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Cisco (Not Apple) Launches 'iPhone'

I can't wait for this phone to come out. I don't think I'll buy the first generation cause I don't have enough money right now and I'd like for them to work out the kinks. I have a 2G iPod and STILL use it.

I think it's a great idea to not have suppliers subsidize this thing if Apple plans having this replace most of its future iPod sales. If people have to pay full price, they will choose one or the other. If the phone comes free with a two-year agreement, they will still buy the iPod and get the iPhone from their carrier. Apple gets revenue on both, but of course, it will have a Cingular logo on it. I like Cingular, but I don't know if the logo belongs on Apple products.
 
daysleeper said:
Give me a phone with:

1. A high-contrast, always-on screen so I can see the date and time without turning on the backlight and draining batteries, even in full sunshine
2. An interface that is even moderately user friendly, and does not result in me accidentally canceling out of a menu when I keep hitting the "wrong" buttons, which seem more intuitive than the "right" ones
3. A way that I can create/download my own ringtones and/or pictures from my computer over bluetooth, without purchasing an additional cable
4. A phone with a display that does not light up my entire bedroom all night when plugged in and charging
5. A phone that does not *CHIRP* loudly in my ear when I'm talking, to let me know there is a new text/voice message
6. A phone that does not waste energy on an ultra-bright display and ridiculously over-the-top sound/vibration notifications that my battery is dying when I'm trying to get 30 more seconds of call time in, effectively robbing me of those 30 seconds
7. A way to type txt msgs that does not result in me giving up out of frustration halfway through
8. A charging cradle/cord that always works, and does not constantly disconnect/reconnect when I'm talking while recharging (bLEEP!... bloop...BLEEP!...bloop...), usually when I'm in the middle of a phone interview
9. A display encasing that does not become clogged with pocket lint that enters through the external speaker grill


If you do all of this, I will buy a phone from you the instant it comes out. I will pay the penalty to get out of my Verizon plan. I will tell all my friends.


Oh, and if you have time after 1-9, I could use (10.) music player capabilities.
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MacBook+Broad Band Wireless Card+Skype-In
 
Enigmac said:
Frankly I didn't care much about the "iPhone rumor" anyway.

But look at it this way, guys.

Apple has been putting more time and effort into LEOPARD!!!! :D :)

We'll certainly find out on January 9, 2007. Only 23 days to go!
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HELLO? Isn't anyone fckng listening to me?
 
who cares!! who cares!! who cares!!

People, it's just a phone. It will always be just a phone. You people are such tools. You are the kind of people that Madison Avenue Advertising executives love!! The kind of people so easily dragged along on a thread due to hype.

The reason why i point this out, is because everyone is talking about the ipod and the iphone rumors for the last three years. that's all the media and bloggers focus on. the only thing Steve Jobs talks about is the ipod. IT's a great money generating device for the company (because like i said, you are all predictable consumers), but the rest of Apple's product line is suffering. For example, if we didn't have the ipod and iphone rumors jamming the media, then it may be well known that the MBP's are poor laptops with serious issues. But no, and because of that, Apple will never improve the computer. The company is releasing poor products with poor quality control, but you guys don't notice because you have your heads focused on the damn iphone for the last three years.

For the good of the company, and for the good of society, can we please get past this iphone bull****. Because in the end, it's just a damn phone.
 
jhedges3 said:
I don't like the name iChat mobile. For one thing, iChat is (as you know) the name of an application and presumably the phone would be more than a mobile version of this app (regardless of whether the phone itself included iChat). Also, it seems like i* names are becoming a thing of the past. A better name would be Mac something. Like MacPhone or MacMobile or MacCell.
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I never liked the idea of Apple releasing something called iPhone. It seems backward looking, like it’s already been done and done all over the place. We already have everything from iRobot to iGaming to iBoat. In time, there will be an i*everything. iPerson, iHouse, iFridge, iBeer, iDNA.

Plus it seems like we already saw an evolution in convention in iBook to Mac Book. Without any information to suggest otherwise wouldn’t it be parsimonious to assume that’s what will be used for this device? Or how bout, just Phone?
 
daysleeper said:
Give me a phone with:

1. A high-contrast ... screen so I can see the date and time without turning on the backlight and draining batteries, even in full sunshine
2. An interface that is even moderately user friendly, and does not result in me accidentally canceling out of a menu when I keep hitting the "wrong" buttons, which seem more intuitive than the "right" ones
3. A way that I can create/download my own ringtones and/or pictures from my computer over bluetooth, without purchasing an additional cable
8. A charging cradle/cord that always works, and does not constantly disconnect/reconnect when I'm talking while recharging (bLEEP!... bloop...BLEEP!...bloop...), usually when I'm in the middle of a phone interview
9. A display encasing that does not become clogged with pocket lint that enters through the external speaker grill


If you do all of this, I will buy a phone from you the instant it comes out. I will pay the penalty to get out of my Verizon plan. I will tell all my friends.


Oh, and if you have time after 1-9, I could use (10.) music player capabilities.
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My Sony Ericsson w600i does more than half the list. Its the best phone I've ever owned and definitely has the easiest and most well thought out interface to date. It is still lacking in some areas (could be thinner and the interface could be a bit snappier [read non-Java based]) but in general its a great phone. Sure it chirps when I get a voicemail while I'm on the phone and it lights the room up at night when plugging it in (why do they do that!?) but I can live without that being fixed. It sounds like it really bugs you.

What I really want from an Apple mobile phone is a phone around the size of a Nano that has a fantastic phonebook (as good as the w600i) and syncs perfectly with iSync. My w600i's phonebook is so good (best I've used) it doesn't sync properly with iSync. You see, each contact has the ability to have several numbers attached to it and when synced with iSync it adds multiple contacts of the same name for each number I have: 1 for home, 1 for mobile, 1 for work, etc. instead of 1 for home, mobile and work.

Ex.
SE's phonebook:
Smith, John
Home # | Mobile # | Work #

when synced:
Smith, John/H
Home #
Smith, John/M
Mobile #
Smith, John/W
Work#

See how much of a mess that makes?
 
jhedges3 said:
I never liked the idea of Apple releasing something called iPhone. It seems backward looking, like it’s already been done and done all over the place. We already have everything from iRobot to iGaming to iBoat. In time, there will be an i*everything. iPerson, iHouse, iFridge, iBeer, iDNA.

Plus it seems like we already saw an evolution in convention in iBook to Mac Book. Without any information to suggest otherwise wouldn’t it be parsimonious to assume that’s what will be used for this device? Or how bout, just Phone?
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I always thought the Mac name was only giving to products that run the current Apple OS (being OS X at present). I highly doubt the cellphone would be called MacPhone. iChat Mobile is more like it.
 
QuarterSwede said:
I always thought the Mac name was only giving to products that run the current Apple OS (being OS X at present). I highly doubt the cellphone would be called MacPhone. iChat Mobile is more like it.
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Cool. And yet I don't get it. It seems like naming it iChat Mobile wouldn't make sense unless that was the only thing it did. Plus, it seems like most regular people don't know of iChat and therefore wouldn't necessarily know what the device was from name only.
 
jhedges3 said:
Cool. And yet I don't get it. It seems like naming it iChat Mobile wouldn't make sense unless that was the only thing it did. Plus, it seems like most regular people don't know of iChat and therefore wouldn't necessarily know what the device was from name only.
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iChat, doesn't seem hard to figure out what it is especially since the name would most certainly go with a picture of the handset. Also, appending Mobile to then end may suggest to some that there is an iChat thing of some sort to try out as well. Kind of killing two birds with one stone.

If Apple did decide to name it that I would think they would add some really easy way to use iChat (AIM) and text messages (SMS) from it which would make the name make sense to the current OS X user base.
 
mfacey said:
Kind of a poorly chosen name by Cisco!
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The name actually fits perfectly. The "i" in the original iMac stood for "internet." Considering this is a VoIP phone it makes perfect sense to condense "internet phone" into "iPhone."

The only unfortunate part for Cisco is the automatic association with Apple for any product name beginning with i.
 
i hope the apple phone will be like my sony t637. http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=496
this phone is a little onld now but it serves me well. it is east to use, has editable short cuts via the joystick. no stupid lights flashing. bluetooth, horizontal picture taking. and moct of all well placed buttons. the ericison phones are great. Apple is not in this to ba "ME TOO". they are in it to create a "it should be like this" phone. Their simplicity and powerful productivity knowledge is what makes a great phone. not crappy colored lights or , LOL ring tones, when was the last time you heard a ring tone/song from someones phone and didn't think it was unneccessary. Maybe when i get mine i will record my PM g5 whooshing to life and have that as my ringtone :D

anyways this phone will give us tech mature people a phone that wont make us feel like were on the way to an NSYNC concert......Hmmmmm isync :p
 
Isidore said:
Oh well, there is always iFone, but will they get taken to court because it sounds the same?
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They could. Given that everyone is currently associating the word iPhone with Apple, could it be possible for Apple to win, or even "steal" the iPhone trademark away from Linksys?
 
Well, after 3 months www.newton.com is back ONLINE!! but more importantly Newton's birthday is coming up. Yes, Newton was born December 25... is Apple crazy enough to launch the Newton on December 25th, probably not but something is gonna happen.


If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton
 
Most interesting....

On the Macworld thread for the Linksys iPhone story, someone mentions that the trademark for "MacPhone" is already held by "the owner of MacBytes". Which would be Arn would it not? :D
 
Enigmac said:
HELLO? Isn't anyone fckng listening to me?
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No.

Mainly because a) You believe that development of a mobile phone would somehow delay the next release of Mac OS X, even though it's almost certainly going to be developed by a completely different division within Apple, b) You think that the mobile phone has somehow been cancelled due to this news and c) Your sense of naive self-importance far outweighs your ability to actually contribute anything worth commenting on to the discussion in hand.
 
EricNau said:
The name actually fits perfectly. The "i" in the original iMac stood for "internet." Considering this is a VoIP phone it makes perfect sense to condense "internet phone" into "iPhone."

The only unfortunate part for Cisco is the automatic association with Apple for any product name beginning with i.
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Are you sure? I always thought the original iMac and iBook had an "i" to designate a Consumer product, while there were the PowerMac and PowerBook to designate Pro products...
 
Burai said:
No.

Mainly because a) You believe that development of a mobile phone would somehow delay the next release of Mac OS X, even though it's almost certainly going to be developed by a completely different division within Apple, b) You think that the mobile phone has somehow been cancelled due to this news and c) Your sense of naive self-importance far outweighs your ability to actually contribute anything worth commenting on to the discussion in hand.
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I was ignoring him because he was a newbie. That and asking "why isn't anyone listening to me?".
 
Heh, it's even in a national newspaper over here: "Those who wanted to go out and buy an Apple iPhone will come home without one".
 
jettredmont said:
I don't know about "most people in the world", but I do know that I never call a cell phone a "mobile". 'Course, I never call it a "mobile phone" either, or for that matter "wireless phone", as it is clumsier to say and needlessly more vague (I've got several "mobile phones" in that even the old plug-in-the-wall kind moves around; I've also got a 5.8GHz wireless phone at home).

In fact, to make this descend all the way to the dictionary-duel depths at which it must necessarily end: I just looked it up in my OS X dictionary and, it turns out, the two definitions are:

(adjective) (the one we all know and love: something that can move)
(noun) a decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.

Hmm. Yeah, I don't think "mobile" as common replacement for the noun group "cell phone" has quite made it as far as you think it has.

Nyah!
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It's a called a mobile to over 60 million British people, and I'm sure it's a variation of that across Europe... Mobile pwns Cell! :p
 
Lunja said:
It's a called a mobile to over 60 million British people, and I'm sure it's a variation of that across Europe... Mobile pwns Cell! :p
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....and all the cars have "boots" and "bonnets" too which is obviously so much more intuitive than the way it's done in NA.
 
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