T-Mobile hearts Apple. Deal in the works?

I take this from another angle: perhaps it will induce t-mobile to support OS-X. Athe moment I have a t-mobile MDA Pro which I cannot get connected to my powerbook. No 3rd party scripts work & t-mobile support will just tell you to f**k off if you say you aren't using Winduhs.

Number 1:

Although I'd too like the freedom of an unlocked phone if the 'iPhone' is to be a success it must be tied in to a single service provider. The iPod wouldn't have been a success with the ease of interaction with iTS and iTunes.

I'm with T-Mobile for my primary phone, a Nokia N80, which I'm planning to replace with the Nokia N95... I'm also with Cingular for my secondary phone, an LG CU-500, which I use for high-speed (HSDPA) data!

That being said, since I'm into mobile phones and into Apple products, I'm planning to get the iPhone if it's ever released, as long as it's equal to or better than my former Sony Ericsson W800i.

That's the bar I'm setting, and that's assuming that the iPhone is quad-band GSM with EDGE. As for an Apple/T-Mobile partnership, I'd be pretty disappointed if the iPhone was subsidized/locked.

Then again, T-Mobile is the only carrier that exists in some of Apple's biggest markets, the US and parts of Europe (Germany & the Netherlands, anyway), so maybe a partnership makes sense.

Also, since most people don't like spending money on mobile phones, opting for subsidized/locked models, maybe an Apple/T-Mobile partnership makes sense in order to sell more iPhones.

@ #1

I think you definatly make a valid point. But I think there is a possibility that Apple would semi-partner with them. Meaning that T-mobile might have an exclusive iPhone, But I definatly think they could do that and sell the unlocked ones as well, Possibly those with or going to t-mobile could get the iphone at the subsidized price, and would have some extra stuff that maybe the unlocked one might not have (nothing comes to mind other than T-moibles new "myfaves"

This is rather probable if you look at Apples history. If they are gonna make a new portable device, it should be Newton but taken to the next level. Mobile phone are first and foremost communication devices, not media devices. Most of us already have iPods (or iPod-like devices) and really can live without a extra mp3-player. What most of us don't have is a phone where you easily can talk, chat, surf and email. I hope the iPhone (if it really is in the works) get IP-phone functionallity as this really is the future.

hugacrv,

I have the SE W810i (unlocked, with TMobile as my provider) and it does it all, and it plays well with iSync (iCal, Address Book, iPhoto). It does MP3's, email, Web, calendar, contacts, movies, 2mp camera, etc, etc. Check it out.

I'd love to get an iPhone (assuming it's coming AND assuming it's got a good feature set) as my T-610 is getting old and I want email and better organizer synchronization.

I've been looking hard at the Blackberry Pearl since Pocket Mac 4.0 is now available. It seems to come very close to the Mac/Phone integration that I desire (though it appears to have some rough spots).

Anyone have experience with the BB Pearl and Pocket Mac?

I'm jazzed. I use T-Mobile because I can use my Sony-Ericcson phone overseas (I asked them to unlock it and it was no problem). The customer service is great. I'm willing to hang on a while longer with my aging phone if they do something with Apple - a dream come true.

Here is what I want in an apple phone/service, and an explanation of why I want it.

I want an apple phone with evdo connectivity via bluetooth/bt2/usb2 so that I can connect to the internet wherever and whenever.

I could also use the handset to browse the web. It should also be constantly connected to my email and IM (not just .mac, but gmail too).

I could visit the itunes store, and buy tracks from the phone.

The evdo is important because I see more and more corporate internets getting more and more restrictive, and I for one am getting to the point where I will just bring my own internet ;-)

I wanna pay about $60 a month for unlimited broadband internet via evdo/on phone and a standard allotment of voice minutes with rollover.

I think this is a good plan. However, I would like to see some easy integration with the sidekick 3 and my mac. Mark/Space has some software to sync my phone with my address book and iCal, however, they have will be stopping support support. What am I going to do then? If their visions are aligned, why do they not offer any options? Bluetooth is crippled on the phone so I cannot sync via BT.

I realize that problem is not with TMobile, but Danger. It would just be nice not to have to buy 3rd party software with EVERY phone that I purchase (any network).