news.yahoo.com — Four trademark applications submitted earlier this month by Apple are adding grist to the rumor mill concerning the launch of an iPod phone, which has been the subject of speculation almost since the launch of the company's popular digital-music player. Here comes the phone...
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constantine11Jan 19, 2006
What good is an Apple iPod phone if none of the carriers will support it? Cingular, Verizon and others all want to drive traffic through the own digital music download channels and you know an Apple phone would work with iTunes. I don't see a happy medium here unless one or all of the major carriers acknowledges (a) their current distribution methods are terrible and (b) you need to carry a phone that has the cool factor attached to anything Apple makes these days.
leftfootJan 19, 2006
I hope it isnt as crappy as the rokr.
adeboerJan 19, 2006
You think they would learn from the Rokr. It wasn't the design of the Rokr that gave it poor sales...IMO, its the concept. I remember Kevin Rose saying that having an mp3 player and phone in one is dumb....he said that you could waste the battery on your phone by listening to music....I agree. What happens when you actually need to use your phone in an emergency...oops, the battery's dead b/c I used it to listen to music or watch video....some things are just better left doing the thing they're good at.....on their own! My prediction is that if Apple goes ahead with this....it will flop like some of their other products....
Closed AccountJan 19, 2006
Why does everyone hate the ROKR so much? As a phone, it's actually very hackable and you can do quite a bit with it. As for the iTunes components, I agree, they suck, but I've got a Motorola E398 (same shape as the ROKR E1) and I don't think it looks ugly at all - in fact, I think it's one of the best non-flip (God I hate those) phones, considering that it came out about 18 months ago, and supports TransFlash cards, when Nokia owners are stuck with 64mb on current generation phones.
zadersJan 20, 2006
Would fit the picture... 1. Destroy Motorola's credibility2. Launch a phoneheh.. Steve is crafty.
bananaismJun 4, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3168733759916419298">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3168733759916419298</a>Check the spec video out. Personally, I'm psyched for it to come out.
fajollyrogerJul 28, 2006
That video is not the Apple phone. There is as of this moment no announced apple phone by apple inc itself. If you read the fine script at the beginning of the movie it states that this movie is an idea made by a private studio as an example of what mac could/ should make and is in no way affiliated with it. There is a small problem with apple having its own phone. Someone needs to be its carrier. That means Verizon, T-mobile, Sprint, etc. This will be quite unlikely to happen, even if mac does make its own phone. Why? Because these companies have seen mac take over 1 market in Less then a year, begin to create competition in 2 others.And now want to spread to another field. SO lets say Verizon Hosts MAc's phones for 5 years. At the end mac has made billions off of the incredible phone we are all waiting for. Then what. Mac (being the god it is) simply goes and builds its own carrier, using this money. Then , it controls the its own phones, and Verizon gets kicked with everyone else. (just like the Ipod)Yes steve is crafty. but he made 1 mistake. He didn't make the deal for his new phone b4 announcing the Motorola phone. = mistake.