Al Gore confirms multiple iPhones coming

[brooklynite]

Source: CNET

Former Vice President Al Gore, of all people, is the latest to confirm that Apple will be selling multiple iPhones next month.

"Not to mention the new iPhones coming out next month. That was a plug," Gore said today during the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa. The comments were reported by The Next Web.

Gore serves as a director on Apple's board, so is in a good position to know about the company's future products. The comments also jibe with increased chatter that the company would release two iPhones by the end of the year--an iPhone 5 alongside an updated version of the iPhone 4.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20109639-94/al-gore-confirms-multiple-iphones-coming/

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[itsrobert]

1. I'll stick with my Android device

Totally satisfied. IPhone must suck, they come out with a new phone every 10 months.

[gateley]

5. "iPhone must suck..."

:rofl:

iPhone CHANGED the mobile phone industry! Sheesh!

[comtec]

12. there is nothing unique about the iphone, I hate to tell you, aside from marketing

I was in Europe when the iphone came out... it was seen as COMPLETE BACKWARDS AND PRIMITIVE!

Still seen that way, even more so with Android.

Name ONE feature, and i'll grant apps to an extent, and I'll tell you where it was used first.

[gateley]

13. They were the first one to be able to "flip" pages, change

the size of an image by pinching or expanding your fingers, incorporating a digital sound system, first one to have an Operating System in your FUCKING PHONE making it a real computer you could stuff in your pocket.

Innovative. Are you disputing that? If I'm wrong, tell me - I'm not married to the idea but all the stuff I mentioned (and more I can't think of) I was unaware of existing in this platform before the iPhone.

And I kindly didn't mentions the apps. :)

[iris27]

15. They were not the first ones to have an OS in a phone; my husband had a Palm Treo phone

required for his job before the first iPhone was ever released.

[gateley]

19. I'm wrong yet again. Oh well, I'm still an Apple fan. nt

[comtec]

17. windows mobile (WinCE) has been around 10 years

and could do all those.
Phone have been true music devices since before the Sony Media phone (I have one in holland and the X1 which came out BEFORE the iphone)

The Sony phones had better speakers, and iirc, one model had bose speakers.

Windows mobile has had programs for the 10 years it's been around, and ALL OPEN SOURCE!

The pinch interface on the iOS devices is very nice, but it's because of capacitive screens - yes other phones had that first too.

I'm sorry but apple is nothing more than designer tech, and marketing.
Don't get me wrong, they're beautiful! they combine form and function masterfully well!

but it's not as innovative as the faithful are led to believe.

i've been around this industry FAR too long to believe all that rot.

Educate yourself.
Apple's are great, but not innovators in the way of phones or mobiles as they want you to believe.

Microsoft has been working on tablet technology for a V E R Y long time, predating WinCE I believe (wince was developed because 9x was too big)

Compaq's iPaq was an AMAZING bit of tech, imho the best PDA made. They were the innovators of high-end PDAs, as well as the first PDA to include a MOBILE PHONE module.

iOS 5 is actually a bunch of functionality the Android OS has had for over a year now. APPLE is the one playing catch up now.

I love my ipod touch (2g) it's great!
it's a nice replacement for a computer for about 70% of what I do (since I put gaming on the back burner). I like the larger tablets out there now.
I'm thankful to Apple for the marketing job they've done.
The industry is always improved by the kick in the pants apple gives it. . . but apple rarely invents, as much as it markets better!

[gateley]

20. Regardless of how wrong I am, and that we faithful believe

the bullshit, I really like all my Apple products, and as of now, it has my loyalty.

Thanks for the education, though -- interesting!!

[comtec]

33. that realization is all i ask =]

information is important.
beyond that , not my issue.
*snigger* that is beyond my scope of support

[SpiralHawk]

23. "The 'Invisible Hand' of free market competition has spoken." - The Market

"The iPhone is a major winner, no matter what the whiner wannabes have to say..."

- The Market

[avaistheone1]

18. My Android 4G does more tasks and performs every task faster than my

co-worker's iphone.

So I really don't get the iPhone buzz at all.

[onehandle]

8. It's been over 14 months since the current iPhone came out.

Multiple Android makers release multiple phones with mismatched OSs constantly.

The iPhone is the number one smartphone in the world because they concentrate on one basic design and make it the best.

[LanternWaste]

30. Automobiles too.

"they come out with a new phone every 10 months..."

Automobiles too. :shrug:

[Ter]

34. That's because 10 month old technology sucks

I am pro-Android, but a better Droid comes out every few months. My Droid X is beyond obsolete. Bionic destroys it.

[Initech]

2. I'm totally done with Apple. PC / Android for life.

[onehandle]

6. Again? nt

[Initech]

9. ?

[gateley]

3. Cool! nt

[valerief]

4. I'm sticking to my tin cans and string. They've worked for centuries and will continue to work. nt

[Firebrand Gary]

7. I will never own another android. Ugh

IPH5

[awoke_in_2003]

10. One day I will be forced...

to buy a smart phone- I am not looking forward to that day (and I love Apple computers)

[onehandle]

11. I was on a train last weekend and I watched with awe an octogenarian woman using an iPhone...

...like a pro. Switching apps, copy and pasting, pinch zooming photos, sending emails.

Apple makes it easy.

[Zoigal]

16. This octogenarian has used an i phone often as well as my trusty I pad 2.

Have always loved Apple products and found that they
are of excellent quality. Was in an Apple store today to
ask a question concerning skype on my i pad. Super service.
Remember the saying "Old age and wisdom (or treachery) will
defeat youth and skill" :):).....z

[xxqqqzme]

32. I just did.

My phone just died on me. The screen would go blank. Calls came through but I couldn't call out or text. I jumped into the smart phone waters and hey, it's not so bad.

[onehandle]

14. I think someone is reading too much into his words. Yes, there are new 'iPhones' coming...

...millons of them. If he had said 'iPhone models, then I would be interested.

And Apple would be very unhappy.

We will see a new model and the iPhone 4 will become the 'entry level' iPhone.

A Hell of an entry level, imo.

[emulatorloo]

26. I think you are right. Poor journalism.

[arikara]

21. I'll stick with my old Nokia

I got it for nothing, owe nothing on it, pay $10 a month to use it and I have a $26 credit on it. I've had it for several years and recently found out you can even text on it. Who needs anything more with a damned phone I already have a good camera and a computer.

[truthisfreedom]

22. OMG I'm so glad that Verizon has the iPhone now. My contract with att is finally up.

att has the worst service ever. Bar none. Totally sucks. Verizon rules.

[bamacrat]

24. You can get on the internet, text, gps something while you talk with ATT.

I have had both and I would rather have att, but really only for the talk and do things at the same time ability. Verizon does have the best service and they get the best android phones.

[Tikki]

31. And we are just the opposite here...

Verizon never helped out until it was time to renew the contract...then they couldn't
call enough to see if they could help.

A T & T has been amazing and our bill has varied very little over time.


The Tikkis

[Steerpike]

25. lol

I use tracphone...costs me about 15 dollars a month..the phone itself cost 49 dollars an LG 800...i guess i'm a luddite after all.

[Javaman]

27. I miss my old nokia brick.

it wasn't pretty but it was indestructible.

[mopinko]

28. al gore should take over for steve jobs.

does this mean i am gonna be able to ditch att? please?

[onehandle]

29. It's definitely coming to Sprint next month.

Which likely means we can get it through CREDO.

There was a fairly solid rumor that it would be coming to T-Mobile as well, which would put it on all four U.S. networks, but T-Mobile finally denied it just yesterday. I am 100% sure it is being worked on for them especially since AT&T is trying to buy them.