A new report from the Wall Street Journal corroborated a story from late last week indicating that Apple is working on a smaller version and cheaper iPhone, adding details of a reorganization to Apple's MobileMe online service could include a streaming media service cloud. Quoting someone saw a prototype phone late last year, the report indicates that the new model is called "n97," would be "half of the iPhone 4" is to have "a screen edge to edge" and "the voice-based navigation. It is intended for sale alongside the existing line of Apple iPhone and would be available to carriers for roughly half the price of traditional models iPhone. The new phone is expected to be released this summer, although these plans may change, depending on the source of the report.
Also mentioned in the report is a reorganization of the Apple MobileMe online service suite. According to a person familiar with the matter, Apple plans to make MobileMe free service to serve as a "record" online for personal data such as photos, music and videos. In addition, MobileMe could also be part of a new Apple's online music service that would give users access to their libraries mobile devices such as iPhone iTunes and iPad without the need for devices synchronized via a cable with a computer or for physical components onboard to store files. The report notes that the new service could begin in the month of June, dependent on the progress of the approval of the talks are preliminary stages; According to the report, Apple had planned for the service to deploy last year.
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