{"id":224291,"date":"2010-01-24T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/4c34b80de410754d2aa2998ff2222c54"},"modified":"2010-01-24T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:40:00","slug":"article-apple-rumor-485893-att-to-lose-iphone-exlusivity-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/224291","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Apple Rumor 485893: AT&amp;T to lose iPhone exlusivity on Wednesday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/1\/92112-Apple-media-invitation-2010-01-27-580x393.jpg\" alt=\"Apple press event invite\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that there are hundreds of rumors (or so it seems) circulating around Apple&#8217;s Wednesday press event, I find this one of particular importance given the numerous debates we&#8217;ve had about it over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source reporting to <em>HotHardware<\/em>, it is thought that the Apple tablet announcement will be followed by an announcement detailing the end of AT&amp;T&#8217;s iPhone exlusivity.&nbsp; Given that an announcement of iPhone OS 4.0 has been rumored as well, it could be a huge day for iPhone lovers that have refused to join with AT&amp;T.&nbsp; No whispers on what carrier(s) will pick up the device (if the rumor is indeed true), and I&#8217;d venture to say that if this comes to fruition, Wednesday&#8217;s event will serve as an <em>announcement<\/em> &#8211; don&#8217;t expect another iPhone to hit retail shelves this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>If <\/em>(and that&#8217;s a really big if) all of these things are announced at the event, my money would be on the following dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple&#8217;s tablet: Announced Wednesday, released in 1-3 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone OS 4.0: Announced Wednesday, released either Wednesday or within a week<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone (of a different flavor): Announced Wednesday, released in June<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;re in the home stretch, let the speculation begin.&nbsp; Tablet?&nbsp; iPhone OS?&nbsp; New iPhone?&nbsp; None of the above (wouldn&#8217;t that be terrible)?&nbsp; What say you?<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boygeniusreport.com\/2010\/01\/24\/att-rumored-to-lose-iphone-exclusivity-this-wednesday\/\" >BGR<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonedog.com\/Despite%20the%20fact%20that%20there%20are%20hundreds%20of%20rumors%20(or%20so%20it%20seems)%20circulating%20around%20Apple's%20Wednesday%20press%20event,%20I%20find%20this%20one%20of%20particular%20importance%20given%20the%20numerous%20debates%20we've%20had%20about%20it%20over%20the%20past%20few%20years.%20%20According%20to%20a%20source%20reporting%20to%20HotHardware,%20it%20is%20thought%20that%20the%20Apple%20tablet%20announcement%20might%20be%20followed%20by%20an%20announcement%20of%20AT&amp;T's%20%20Via%20BGR,%20Business%20Insider\" >Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LztfzF_X1eesZfF6TtNoEyO0H-0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LztfzF_X1eesZfF6TtNoEyO0H-0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LztfzF_X1eesZfF6TtNoEyO0H-0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LztfzF_X1eesZfF6TtNoEyO0H-0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/EkhGmVtjW7U\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that there are hundreds of rumors (or so it seems) circulating around Apple&#8217;s Wednesday press event, I find this one of particular importance given the numerous debates we&#8217;ve had about it over the past few years. According to a source reporting to HotHardware, it is thought that the Apple tablet announcement will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}