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How very interesting this one is ……!
According to Mobile Today, Apple and Orange are in final discussions to sell Apple’s Laptops with Orange network access, starting this summer! It will mean a subsidy of the cost of the Laptops for taking out a mobile broadband subscription (which, given the price of Apple kit, you can expect to be fairly hefty…2 years anyone?). The deal apparently will include the MacBook (no surprise there), and supposedly testing has been done between the Laptops and dongles.It’s suspected that only Orange’s direct channels will have the Laptops available, and that this deal could help generate some kind of embedded broadband laptop deal going forward.
Of course, there is another persisting rumour that Apple is readying a netbook, but there’s a lot of hearsay around this – if they wanted to do minimal changes and get something to market quickly, the MacBook is an obvious choice – lets see how it plays out….!
[Via: Mobile Today]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
