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iPhone Announcement on Monday?
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It says "80 hours of Video" What Horse Crap!
edit: may say "60 hours", either way that's flat out impossible.
We know it's fake, but how would that be horse crap?
The 80GB iPod holds 100 hours of video, so how can you call 60 hours of video impossible? It's not referring to battery life if that's what you are thinking...
The 80GB iPod holds 100 hours of video, so how can you call 60 hours of video impossible? It's not referring to battery life if that's what you are thinking...
Brian Lam said:
So it automatically implies that it`s not something that either us expected at all. And in that case it`s not really the iPhone we think it is. Which means it`s more/less a stupid word puzzle from Brian Lam only to increase web traffic and I guess he`s been successful in doing that. But in the end he`ll lose a lot of regular visitors once everybody comes to know that all this was *****.
But I really hope that it doesnt turn out like that and the thing is atleast somehow related to Apple.
iHalo
I find something very very interesting, and I'm guilty of it too. For whatever reason, apple can't do wrong and everyone else has it wrong. Why is this?
The example? Well, when people first started doing mockups of what the iPhone would look like, they looked a lot to me like the LG "Chocolate" phones. For some reason I have no interest in the LG Chocolate phones only the iPhone from apple.
The jobs reality distortion field is very strong. I admit, I am guilty to being a follower and giving in to the reality distortion field dubed iHalo.
I find something very very interesting, and I'm guilty of it too. For whatever reason, apple can't do wrong and everyone else has it wrong. Why is this?
The example? Well, when people first started doing mockups of what the iPhone would look like, they looked a lot to me like the LG "Chocolate" phones. For some reason I have no interest in the LG Chocolate phones only the iPhone from apple.
The jobs reality distortion field is very strong. I admit, I am guilty to being a follower and giving in to the reality distortion field dubed iHalo.
It's NOT a cell phone. But it is a hardware device.
The iPhone IS a telephony hardware device and service (with the appropriate $600 US price) that uses WiFi, but is intended for use in the home. It is integrated with an iChat-like functionality, but is a subsitiute for Vonage and other VOIP solutions, with a business solution coming later in 2007.
Apple and its soon to be revealed partner will be able to provide this functionality with the Newark facility purchased from Stream/WorldCom that has been adequately modified and has significant future expansion capability.
You will be able to mount the phone and videoscreen on a wall or remove the handset for use elsewhere in the house (or when calling people that don't yet have video functionality).
Consider this: What product would nearly everyone want, for which the technology is available, but not yet implemented?
The video phone concept has been out there for years, but hasn't been brought to market for consumers until now. The United States has recently passed the 50% mark for users on broadband. This WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE iPOD. And like the iPod, people won't know how they lived without it.
The iPhone IS a telephony hardware device and service (with the appropriate $600 US price) that uses WiFi, but is intended for use in the home. It is integrated with an iChat-like functionality, but is a subsitiute for Vonage and other VOIP solutions, with a business solution coming later in 2007.
Apple and its soon to be revealed partner will be able to provide this functionality with the Newark facility purchased from Stream/WorldCom that has been adequately modified and has significant future expansion capability.
You will be able to mount the phone and videoscreen on a wall or remove the handset for use elsewhere in the house (or when calling people that don't yet have video functionality).
Consider this: What product would nearly everyone want, for which the technology is available, but not yet implemented?
The video phone concept has been out there for years, but hasn't been brought to market for consumers until now. The United States has recently passed the 50% mark for users on broadband. This WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE iPOD. And like the iPod, people won't know how they lived without it.
If its also a GSM/GPRS phone, a 4/8GB nano, and acts as a full multimedia remote for ilife, then I agree it will be big - and I will be seriously thinking about getting one. If it lacks these additional features I mention, then I am very skeptical.
No iPhone before XMas!
Introducing the iPhone just one week before Christmas would be the most stupid point of time I can think of: It would cannibalize lots of the iPod's xmas business and would leave lots of people who already bought regular iPods for friends and family with an outdated present next weekend ("Thanks for the old-fashioned iPod, dad!"
). My money is on Q1 2007, not necessarily at MWSF.
Introducing the iPhone just one week before Christmas would be the most stupid point of time I can think of: It would cannibalize lots of the iPod's xmas business and would leave lots of people who already bought regular iPods for friends and family with an outdated present next weekend ("Thanks for the old-fashioned iPod, dad!"
). My money is on Q1 2007, not necessarily at MWSF.This is on digg.com's main page.
http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/15/ces-ne-pas-un-iphone/
Thought I'd link, since this is what some have been speculating.
http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/15/ces-ne-pas-un-iphone/
Thought I'd link, since this is what some have been speculating.
If they did release it...
I think all the people that are using the excuse that, "they wouldn't release a phone before christmas because it wouldn't sell well or would stop iPod sales" should remember in the main, Apple releases products, they don't ship them!
I had on good rumors that there was another product coming before christmas not in the current Apple space, and this was only a few weeks ago.
I don't know what to believe, but releasing a phone now might not be so stupid, MacWorld will probably be filled with iTV and iLife 07 and the "Intel" transition updates and they didn't leave enough time for the phone to debut.
If they do release it, I doubt it will ship any time soon!!!
I think all the people that are using the excuse that, "they wouldn't release a phone before christmas because it wouldn't sell well or would stop iPod sales" should remember in the main, Apple releases products, they don't ship them!
I had on good rumors that there was another product coming before christmas not in the current Apple space, and this was only a few weeks ago.
I don't know what to believe, but releasing a phone now might not be so stupid, MacWorld will probably be filled with iTV and iLife 07 and the "Intel" transition updates and they didn't leave enough time for the phone to debut.
If they do release it, I doubt it will ship any time soon!!!
Does anyone really think Apple will make the iPhone announcement NOW without having product to deliver? If they do have product to deliver, do you really think they will announce it without some "press event"? I just don't see it happening.
Release Monday, Comeon?
The reality of releasing this close to Christmas is ludacris. It's not going to happen. If Apple announces it before christmas without product to ship then people will consider waiting to get iPods/iPhones till AFTER Christmas. If Apple announces the product and has units to purchase BEFORE christmas there is no way they would be able to supply enough units to the stores and customers before christmas resulting in people not having iPhones NOR iPods by christmas. Also on this note, Apple will have iPod RETURNES from people before christmas expecting to get money back to buy the iPhone.
The only thing I could foresee as a "potential" reason to release a product before christmas is that they would be banking on the fact that most everyone has their holiday shopping already done and wrapped except for men. Men drag their feet and a week before christmas go, "Oh yah, christmas is coming, I gotta go buy something." We'll see.. Very very doubtful.
Be ready.
Monday will come and go, No iPhone.
Christmas will come and go, no iPhone.
1Q 2007 will come and go, no iPhone.
2Q 2007 an iPhone will arise.
The reality of releasing this close to Christmas is ludacris. It's not going to happen. If Apple announces it before christmas without product to ship then people will consider waiting to get iPods/iPhones till AFTER Christmas. If Apple announces the product and has units to purchase BEFORE christmas there is no way they would be able to supply enough units to the stores and customers before christmas resulting in people not having iPhones NOR iPods by christmas. Also on this note, Apple will have iPod RETURNES from people before christmas expecting to get money back to buy the iPhone.
The only thing I could foresee as a "potential" reason to release a product before christmas is that they would be banking on the fact that most everyone has their holiday shopping already done and wrapped except for men. Men drag their feet and a week before christmas go, "Oh yah, christmas is coming, I gotta go buy something." We'll see.. Very very doubtful.
Be ready.
Monday will come and go, No iPhone.
Christmas will come and go, no iPhone.
1Q 2007 will come and go, no iPhone.
2Q 2007 an iPhone will arise.
I really wish people would stop spelling ludicrous 'Ludacris'.
Ludicrous = worthy of derision
Ludacris = a rapper, also worthy of derision.
Ludicrous = worthy of derision
Ludacris = a rapper, also worthy of derision.
How about this (likely branded as) Chocolate KE850? Would you have interest in this one?
I agree look at that thing, the background, the icons, I didn't even pay attention to the screen until someone in the comments said something about it.
Has anybody considered that Apple, rather than holding their own press event, would be part of a carrier's phone launch event? Do any of the major U.S. carriers (Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile, etc.) have a press event scheduled for Monday?
How about Palm? Not a carrier, I know, but there have been rumors in the past about Apple buying up Palm, and with Palm OS recently being brought back into the Palm fold (perpetual rights to the code bought back from ACCESS/PalmSource), maybe there's a connection. Imagine a new Apple Mobile OS with Palm OS compatibility (so there's a lot of software available right-off, and a more solid base than Palm OS for future development).
Just throwing these out there.
My instinct is that this rumor is false, but coming from Gizmodo I'm not going to declare it so just yet. I figure that on Monday, we'll either have an iPhone or Gizmodo will have lost a LOT of credibility.
How about Palm? Not a carrier, I know, but there have been rumors in the past about Apple buying up Palm, and with Palm OS recently being brought back into the Palm fold (perpetual rights to the code bought back from ACCESS/PalmSource), maybe there's a connection. Imagine a new Apple Mobile OS with Palm OS compatibility (so there's a lot of software available right-off, and a more solid base than Palm OS for future development).
Just throwing these out there.
My instinct is that this rumor is false, but coming from Gizmodo I'm not going to declare it so just yet. I figure that on Monday, we'll either have an iPhone or Gizmodo will have lost a LOT of credibility.
LOL, that's what I get for not knowing how to spell and relying on google as a spell checker.
atcually, that would make sense... I read somewhere that cingular is having some pre-christmas announcement, which the article remarked was odd, instead of them waiting until all manufacturers are realeasing new things.
except they can't do that because apple already did all its trademark patent stuff, if you remember.
"The iPhone IS a telephony hardware device and service (with the appropriate $600 US price) that uses WiFi, but is intended for use in the home... It is integrated with an iChat-like functionality, but is a subsitiute for Vonage and other VOIP solutions...
You will be able to mount the phone and videoscreen on a wall or remove the handset for use elsewhere in the house (or when calling people that don't yet have video functionality) Consider this: What product would nearly everyone want, for which the technology is available, but not yet implemented? The video phone concept has been out there for years, but hasn't been brought to market for consumers until now. The United States has recently passed the 50% mark for users on broadband."
Very interesting idea Fluidinclusion! Most home phones are basically garbage, in my experience... It really might be a major new market for a very high quality feature-filled phone with video/iChat/iCal/iPhoto (Front Row?) capabilities. Might also be an easier technical nut to crack than getting into the cell phone biz. Afterall, Apple has a lot of experience in designing and building short distance wireless devices (Airport.)
You will be able to mount the phone and videoscreen on a wall or remove the handset for use elsewhere in the house (or when calling people that don't yet have video functionality) Consider this: What product would nearly everyone want, for which the technology is available, but not yet implemented? The video phone concept has been out there for years, but hasn't been brought to market for consumers until now. The United States has recently passed the 50% mark for users on broadband."
Very interesting idea Fluidinclusion! Most home phones are basically garbage, in my experience... It really might be a major new market for a very high quality feature-filled phone with video/iChat/iCal/iPhoto (Front Row?) capabilities. Might also be an easier technical nut to crack than getting into the cell phone biz. Afterall, Apple has a lot of experience in designing and building short distance wireless devices (Airport.)