From 0531523b372cc251a8391f5a12447d62f53916a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:45:11 -0400 Subject: initial commit --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt (limited to 'published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt') diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Tue/iphonerumor.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf68f3e --- /dev/null +++ b/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, some of the Google applications that are coming -- 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" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2