The king is dead, long live the king...err, iPhone!
The 770 is now superceded by a superior product. iPhone.
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Was that sarcasm?
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No VoIP on iPhone!
I commented yesterday on the absence of any mention of VoIP in the iPhone launch. Today, Cisco/Linksys sued Apple for infringing their iPhone trademark. Very interesting how this is playing out.
What Cisco/Linksys said: "Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Apple's response on CNBC (paraphrasing): Their trademark is for IPhone as in IP(internet protocol)hone and they sell a VoIP phone. However, our product is a cell phone and it is called iPhone (as in iPod). We think the lawsuit is meritless. Analysis: You can see that the companies didn't settle. Unless Apple relents and calls it the Apple phone or something else, there will be no VoIP clients on the iphone. edit: my apologies for mistakenly calling it a launch. the product of course won't be available for at least six months |
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I want to see how fast can Apple come up with applications you want to see ported.... where in the 770 is open source.... Remeber this is going to be a lock device meaning you wont be able to install your own applications only the ones apple or cingular wants you too... let me rephrase that.. "widgets" ?!? Nahhh I am ok ill pass |
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This is classic! Didn't apple just threaten to sue a company for making a device that has the name pod in it - yet has nothing to do with playing music/video etc...? Why yes they did: http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/14/n...on-brand-name/ Why didn't I become a lawyer?! |
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Apple don't have a leg to stand on - Go Cisco! :)
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I've seen news reports that Cisco and Apple worked out an agreement already. Jobs isn't an idiot. ;)
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BTW, I would have called the thing iPWN. Even that would have been a better name. infact Apple may have to resolve to calling it iPWND if cisco has its way.
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