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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf68f3e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +In an interview with the Seattle Times AT&T's president of national distribution, Glenn Lurie hinted that some [additional Google applications may be headed for the iPhone][1]. Since the next few weeks should get the hype to a fever pitch, we thought we'd kick off with this lovely rumor. + +When asked to justify the iPhone's price tag Lurie says: + +>I think when people get their hands on it and really experience it — the touch screen is phenomenal, this touch screen is like nothing you've ever used — to experience that, the skepticism, I think, around some of those things will go away. + +>There are other things — you have the widgets, <b>some of the Google applications that are coming</b> -- there are just so many things here that the price will not be an issue. + +(Emphasis mine) + +Of course Lurie could be referring to the Google Maps features that Jobs unveiled at MacWorld, but it's also possible that there's more in the works -- Google Apps perhaps? Google Reader? Google Notebook? + +Certainly Google Apps optimized for the iPhone would help Apple on the business front, though personally, [Steve Ballmer aside][3], I think the iPhone will do just fine even without the Office suite offerings. + +So what do you think my dear readers, could we see Google Apps for the iPhone? Is that even something users would want? + +[via [Digg][2]] + +[1]: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003724582_brier28.html "Leading the charge on iPhone" +[2]: http://digg.com/tech_news/Goog_Apps_in_the_Works_for_iPhone "Goog Apps in the Works for iPhone?" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/steve_ballmer_s.html "Steve Ballmer Still Largely Incoherent"
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