See for yourself! Originally pointed out by Matthew Miller over at ZDNet.
1. The New iPad commercial below
2. The old Newton Ad below
On 05.13.10, In Mobile, By admin
On 04.07.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor
With the increasing discomfort between Apple and Google, rumors have been doing rounds for long about Apple’s plans for a proprietary search engine for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
As per the estimates of Gene Munster, senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co, Apple will launch a mobile search engine for the iPhone OS, protecting the company’s App Store data from its archrival, Google, which is currently the default search provider for the iPhone and iPad.
However, according to Josh Martin, senior analyst of wireless media services for the global wireless practice at Strategy Analytics, Newton, search is an important component of the revenue picture, and Apple setting itself up for the future of mobile search.
In his opinion, the acquisition of Quattro Wireless will be generating money through advertising within applications, so he is not sure if there’s a need for Apple to launch their own search engine.
On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor
RCN Corp. has teamed with a Maryland company to test a mobile phone service in its Boston market that the cable, telephone and Internet provider will offer along with its other services.
RCN yesterday said its deal with MobilePro Corp. of Bethesda, Md., creates a new “RCN Wireless” service the companies will introduce to existing RCN customers in Framingham, Natick, Waltham, Newton and 15 other Boston area communities by the end of September.
RCN, headquartered in Herndon, Va., will bundle the wireless service and an RCN-branded mobile phone in a “Quadruple Play” package with its existing TV, Web and land-line phone services
The company will also offer other bundle combinations, and RCN Wireless will be available alone. But customers will get the best price on each service when they buy all four, according to Linda Duggan, senior vice president and general manager for RCN in New England.
For now, RCN will only offer wireless service in the communities where it currently operates, Duggan said. But the company may expand the mobile-phone service to a wider area in Massachusetts.
RCN is still working on price structures for entry-level, in-network, family and premium-level service plans. Duggan said the costs will be “competitive” with the prices other cable and phone companies offer.
“We’re excited to put this out because it follows the direction we’ve always gone in,” Duggan said yesterday, referring to the company’s bundling strategy. “The Boston market is very aware of wireless products and Internet products and the technology is widespread. It makes sense to test it here.”
MobilePro’s CEO, Tom Mazerski, said RCN Wireless will run on Verizon Wireless’ network. MobilePro will perform all supporting activities for RCN, including sales, billing and customer service.
RCN competes with much larger rivals Comcast Corp., which offers cable TV, Internet and phone service throughout MetroWest, and Verizon Communications Inc., which offers phone and Web service and is rolling out a TV service in some parts of the state. Verizon jointly owns Verizon Wireless.
In November, Philadelphia-based Comcast and three other cable providers teamed up with Sprint Nextel Corp. to offer a “quadruple play” package of their own that would include mobile phone service.
“We look forward to rolling out the wireless product to Boston in the late fall and integrating a mobility component in our local services that provides real value to consumers,” Marc Goodman, a Comcast spokesman, said yesterday. “The joint venture has been working on delivering functional software, engineering and operations needs.”
Source- http://www.metrowestdailynews.com
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