More on Apple/Motorola Joint Cell Phone Venture 293
1+(smarterThanYou) writes "Forbes.com has an article with updates on the previous Slashdot story on the Motorola/Apple iTunes compatible mobile phone.
'Apple Computer and Motorola could soon show us the mobile phone they are developing to play music purchased from Apple's iTunes online music store.
'We've said we have something coming on this in the first half of 2005 and we're definitely on schedule for that. Hopefully you'll be able to see more about it soon,' says Eddy Cue, vice president in charge of applications at Apple.'" Theories about this device showing up at the next MacWorld Expo abound.
Already in bed? (Score:3, Informative)
Go Apple.
Re:Flash-based iPod actually a phone? (Score:5, Informative)
But maybe he's had a change of heart. Afterall, if Apple came out with a phone, people would be drooling over it... stylish and easy to use, plus iTunes support. Who knows.
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Re:Motorola Apple Relations Improving? (Score:3, Informative)
Codewarrior positioned itself for cross-platform development instead, which is what interested Motorola, but wasn't compatible with Apple's focus on superior APIs.
Apple didn't kill Codewarrior as much as Codewarrior chased different markets.
Mots influence on the G4 problem was refusing to allow IBM to fab G4s or to improve their processes, which really left Apple in a bind. After all, G4s still run on a 167MHz bus, which is a disaster for a modern desktop CPU.
iTunes on phone does not mean iPod-Phone! RTFA (Score:5, Informative)
maybe the rumors are way off and this is what the flash iPod is. the Moto V710 phone has a removable memory card you can put MP3 files on and play them as ringtones, or listen to them on the speakerphone. i guess headphones or a carkit would be possible too? who knows. you have to read the article knowing some are quotes from Apple and Moto and some is filler/speculation by Forbes. not to diss them, but it's possible they don't totally know and are off the mark with their speculation.
and i quote:
Re:One feature I hope for. (Score:3, Informative)
Apple includes a very good Bluetooth utility for browsing and transferring files on the phone. And iSync automatically syncs my address book with the contacts in the phone. Awesome.
Re:Motorola Apple Relations Improving? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Flash-based iPod actually a phone? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Macintosh 1 button mouse...now the 1 button pho (Score:4, Informative)
Re:One feature I hope for. (Score:3, Informative)
If you don't have that turned on, you can in the bluetooth preference panel. It's not the finder by any means, but still is quite useful.
Re:One feature I hope for. (Score:3, Informative)
And I did all of that long before I got a Bluetooth headset.
How could the carrier even begin to charge for stuff like that?
Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.sagefire.org/index.php/2004/11/07/macos _classic_sound_pack_v1_4 [sagefire.org]
Clink-Klank, Quack, and Boing are there too.
Re:Macintosh 1 button mouse...now the 1 button pho (Score:2, Informative)
One can also see this with keyboards. Many PC ship with 10 or more extra keys to execute specilized commands. While this may be useful for a small subset, it annoys me that the extra keys make the keyboard bigger than it has to be and it causes confusion. For instance, on my compaq laptop there is a row a ancillary buttons across the top. The most important button, the start up button, is just one these buttons, barely differentiated. Everytime I want to turn on the machine I must look for the button. Time wasted because someone wanted to look technologically advanced by including lots of buttons.
The phone I want from apple has the structure of iPod mini, but much smaller. No keyboard, no speaker, no mic. Bluetooth to a headset. Scrollwheel selects person to call. Sync to adress book and datebook. If the networks would get full caller ID, like the bells, numbers could be stored with names. In fact I have often wondered how hard it would be add phone capability to the mini, and, of course, bluetooth.
The keyboard on a phone is useful for texting, but a popup keyboard and the scrollwheel could be just as useful, expecially with predictive technology and a phrase bank. I will never buy a phone in which the data cannot be gathered from my laptop. The current cellphone is evolved from 70's technology. It is time for something different.
Re:Flash-based iPod actually a phone? (Score:3, Informative)
An iPod cell phone would be good for carriers (exclusivity would help sign up customers), and good for Apple, half the cost is not paid directly by the consumer so you will sell considerably more.
Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:One feature I hope for. (Score:3, Informative)