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Apple Phone in Early '07?

It's September. There's three months until Christmas. Apple wont wait that long around this time of year without holding another consumer based event. What will the event be about? Or more importantly, what products will be at this event? Well there will be one product, one major one. The iPhone®. It's coming, and my bet is, it's coming before Christmas.
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
It's September. There's three months until Christmas. Apple wont wait that long around this time of year without holding another consumer based event. What will the event be about? Or more importantly, what products will be at this event? Well there will be one product, one major one. The iPhone®. It's coming, and my bet is, it's coming before Christmas.
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The cool new iPods almost always come out at Macworld....before every kid's parents throw the christmas paper from the iPod released in September.
 
I was just watching the Bill Gates interview on 'The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch' on CNBC and when asked by Donny "What do you carry in your wallet and whats on your ipod?", he replied:
"I don't carry an ipod. I think carrying music on my mobile phone is much better. Some people might be doing that in the future." (chuckles)

Indicating the iPhone or the rumored mobile phone capabilities in Zune?
 
iMacZealot said:
The cool new iPods almost always come out at Macworld....before every kid's parents throw the christmas paper from the iPod released in September.
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May I remind you:

iPod's:
1G 23 Oct 2001
2G 17 July 2002
3G 28 April 2003
4G/Photo July 2004
5G 12 Oct 2005
5G (enhanced) 12 Sep 2006
6G (not ready yet)
iPhone® Clear some space under that (Walnut) tree.

Besides this is not an iPod, it's an iPod Phone®
 
dmelgar said:
'07? They've been planning for for years is seems like and '07 is the best they can do?
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It seems that Apple has a choice.

1) Make a simple phone, make it look good and work well.
2) Take phones to a new level

I'd happily have a #1, but if their choice is #2 they may be trying to achieve things that mobile phones haven't done before.

The most obvious of these would be to be a wireless VoIP phone - for use at home (ie iChat over Airport), as well as at work, at hotspots they've negotiated with (possibly a big play in conjunction with Google wireless?), and roam to 3G cellphone networks the rest of the time. This sort of thing may be a little complex :)
 
Mac Fly (film) said:
May I remind you:

iPod's:
1G 23 Oct 2001
2G 17 July 2002
3G 28 April 2003
4G/Photo July 2004
5G 12 Oct 2005
5G (enhanced) 12 Sep 2006
6G (not ready yet)
iPhone® Clear some space under that (Walnut) tree.

Besides this is not an iPod, it's an iPod Phone®
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What about the iPod mini or shuffle?

In retrospect, I should've said product and not just iPod. That's where they release all the toys.
 
man, I really don't hope it takes that long....my contract ends in november. oct/nov seems like a better idea for sales. pweeeze apple? :eek:
 
Good god, calm down until this thing is actually released. What is the point of getting so hyped up over this RUMOR (which is all it is at this point)?
 
w_parietti22 said:
3mps???? :eek: are sure its not supposed to be 1.3?
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I don't recall the brand of the phone, but I've seen a cellphone with a 5MP camera here (in South Korea). The phone was rather big, but it'd be an o.k. format if it doubled as an iPod with decent storage space.

EDIT: And I don't follow cell phones all that closely, so there might be higher-res ones that I haven't seen.
 
100 songs?

100 songs.. that's it? Come on! they can do better than that! at least 4 gb...
 
Just a quick thought... It's been mentioned in other threads, but I really think the camera has to be able to swivel in some way if we want to be able to take pictures of stuff in front of us while looking at the screen, and have video chats too (during which you want the camera and the screen to both be facing you). I don't recall seeing decent mock-ups that address this issue.
 
I have breaking news on the new super secret iPhone. here are some features just added to prototype #62QE91Z-004.2

• teledildonics
• 8 tracks of 88.2 kHz
• extra bnc outputs
• midi jack for ring tones
• 9 core processor
• stamps your passport
• microwavabe
• optional wood paneling
• tv and radio tuner
• dolby digital encoding
• brita filter
• updated version of manhole
• hypercard
• digdug
• dictionary
• todo list
• windows media support
• distributed processing support
• 802.11ntrails
• stereoscopic viewfinder
• soap dispenser
• silicon graphics core
• limewire, torrent, napster
• crank generator
• pet moneky
• built in projector
• band name generator
• bill gates voodoo doll
• address book preloaded with shrubyas rolodex
• built in ipod dock
• LEDS... LOTS OF EM!!!!!
• taste and smell sensor
• navigation system
• google maps
• zippo


more here
 
the first time i voted "negative", because i'm tired of those phone rumors.
 
Tymmz said:
the first time i voted "negative", because i'm tired of those phone rumors.
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did the same... for the same reason...

i'll believe in iPhone only when i see one...
 
camomac said:
why is the US so far behind Europe with this kind of technology?


(edit: maybe it isn't i haven't shopped for a phone in nearly a year)
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Because we don't ride trains... Asia, Europe have idle time commuting where they can fiddle with the functions on a phone-- we're too busy flipping people off and trying not to get killed. Americans use the phone to talk and that's about it.
 
This is the most credible of the iPhone rumors I've seen so far-- in no small part because it didn't have a picture attached... The feature set sounds right, the move away from doing everything from the ground up sounds right. There's a lot of companies that have put a lot of effort into building technologies for cell phones-- it would be foolhardy for Apple to think they could do everything better. Get into the market with something that innovates in one small area-- even if that's just in its support for iTunes. Once you understand the market a little better, improve on the pieces you think you can.
 
They will probably base their design from Ericsson or another platform. LG does not develop the mobile plattform for their mobile phones - they buy them from Ericsson - then they design around it. It's faaaar to expensive to build mobile technology from ground up...

But - Apple has to innovate when it comes to integration and interaction with the phone AND of cource the design.

I'm buying one the second it's out.

UberMac said:
A shame about scrapping the idea of a ground up design - I hope that doesn't lead to a lack of innovation. That's what really leads Apple along! Although if they just make a killer phone (I'm sure they will at some point...) it's bound to sell buckets loads!

Uber
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miketcool said:
GPS, whay arent you accurate? Oh right, security issues....
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This is off topic, and maybe I'm misunderstanding to boot... Are you saying GPS isn't accurate? It's been running at full accuracy for years now-- you can get to a couple feet with WAAS, better than a centimeter using differential techniques. The principle limitation on accuracy is atmospheric effects, not security concerns.
 
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