01-09-2007, 07:08 AM
After a while the Cingular name will be no more. The day after the merger happened, the Bellsouth signage here at the headquarters in the ATL was already coming down or being covered up with AT&T stuff.
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I still need help understanding any Apple-branded phone/smartphone/whatever. Why would they want to enter this market, when it's so unlike the rest of their hardware strategy?
1) Cellphones are a fickle sale; they don't stay "cool" very long. RAZR, anyone?
2) Draconian partnerships with providers instead of one product that works with any.
3) Unless Apple starts their own cell network ...
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I still need help understanding any Apple-branded phone/smartphone/whatever. Why would they want to enter this market, when it's so unlike the rest of their hardware strategy?
1) Cellphones are a fickle sale; they don't stay "cool" very long. RAZR, anyone?
2) Draconian partnerships with providers instead of one product that works with any.
3) Unless Apple starts their own cell network ...