While there was, up until recently, at least one next-generation iPhone outside of Apple’s possession and in the wild, could there be another one still lurking out there… a golden ticket for one would-be “source” to sell to the highest bidding practitioner of checkbook journalism? Apple Insider points out that back in February, another supposed fourth-generation

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Palm seems in dire straights. Cannaccord Adams has cut its estimates following word AT&T may delay launch of the Palm Pre and Pixi from April to June or July. Now other analysts are suggesting Palm’s 400 handset patents could spark a bidding war between Apple and Google. Cannacord analyst Peter Misek said Tuesday he’d “recently

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Filed under: Portables , Software , Apple Fox News writer Clayton Morris was also wondering just why Apple went with AT&T yet again for the iPad data plan, but it turns out things between the two companies weren’t quite so cut and dry as Jobs made us believe on stage. He says that inside sources at Verizon still insist that they’ve been talking with Apple about handling some of the data service, and he even says that they’ve mentioned not only an iPhone set up to work with Verizon later this year, but an iPad as well. Rumor also has it that AT&T simply outbid the other cellphone providers for becoming the official iPad data service, and that makes sense: that $29.99 unlimited plan is a heck of a deal for consumers, but then again, it’ll bring in a heck of a lot of business for AT&T (who should have already been in hot water for their service outages, and will probably end up in more, despite their promises that their network can handle the data ). Of course, Verizon is really the only source saying they’re still in the game at the moment — most analysts believe Verizon won’t see Apple hardware until they bring out their next-generation LTE service, and even then having a bunch of different plans to choose from doesn’t really sound like Apple’s kind of thing. But it is interesting to hear that AT&T is willing to take a dive in price to keep Apple’s business. Wonder what might happen if their network dives as well. [via Apple Insider ] Rumor: AT&T outbid Verizon for the iPad data plan originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Rumor: AT&T outbid Verizon for the iPad data plan originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Hardware , Apple , iPhone Apple has reportedly signed up with a new manufacturer in China to help produce the next generation of the iPhone — Pegatron will be joining Foxconn in putting together parts for Apple’s next handheld unit, we hear courtesy of the always talkative “industry sources.” The company has been rumored to be working with Apple before, when it was suggested that they’d be working on a smaller version of the iPhone designed to work on Verizon’s CDMA network. Officially, Pegatron hasn’t confirmed any agreement with Apple, but they have said that they plan to substantially increase their output in 2010. And this might just be part of a good 2010 for Pegatron — the company is also working on parts for Microsoft’s Natal controller, rumored to be releasing this coming holiday season. As for what they’ll be making for Apple, we’ll have to wait and see what gets announced. It’s almost a certainty that we’ll see a new iPhone model sometime this year, but as to what that model will do (and whether it’ll be CDMA enabled or otherwise), it’s all just rumors so far. [via Apple Insider ] Report: Apple signs new iPhone manufacturer, rumored to work on CDMA iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Report: Apple signs new iPhone manufacturer, rumored to work on CDMA iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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