[ajprice]

MacRumors

They say that Apple will launch an iPod with phone functions within the next few months. "An iPod phone is definitely coming. BenQ will not be making it as we are in competition with Apple however several of our suppliers have been approached to manufacture parts. Among manufacturers in Taiwan it is common knowledge."

"An iPod with phone functions."... Somehow I can't see Apple splitting the iPod line into iPod, nano, video , shuffle and phone, its too much. So with the statement above, I was thinking that the video iPod might be the same thing as the iPhone. It could work if they put a mic in the headphones cable, like on a wired phone headset, or put the phone in a widget on the cable like the iPod Radio Remote.

[Super Mario]

iPhone is a VOIP product owned by Nuvio.

[vmarks]

iPhone is also an apple-owned domain and trademark in Australia and was attempted to be trademarked in Canada. It was challenged in Canada. What is likely to happen is that Apple will come up with a different name, or will negotiate with Nuvio and the other opponents.

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/1234/trdp123466500e.html

INDEX HEADINGS:
IPHONE
PHONE, I
WARES:
(1) Handheld and mobile digital electronic devices for the sending and
receiving of telephone calls, faxes, electronic mail, and other
digital data; MP3 players; handheld computers, personal digital
assistants, electronic organizers, electronic notepads; magnetic data
carriers; telephones, computer gaming machines, videophones, cameras;
prerecorded computer programs for personal information management,
database management software, electronic mail and messaging software,
paging software, database synchronization software, computer programs
for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, computer
software and firmware, namely operating system programs, data
synchronization programs, and application development tool programs
for personal and handheld computers; electronic handheld units for the
wireless receipt and/or transmission of data that enable the user to
keep track of or manage personal information; software for the
redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and/or other data to one or
more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated
with a personal computer or a server; and software for the
synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed
or remote station or device; computer hardware and software for
providing integrated telephone communication with computerized global
information networks.

[Super Mario]

Originally Posted by vmarks

iPhone is also an apple-owned domain

It was registered in 1995 and is owned by Go Daddy and site is Nuvio's. For about a month some time back it redirected to Apple but any Admin could have done that for a joke or it could have been done to attract attention for Nuvio's real site when it finally went live. Is there a law against redirections?




Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: IPHONE.COM
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS.NET10.NET
Name Server: NS1.NET10.NET
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 31-aug-2005
Creation Date: 24-aug-1995
Expiration Date: 23-aug-2006

[ajprice]

Ok so it won't be called an iPhone, call it an Apple phone then.

[Super Mario]

iPod
iPod shuffle
iPod nano
iPod photo
iPod mini
iPod phone

I don't see Apple wanting to go another direction when the iPod brand name is so strong.

[olePigeon]

All I hope is that the phone will look like an iPod nano. That'd be the coolest ever.

[Binarymix]

Could you imagine holding something as large as an iPod up to your face? I'd assume the two are entirely different products, if either is true at all.

[euchomai]

Originally Posted by Binarymix

Could you imagine holding something as large as an iPod up to your face? I'd assume the two are entirely different products, if either is true at all.

I can imagine it because people hold bigger phones up to their heads now, namely the Treo. It is freaking huge.

[Eriamjh]

iCell

[Visnaut]

If it ever does come out, I'm sure it would be very compact. Not only considering Apple's minimalism, it would most likely not have a camera and a removable battery, which reduces a lot of bulk right there.

I'm really curious though, as to how they'll make the SIM card serviceable by the user, if at all. Any way you cut it, they'd have to add something to the iPod design (door/slot) that has never been necessary.

And the controls. Would they have a small scrollwheel and a number keypad? Or would it be just the scroll wheel? They could justify that by saying that most users dial by selecting from the phonebook, and adding a dial screen where you select numbers sort of the way you currently set the time or the Screen Lock on current iPods. That would totally kill the possibility of using your phone to send text messages though. At least I couldn't imagine how you could type a message using just the scroll wheel and menus.

Either way, if and when Apple introduces their own phone, it certainly will be very different than anything out there.

[d4nth3m4n]

imagine if the scroll wheel worked like a rotary phone? OMGOMG

[runningdog]

olePigeon



KTF EV-K100

Saw this on Gizmodo yesterday. They remarked it's only slightly larger then the Nano.