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on Tue Jan 09, 2007 03:05 PM
from the iphone-looks-pretty-good-eh dept.
from the iphone-looks-pretty-good-eh dept.
Steve Jobs kept his audience rapt at the MacWorld keynote today. He rehashed the announcement of the iTV, now called Apple TV, and announced the iPhone, a revolutionary phone/ipod/wrist-computer that had MacWorld attendees sitting on the edge of their seats. Retailing for $499 (4 gig)/$599 (8 gig), it has to be seen to be believed. It uses a touch screen with a new form of input control, runs OSX and many standard applications, and connects to the internet via WiFi. It has a camera, functions as a movie player, a music player, and can send emails and photos in the middle of a phone call. From the Engadget coverage: "'[OSX] let us create desktop class applications and networking, not the crippled stuff you find on most phones, these are real desktop applications.' He's quoting Alan Kay - 'People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.' 'So we're bringing breakthrough software to a mobile device for the first time.'" Seriously, go check this out. They're going to print money with this thing.
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Cisco VP Explains Lawsuit Against Apple 303 comments
Dekortage writes "The day after Apple announced its iPhone, Cisco sued over the name. Mark Chandler, Cisco's SVP and General Counsel, has posted an explanation of the suit on his blog: 'For the last few weeks, we have been in serious discussions with Apple over how the two companies could work together and share the iPhone trademark. ...I was surprised and disappointed when Apple decided to go ahead and announce their new product with our trademarked name without reaching an agreement. It was essentially the equivalent of "we're too busy."' What did Cisco want? '[We] wanted an open approach. We hoped our products could interoperate in the future.'" Another reader wrote to mention that already, Cisco's trademark might be in trouble in Europe.
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Leopard? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Leopard? (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Leopard and June 1 (Score:5, Interesting)
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Wireless, but still less space than a Nomad (Score:5, Funny)
I'll wait for the next iteration.
Re:Wireless, but still less space than a Nomad (Score:5, Funny)
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"Never seen a presentation like this before" (Score:5, Funny)
What you have really been waiting for. (Score:5, Funny)
I've been waiting for that all day.....
Alternate Name (Score:5, Funny)
Covet, covet (Score:5, Funny)
WITH Contract (Score:5, Informative)
ARG thats insane. Probably $899 by itself if even available.
The name (Score:5, Interesting)
CNET confirms it (Score:5, Informative)
10:32--Cisco calls CNET News.com reporter with a statement about Apple's use of the term "iPhone" for its new product. "Given Apple's numerous requests for permission to use Cisco's iPhone trademark over the past several years and our extensive discussions with them recently, it is our belief that with their announcement today, Apple intends to agree to the final document and public statements that were distributed to them last night and that address a few remaining items we expect to receive a signed agreement today."
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Insane hardware -- a few thoughts/concerns (Score:5, Interesting)
A few small thoughts:
1.) No 3G. Wi-fi, Bluetooth, etc. are nice though.
2.) They push it as an internet device, with messaging/email/etc. but lack of a physical keyboard? I don't know. I mean, I know and you know we'll love it regardless, but will this really sway the Blackberry junkies?
3.) What is this thing really running? "OS X"? FreeBSD -- they mean that? I'd be curious also what the chips are (no way in hell is PortalPlayer powering graphics like this).
Very cool device. Should be impossible to find, but I'll get one anyway.
Not LAME! (Score:5, Funny)
(For those of you not in on the joke [slashdot.org])
Meanwhile, in Redmond (Score:5, Funny)
Name Change (Score:5, Informative)
An interesting time for Mac developers (Score:5, Insightful)
Likewise, there's a new incentive for Windows-only applications to get ported to OSX so they can run on the iPhone.
Personally, I think that the term "revolutionary" gets used way too much. But in the case of the iPhone, it seems appropriate.
-ch
Just one more thing... it's an ebook reader. (Score:5, Insightful)
Even if we get a simple text file display app, the ebook is finally here.
Beatles (Score:5, Interesting)
Compare and contrast (Score:5, Funny)
Jan 9, 2007: "Seriously, go check this out. They're going to print money with this thing." [slashdot.org]
Re:Price to high (Score:5, Insightful)
And those prices will be exactly the same in June because you can see the future.
Seriously - they'll be able to sell data in volume now. Price will drop or be bundled with voice.
This device makes data compelling for everyone else - not just Johnny Businessman. It is what the phone companies built the data networks for in the first place.
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Re:Price to high (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:Battery life? (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Ownd (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for taking so long with the 620. And for dragging your feet with the 603 . Oh - and the higher frequency G4s? Thanks for taking so long with that.
Hope your margins are more than RAZR thin!
Signed,
Apple, Inc.
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Also out: Airport Extreme 802.11n (Score:5, Informative)
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