http://b.im.craigslist.org/Ll/1n/RVqBi79ekWnJVLPiT8KhxwIbDjoH.jpg
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ele/248780995.html
this looks like a great phone ?
Brian Lam said:I guarantee it. It isn't what I expected at all. And I've already said too much. Brian Lam
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.
It is Christmas, after all.
Pourquoi pas?
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.
How about this (likely branded as) Chocolate KE850? Would you have interest in this one?![]()
I really wish people would stop spelling ludicrous 'Ludacris'.
Ludicrous = worthy of derision
Ludacris = a rapper, also worthy of derision.
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.
That says it all.
It is not a hardware device by Apple. And chances are it is not made by Apple either. iPhone is a working name for the rumored device by Apple. It is a stupid name for a phone.
So, it is either a software application or a knock-off phone made by some unknown company just to claim the iPhone name as the first to market.
And Gizmodo won't put their rep in line unless what they say is true. And there will be something that will be out on monday that would fit the bill. Just not the phone that is rumored to be made by Apple.
ummm 5 days before christmas? seems like a very odd time to release a new product. Even if it's not available for a few weeks in to January this still seems like odd timing.