital analyst James Ratcliffe says we’ll see it in early 2011, and he’s sure enough in his prediction that he’s building it into his forecasts for AT&T and Verizon.
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Attention, Wal-Mart Shoppers: iPhone 3GS Clearance Sale in Aisle Nine

in Mobile on May 25, 2010 at 4:58 am PT

With two weeks to go before Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference and the presumed debut of the company’s next-generation iPhone, Wal-Mart is dropping the price of the entry-level iPhone 3GS by more than half.

17 Percent of Verizon Customers Would Upgrade to iPhone

in Mobile on May 24, 2010 at 5:01 am PT

AT&T’s iPhone-exclusivity deal hasn’t yet expired; nor has Apple announced plans to sell the device through a second U.S. carrier. But that’s not stopping analysts from speculating about what might happen when it does. Riffing on rumors of a Verizon iPhone, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty theorizes in a research note this morning that given the opportunity, nearly 17 percent of the carrier’s customers would upgrade to an iPhone.
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Loud-and-Clear Mobile Calls for Seniors

in The Digital Solution on February 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm PT

My grandmother, a college graduate and former reference librarian, recently walked out of an electronics store in frustration. She compared the techie conversations that were going on around her with people speaking in a different language. And she isn’t alone.