According to this bit from Forbes on-line, Apple and Motorola have leaked some quasi-official news about a phone their going to launch together.
Gimmie gimmie gimmie!
The big value add seems to be that one will be able to take a few iTunes along with you on the phone. To me this is not the biggest deal in the world, but I think we can expect Apple to make sure that the user interface and physical design of the phone will be sexxxy.
The Forbes bit makes a big stink about Bluetooth enabling users to bypass high-price data networks and talks about a Verizon requirement that Motorola disable Bluetooth on a phone they developed for Verizon. The last two phones I’ve had both included Bluetooth, which enabled me to bypass the carrier network to exchange files with my Mac and PC. This isn’t a deal killer by any stretch, and a well-designed phone is only going to encourage customers to use the data functionality. Considering Apple’s experience with media content for digital devices I would suspect there would be plenty of data to fill up carriers spectrum for customers using this phone.
