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To: sylvester80 who wrote (2515)	2/14/2011 12:00:33 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3170

Good question. I suppose most apps could be hosted web pages optimized for the device screen. But I don't think this would be intended to be all that smart of a smartphone. And if they could get the "buy from any data vendor" thing going it could be cheap-cheap-cheap to operate. All just speculation at this point. But think the difference between a iPod Nano and iPod Touch.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (2515)	2/14/2011 12:02:02 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 3170

Motorola falls on report on cheaper iPhones 11:35 am ET 02/14/2011 - Reuters * Motorola depends heavily on North American market * Reports point to cheaper/ smaller iPhone NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Motorola Mobility <MMI.N> fell about 5 percent on Monday on concerns it would be particularly vulnerable to competition from the next version of Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> iPhone. Motorola shares fell $1.44 or 4.6 percent at $29.71 on New York Stock Exchange after the Wall Street Journal reported Apple was developing a cheaper iPhone that is cheaper than its current model, the iPhone 4, and about half the size. According to the story that cited unnamed people familiar with the matter the phone would also cost about half the price of today's iPhone. "Motorola has very high exposure to the North America phone market," said MKM Partners analyst Tero Kuittinen. "If Apple brings out a cheap iPhone people are worried it's going to hit Motorola more than others." Motorola Mobility, which was spun off from Motorola Inc on Jan. 4, already faces new competition from Apple's launch last week of an iPhone at Motorola customer Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications <VZ.N> and Vodafone <VOD.L>. (Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Derek Caney)