According a telecom analyst at research firm Visiongain, the SK-EarthLink MVNO Helio could launch an Apple-branded mobile handset to coincide with the launch of its services this spring. While any talk about an Apple-branded mobile phone is groan-worthy, Visiongain's Pam Duffey may be onto something. "There exists a relationship between Apple and Helio management that goes back to the ROKR iTunes phone, and Helio has declared a target audience identical to iPod's existing market," she said. Nearly everyone in the MVNO race is looking to capture the iPod's market, and I doubt either company will bring up the ROKR handset if this rumor proves true.
Further speculation and on the iPhone front includes a "delay" in iPhone roll outs because of some "significant" technical problems. So says a report from ThinkSecret.com. The report claims that the device was set to launch in the third quarter of this year, "but these issues have delayed any roll-out indefinitely." Well, I guess that's the end of that.
For more information on the elusive iPhone:
- take a look at this article [1] from RCRWireless.com
- check out this article [2] from ThinkSecret.com
Links:
[1] http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25992
[2] http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14247&Page=1&pagePos=1