iPhone News Updated

Apple iPhone-4G to be AT&T Exclusive Claims Analysts

According to bloggers and analysts at Barclays Capital, Apple will most likely choose to extend the iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T for the coming fourth generation iPhone.

Analyst Vijay Jayant based this prediction upon Apple’s recent partnership with AT&T to offer exclusive iPad wireless service. This would suggest that Apple is confident in its relationship with AT&T and is content on continuing its partnership with the wireless provider. Recently, the tone that Apple has been using with respect to AT&T has been increasingly positive over the past few months, which would suggest their relationship hasn’t become sour.

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Seybold’s take: Applications for the iPad

I am not one who believes that the iPad will be a huge success, but I do believe it will be successful in its own right. The iPad simply is not in the same class as the iPhone. Still, there are opportunities for developers to provide content by way of the iPad and make money doing so, as long as they do not view the iPad as simply a larger iPhone.

While many developers are likely to simply adapt their existing iPhone apps for the larger iPad screen, I believe the iPad will be used differently because unlike the iPhone, most customers will not carry their iPad with them all of the time. This means that many of the applications that have become hits on the iPhone will not find the same success on the iPad. Rather, what is needed is a newer set of applications that take full advantage of the new screen real estate while providing services that make the iPad a success as an occasional-use device.

The primary functional difference I see between the two devices is that the iPhone is an unconscious-carry device that is always with us and the iPad is a conscious-carry device that we won’t always take with us. This means that there must be a different thought process used in the development of the applications if they are to propel the iPad toward success.

For starters, many iPad users will not opt for a full wide-area wireless broadband subscription. Instead, they will use it for communications when near a Wi-Fi hotspot or subscribe to an occasional-use wide-area broadband plan. Applications that assume full wireless connectivity anytime the iPad is on will not be as well received as applications that are developed for occasional use. Many iPhone apps are constantly updating the information they provide, but iPad applications that require a constant or almost-constant connection will not be as functional.

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