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gut

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Jan 12, 2011 5:58 PM
Jobs would never allow a cheap stunt like David Blaine to promote the unveiling of an IPhone. Plus, they said "industry first", which if it is the IPhone could only be the white IPhone. That's a possibility, but unlikely.

I don't have much interest in Sprint, but curious to what this is.
Jan 12, 2011 5:58pm
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brutus161

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Jan 12, 2011 6:54 PM
The one on the left is an iPhone. It has iPhone icons on the screen.
Jan 12, 2011 6:54pm
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MrPoke

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Jan 12, 2011 6:57 PM
The device on the left is missing the phone app and text app. It also has the headphone jack at the bottom instead of the top.
My guess is that it is an ipod touch with a sprint mobile broadband case, not an iphone though.
Jan 12, 2011 6:57pm
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gorocks99

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Jan 12, 2011 6:59 PM
Would a white iPhone run slower than a black iPhone?
Jan 12, 2011 6:59pm
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chicago510

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Jan 12, 2011 7:03 PM
gorocks99;636068 wrote:Would a white iPhone run slower than a black iPhone?

Lulz. It would be sneaky fast.
Jan 12, 2011 7:03pm
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Jan 12, 2011 7:28 PM
imex99;635998 wrote:Look at the phone on the left..... Looks like an Iphone... Either someone messed up on Sprints website or a hint! http://www.sprint.com/landings/whatsnew/?INTCID=TSC:UHP:010411:NewStoreEmail:LearnMore&adSelectData=1:Module_010411_NewStore#

This is what you see on the left.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/ipod-touch-turned-into-a-phone-using-yosions-apple-peel-520/
Jan 12, 2011 7:28pm
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Jan 13, 2011 1:18 AM
Industry first is the key phrase in that announcement.

That rules out the iPhone (unless they are announcing a 4g iPhone...which I highly doubt) and a Tegra 2 device (since Motorola already announced a Tegra 2 device at CES).

My guess is that they will be announcing the release date of the Blackberry Tablet as I'm almost sure that is going to be a Sprint exclusive device at launch.
Jan 13, 2011 1:18am
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Jan 13, 2011 7:26 AM
brutus161;636060 wrote:The one on the left is an iPhone. It has iPhone icons on the screen.

Doesn't necessarily mean that. iPhone menu icons aren't trademarked, so anyone could use them. BlackBerry, for example, has a theme that has all the iPhone icons. All this could be would be a phone that is given them as a default.

I'm not saying that means it ISN'T an iPhone. Just saying that it doesn't NECESSARILY mean it's an iPhone.
Jan 13, 2011 7:26am
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OneBuckeye

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Jan 13, 2011 8:03 AM
It will be the blackberry playbook. Yawn.
Jan 13, 2011 8:03am
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power i

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Feb 7, 2011 4:58 PM
I hope it's the iPhone as this is what I've been waiting for. My husband refuses to leave Sprint. He has to have that direct connect. I think he may be the only person left that has it but hey, if someone needs to get ahold of him directly, he's ready. :D
Feb 7, 2011 4:58pm
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Feb 7, 2011 9:04 PM
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Feb 7, 2011 9:04pm
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Jawbreaker

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Feb 8, 2011 8:33 AM
Nothing to see here. I doubt that phone will sell very well.
Feb 8, 2011 8:33am
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gut

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Feb 8, 2011 10:59 AM
Physically, that phone looks like a piece of shit. But the "expandable" screen is the way of the future, it's just poorly done in this model. With foldable/rollable/flexible screens coming I expect to see a phone that can transform into a mini-tablet - add one more screen to that thing and take out the gap between and you have a very nice screen for movies and browsing.

Although the more likely direction is one that docks with a dummy tablet, maybe with an attachable keyboard, and then you have a 3-in-1 smartphone device. I could see strong markets for both, the 3-in-1 great for the home or office and the expandable screen great for mobile/travelers when you don't want to carry all that equipment.
Feb 8, 2011 10:59am
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Feb 8, 2011 11:05 AM
gut;669898 wrote: Although the more likely direction is one that docks with a dummy tablet, maybe with an attachable keyboard, and then you have a 3-in-1 smartphone device. I could see strong markets for both, the 3-in-1 great for the home or office and the expandable screen great for mobile/travelers when you don't want to carry all that equipment.

Motorola took the first baby step towards that with the Atrix. It docks into a netbook size shell, and gives you access to all your features on your phone plus a full Firefox browser. Just a matter of time before a smartphone docks into a tablet.
Feb 8, 2011 11:05am
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gut

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Feb 8, 2011 12:16 PM
sherm03;669904 wrote:Motorola took the first baby step towards that with the Atrix. It docks into a netbook size shell, and gives you access to all your features on your phone plus a full Firefox browser. Just a matter of time before a smartphone docks into a tablet.

Absolutely, but I'm saying there will be a market for a smartphone with an expandable screen. Heck, I'd still want that - to me that would be my choice for mobile entertainment. A 3 panel display has pretty good comfort and usability for ebooks, movies and web.

On top of that, Asus has a table with a slide out keyboard of some type. Won't surprise me at all if the Mobile World Conference next week in Barcelona someone unveils a table with a detachable keyboard. Combine that with the Atrix and there's you're 3-in-1 device. But I do think that's going to require a bit more guts in the smartphones to really deliver value - the Atrix dock is basically an overpriced sub-standard netbook (all it really does is give you full PC browser). But dual core processors at 1ghz is close to doubling as a computer, they just need to bump the ram up to at least 1 gig, preferably 2 (I know the Atrix has 1 gig ram, but speculation is it's partitioned to run the docking OS). And then the final piece is a beefier OS to run full PC apps (like Office) directly.
Feb 8, 2011 12:16pm
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Feb 8, 2011 12:27 PM
gut;670009 wrote:Absolutely, but I'm saying there will be a market for a smartphone with an expandable screen. Heck, I'd still want that - to me that would be my choice for mobile entertainment. A 3 panel display has pretty good comfort and usability for ebooks, movies and web.

On top of that, Asus has a table with a slide out keyboard of some type. Won't surprise me at all if the Mobile World Conference next week in Barcelona someone unveils a table with a detachable keyboard. Combine that with the Atrix and there's you're 3-in-1 device. But I do think that's going to require a bit more guts in the smartphones to really deliver value - the Atrix dock is basically an overpriced sub-standard netbook (all it really does is give you full PC browser). But dual core processors at 1ghz is close to doubling as a computer, they just need to bump the ram up to at least 1 gig, preferably 2 (I know the Atrix has 1 gig ram, but speculation is it's partitioned to run the docking OS). And then the final piece is a beefier OS to run full PC apps (like Office) directly.
Running full PC apps is not the direction devices will be going to in the future. See Google Docs, and Microsoft to a point, and their online/office implementation of the office suite. Being able to access all your documents on a tablet, phone, or PC w/o syncing to a computer or emailing is the route that we will go down. Let the servers do the power hungry crunching the the end user's device display the information.
Feb 8, 2011 12:27pm