Wednesday, January 28, 2009

eCommerce in the News Week 4

Life After iPhone
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Continuing on my look at Apple’s successful iPhone and iPod Touch, this article from CNN Money discusses about what AT&T and Apple would do after their successful contract in 2007. Ever since AT&T made the deal with Apple’s iPhone, they climbed on top of Verizon as the nation’s number one wireless provider at 75 million wireless users. According to the article, neither company plans on staying in contract, which means we can predict several things. First, the iPhone might break the AT&T only barrier and begin showing up in packages from Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, or other service providers. Second, we might see one of these providers pair up exclusively with a Smartphone just like iPhone, since it was so successful. Third, Apple might re-market the iPhone to tailor for corporate uses, perhaps hinting a danger future for blackberries. Last, as mentioned in the article we might see wireless companies begin to shift towards becoming software development companies. Either way, the iPhone is still taking the world by storm wherever it is, and it won’t be stopping for some time!

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