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- SLYK, on 10/12/2007, -9/+83@GoatBnn
you were buried in 2007 - saikhan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27lol, 1985
- walterd93, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20I never knew google had a patent section...
- Rhelim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15To the people saying this guy's math sucks, that 1985 to 2007 isn't a quarter of a century, he said it was filed in 1982. That WOULD make it a quarter of a century old, would it not?
- tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11It's google, they have *everything*
- sonick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I'm sure it'd be more comfortable than other offerings at its time... Zack Morris phone FTW!
Albiet, I'm sure having the Zack Morris phone in your pants would impress the ladies more than an apple-shaped bulge in your pants. - shadekeiko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9one score and 2 years ago...
- halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10"more than a quarter of a century old"
1985-2007
25 years? - mikev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Is that an apple phone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
(note: this was probably *not* intended to be a cell phone, at least at that time) - Rabbethan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6it was filled in 82, not 85.
2007-1982=25 - theblt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8And they didn't release it because.....?
- Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Well one thing's for sure... the 1985 Apple Phone won't scratch as easily as the iPhone...
- KevinLiu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Reminds me of the Sports Illustrated football phone!
- speaker219, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6you really need to stop that now.
- dslemons, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"...quarter of a century old"? Do you mean a fifth of a century? Even though that's awkward as hell to say.
- raybury, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Sorry my son, you may be too young to realize that phones used to have wires, and be limited to the vicinity of walls, and that this was so ubiquitous that the wire connection location would be omitted from pictures, just like hair dryers in drug store adds all look like they don't have a plug. What appears to be a small, StarTac-esque screen on that phone is actually a transparent plastic tab that covers a small piece of cardboard on which you would write your telephone number. This apple-shaped phone is similar to the "football phone" once given away with Sports Illustrated subscriptions, which were sold to men whose wives would not let them buy Playboy so they could get the once-a-year swimsuit issue without going to the local small-town drug store and having the pharmacist look at them funny.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There are some severely humor-impaired Diggers on this thread...
- buckeye45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this got dugg 720 times?
- ondre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Check out Rhelim's comment above.
It's not quite that the math is off, it's just the way the words are placed that makes it look miscalculated:
"with a date patent listed as December 10, 1985 (more than a quarter of a century old) *and* filed in 1982." - rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@raybury: Figure 7. http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPATD281686&id=Sxw-AAAAEBAJ&pg=RA1-PA3-IA1&dq=apple+phone#PRA2-PA3-IA1,M1
@Snakedal337: Nope, pretty standard phone for the times. Other than looking (as what style would have dictated back then) pretty. - okokitsme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Think Geek gadget as soon as someone starts making them!
- shadekeiko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't even understand how you'd hold it. I mean, look at the diagram - there's no good way to easily use that thing.
- sprinter9109, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Is the antenna a worm? lol
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Am I the only one would actually buy (and LOVE) this phone? (since it's landline and NOT a cell phone)
Probably. :( - meetjoeblack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Patent? It just seems like another "football" phone....
- jackcall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Rhelim: He said *more* than a quarter of a century, besides the patent makes reference to "Giftware Business, Aug. 1982, p.47; Pac Man-American Tele-Communication Corp. Pushbutton Phone" and was filed on Nov. 26, so let's just wait until 2008 with the whole "more than a quarter of a century" and just say that it's 24 years old or *almost* a quarter of a century.
- Rhelim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ Jackcall
Sounds good =) - halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1but is that more? jk, what ever.
- dumpling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ow, my pants. That would just plain hurt to get in the pockets.
- nitrojunky24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1definitely don't put it in your pocket and break off that antenna!
- raybury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ondre
Filed November 26, 1982 + 25 years = Monday after Thanksgiving this year, so not yet "more than a quarter of a century old." - jasonpoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's patented by which company?
- supermanred, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I want one! Even if it does blend!
- Karmavs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1_design_ patents can be gotten for almost anything
- Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Patent != product. Patent == idea. Product = reality.
- slimc9999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Apple FTL
- zdiggler, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Is that the phone they featured in MacWorld 1986 Keynote?? The phone that was going to change the world of phones?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@mikev
Yep, if you look at the google patents page, on diagrams 6 and 7 I think you can see a phone jack. - malikbhye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0...one more reason for me to buy it ..cuz, "first Apple Phone with a date patent listed as December 10, 1985", the day I was Born. Awesomeee
- kevbryant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2agreed. "If my calculations are correct" hello. a quarter of a century from 1985 would 2010. Guess we're not dealing with hard facts here.
- dslemons, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Damn halosniper you beat me to it.
- Me0wmix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Not really a "iPhone," since you can't "iPhone" with that phone.
- Snakedal337, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Know whats ironic though, just like the iphone of today, for 1985, that phone would have been years ahead, wasn't it like, 92-95 before the first flips were finally highly adopted?
- grabraham, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Patent was Filed in 1982 Granted in 85
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I want it!!! (mainly just because it has an Apple product)
Kevin Rose, I'm talking about you. - notmiya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@Kirk
Nice Borat impression. Very nice. - Crepsley, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2This is pretty funny, but a little stupid after you already saw the REAL iPhone
But its still funny - raybury, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Obviously someone is digging from the future. Like making crank calls from the future, but without changing history because no one who matters is affected.
- walterd93, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5The iphone is not more advanced than other modern phones in any way except for multi-touch sensing(stolen) and UI.
- seravi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1"Imagine how the "current" iPhone would look like if this came out and progressed through time...
Definently would have been better then the old HUGE motorolla phones. "
The phone in the patent is a normal phone (with phone jack and such) ... so I do not think it would make any difference if it came out. -
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