AT&T plans to eventually link Apple's iPhone to its high-speed Internet and video service called U-verse.NEW
YORK (Reuters) - U.S. phone company AT&T plans to eventually link
Apple's iPhone to its high-speed Internet and video service called
U-verse, and introduce new features like using the phone as a remote
control.
At an event on Monday to showcase some recently developed
technologies that are not yet being marketed, AT&T emphasized that
in the future, consumers should be able to use their phones, computer
and television in more interesting ways.
"We're looking at the whole landscape, of what people use, and
what's out there in the home," said AT&T Chief Technology Officer
John Donovan, adding that some of the services may be launched by the
end of the year.
AT&T is currently the sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone --an
advantage over other mobile providers like Verizon Wireless, owned by
Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, as well as over cable
television providers.
For example, consumers will be able to listen to their voice mails
on their screens, and download shows from their digital video recorders
onto their iPhones.
They also will be able to use their iPhones to navigate channels
like a normal remote control, and for entertainment purposes like
virtually hurling tomatoes at the TV screen using iPhone applications.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; editing by Carol Bishopric)
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