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Cisco (Not Apple) Launches 'iPhone'

Someone posted in another thread a great idea for an Apple iPhone:

Since Apple doesn't want to kill their iPod sales, the iPhone will actually be a dongle attached to the dock connecter ala the Nike+ adapter. Sold with a bluetooth headset, and with the software loaded from the dongle, you'd be good to go. All your contacts would be synced from your Mac and you could use the built in voice-recognition to dial. Even my four-year-old i500 has built-in recognition.

I liked it, anyway.
 
arn said:
The release of an "iPhone" by Cisco doesn't in any way affect the existing Apple Phone rumors.

"iPhone" was just an easy name adopted by everyone to talk about an Apple phone. It was also reinforced when Apple applied for iPhone trademarks in other countries.

The rumors are still as valid (or in-valid) as they were before the release of the Cisco iPhone. None of the rumors stated that the name would be "iPhone".
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Thanks for the clarification for us. I understand that it was never said for sure the name for the rumored Apple phone would be "iPhone", but increasingly it seemed like the name was just used as a given: instead of saying there were rumors about Apple's upcoming phone, rumored/believed by some to be called the iPhone, stories in here have just been referring to it simply as the "iPhone". It's not just a Macrumors problem, lots of sites and media of many kinds have been saying iPhone now for a while. So I don't think this site can/should be singled out, just that it might have been better to avoid confusion to mention a little more often that the name was also part of the rumor and not a given.
 
I smell law suit

This may get messy. While Apple does not hold the US trademark for it, it does hold the international one. So linksys will not be able to sell them overseas under that name, and Apple wont be able to sell their phone in the US under that name.

Did anyone noticed that it was white? Looks like a slap on Apples face to me.

Yes, Apple will user a more clever name, prevent them from selling the iPhone in the international market, and sue them over the interface.

I am getting some pop corn and sit down to watch the fireworks that are ready to start.
LOL.

In the end they will settle, but fun in the mean time.
 
I didn't think that Apple would use the "iPhone" moniker anyway. Even though, the name would do well in tying with the iPod brand. Regardless, this is good news. It's one less expensive purchase that we all have to make (at least in the near future). So, everyone here on MR should be happy about this. :)
 
plus...

steve has talked several times about how iPod could be or anything with any functionality... I don't think they were going to call it iPhone from the get-go.
 
The only people you'll see with an Apple phone is Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

The Tooth Fairy, from what i've been told by reliable sources, uses a pre-paid cell plan from AT&T.

The NDA I signed with the NBFC (National Brotherhood of Fictional Characters), which also represents fictional products cooked up in marijuana fueled rumor mills, prohibits me from saying anything more.
 
frankz00 said:
It's okay because the Apple "iPhone" is about as real as Santa Claus anyway. There is no Apple iPhone. You heard it here first!
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hasn't anyone considered the possibility that apple isnt delevoping a phone AT ALL?
 
cloudnine said:
While I'm completely against you on the RAZR comment (I hated my Razr so much, I replaced it with the Blackberry Pearl, which is by far the best phone I've ever used...), I'm totally with you on the 12" MBP. Of all the product rumors I've heard in the past year, that one is the one I'm most excited about. Who knows if it'll even happen, but, while a laptop is a little bit of a size difference from a phone, i'd much rather depend on my current cellphone and have it as a way to get net access for my laptop than worry about a cellphone that does everything on a tiny screen.

Mind you, I'd still be really excited about a phone that I could flawlessly sync with my computer...

Okay, okay, I want both! :p
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Yep, definitely...but I've got a simple question to you...is this Blackberry Pearl as thin and slim as the RAZR? If not, I pass...:rolleyes:
 
direzz said:
hasn't anyone considered the possibility that apple isnt delevoping a phone AT ALL?
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.....!!?!? :eek:
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I disagree

moosecat said:
I, for one, will not be reading Gizmodo anymore, as a result of this blatant and intentionally misleading attempt to drum up extra traffic. Really, it's offensive to me.

(I always thought Engadget was better anyway.)
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I'm very impressed how Gizmodo siezed this opportunity. The way
they reported the "iphone" was going to be announced today, is not
deceptive at all. I think Gizmodo has gained credibility.
 
I hope Gizmodo enjoyed the joke, because it's costing them. While literally correct, they deliberately mislead. And call me old-fashioned, but I don't bother to read from sources that are interested in misleading me to better amuse themselves.
 
Newton.

Prediction: Apple will bring back the Newton, using that name for the new mobile handset.

Makes perfect sense, since the Newton does what the AMH is rumored to do, save make calls (and run a mini OS X).

Hope they bring the Newton back, anyway.
 
termite said:
I hope Gizmodo enjoyed the joke, because it's costing them. While literally correct, they deliberately mislead. And call me old-fashioned, but I don't bother to read from sources that are interested in misleading me to better amuse themselves.
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You actually believed him? The post was so deliberately vague he might as well put in a *wink*. It was obvious that it was an attempt to be smart/I fooled you.
 
I think the iPhone or whatever you want to call it will be like the G5 PowerBook.

Not gonna happen.
 
Hmm...now that we're talking about the iPhone...er...whatever Apple's going to name it...I wonder if it would have free laser engraving if it turns out to have an aluminum backside...

I saw posts about "MacPhone" for the name. That seems like a perfect fit, seeing as there's "Mac Pro", "MacBook", "MacBook Pro", "Mac Mini"...maybe they should have the network MacTalk. Sorry if someone else thought of "MacTalk"; I didn't read all 130 posts :eek:
 
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