I did a search for "iPhone", but didn't find any threads that covered what I've been thinking of.
I really doubt that it is an actual phone, and pretty much convinced it will be some kind of app (if it does come out). Now I'm not entirely sure of the technical implications, but someone correct me if I am mistaken.
What if iPhone is like a video confrencing/regular phone app. From what I understand, would it not be possible to accept phone calls through your computer? When the phone rings, an unobtrusive window would pop up (like iChat), and then it could automatically mute any music or other audio that is going on when you answer. You could talk through an external headset, or just use the built-in mics.
If you were printing something to video, or burning a CD or DVD, it could automatically disable it, so you wouldn't get interupted by a call.
If you just had a dial-up connection, this would prevent you from having to have 2 phone lines (one for internet, one for phone). You could even hook it up to your Airport base station and do it wirelessly.
It would be able to access phone numbers from Address Book, and would even have a Phone Book for finding phone numbers (like Sherlock or Watson). I find myself using Phonebooks less and less, relying more and more on Sherlock and Watson to find phone numbers.
Your Mac could also act as the answering machine. I always thought it would be nice to be able to have multiple messages on an answering machine (like away messages in iChat), without have to keep re-recording them. The messages could be stored on your Mac, for you to see later.
I could even take advantage of .Mac, so that you could be notified on your cell, or at work, if someone called. It would of course need Caller ID and being able to talk to multiple people at the same time would be really cool. Video conferencing would also be a cool feature.
Now, I have no idea if Apple is going to do something like this, or even whether this would be a good idea. It could be part of iChat, but there it is.
I apologize if this has been addressed before, but I couldn't find anything like it. Just my thoughts.
-Natron
I really doubt that it is an actual phone, and pretty much convinced it will be some kind of app (if it does come out). Now I'm not entirely sure of the technical implications, but someone correct me if I am mistaken.
What if iPhone is like a video confrencing/regular phone app. From what I understand, would it not be possible to accept phone calls through your computer? When the phone rings, an unobtrusive window would pop up (like iChat), and then it could automatically mute any music or other audio that is going on when you answer. You could talk through an external headset, or just use the built-in mics.
If you were printing something to video, or burning a CD or DVD, it could automatically disable it, so you wouldn't get interupted by a call.
If you just had a dial-up connection, this would prevent you from having to have 2 phone lines (one for internet, one for phone). You could even hook it up to your Airport base station and do it wirelessly.
It would be able to access phone numbers from Address Book, and would even have a Phone Book for finding phone numbers (like Sherlock or Watson). I find myself using Phonebooks less and less, relying more and more on Sherlock and Watson to find phone numbers.
Your Mac could also act as the answering machine. I always thought it would be nice to be able to have multiple messages on an answering machine (like away messages in iChat), without have to keep re-recording them. The messages could be stored on your Mac, for you to see later.
I could even take advantage of .Mac, so that you could be notified on your cell, or at work, if someone called. It would of course need Caller ID and being able to talk to multiple people at the same time would be really cool. Video conferencing would also be a cool feature.
Now, I have no idea if Apple is going to do something like this, or even whether this would be a good idea. It could be part of iChat, but there it is.
I apologize if this has been addressed before, but I couldn't find anything like it. Just my thoughts.
-Natron
