Apple and Nokia build N80i iTunes phone! With Frontrow!!

Here's a little public service announcement for all the creative types out there bent on bringing the blogosphere to its knees with a cleverly faked Apple "leak": don't forget to spell check. If you're going to make a fake Apple ad, at least proofread it first, and make sure the font is right. Correct product names always help ("Front Row," not "Frontrow"), but we don't want to be pushy. We know it's tough, since you'd rather just be focusing on those leet Photoshoppin' skills of yours, but we're only trying to help.

[Thanks everyone who sent this in]

[xbit Posted Feb 22nd 2006 5:03PM]

If only. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2006 5:12PM]

Haha I almost flipped when I saw the ad at first, then I saw that it was a fake. :( I'm still buying the N80 the day it comes out, though.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2006 5:20PM]

Must be a slow news day...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2006 5:22PM]

Maybe Nokia should take this in consideration.....
(minus the 100 song limit, if there is one)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2006 5:48PM]

It'll be cool when the iPod interface turns into the Front Row interface... Front Row is so slick

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2006 6:41PM]

Now, 8GB of memory for your phone won't be enough!

[Munk Posted Feb 22nd 2006 7:06PM]

#2: My feelings exatcly.

read:N80i :|....WTF...they arnt even out with N80 yet!.

Cooled down after reading its fake.

& yes, N80 looks HOTT!!, buying it soon as it comes out.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 12:48AM]

Why is everyone all in a tizzy over iTunes? What is wrong with just having an mp3 that you just drag&drop into the phone's memory?

iTunes is just like all other Mac software out there, basically the same s$#( as PC software but with a little more 'flair'.

The N80 is a pretty cool phone, I like the one that has swivel head I think its the N91 or something, should check that out once it comes around to the great north.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 3:26AM]

Actaully beside the false idea, the misspelling, it wouldve made a better campaign than the ROKR style and media, thats what it needed, and what was really lacking in the ROKR fone

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 3:59AM]

Heh... Other minor product name error in the ad: Nokia recently rebranded Series 60 to S60.

Related reading from Allaboutsymbian:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Turning_your_S60_smartphone_into_an_iPod.php

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 6:57AM]

This must be a joke. None of the big and clumsy Nokia S60 phones can never become a slim and elegant iPod device.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 9:33AM]

I don't know that this is that far out of the realm of believability (is that a word?) because the N80 supports uPNP, so it could be used as a remote, since it has both wifi and infrared. Not to mention that Symbian OS has a lot of people that can develop for it. I would love to see something like this, should be a pretty hot phone either way.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 11:04AM]

Front Row would be a nice feature, but give me one (thin/stylish)device to replace my cell phone, palm PDA, and iPod Video, "then" I would get excited.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 12:56PM]

I can hear their thoughts now:

"Verdana and Myriad Pro are soooo close...who's going to notice? It's not like Mac users are some brand-driven, mindless horde of graphic designers. Who's gonna notice?..."

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2006 4:11PM]

What's front row?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2006 10:37AM]

Real or not, it's only a matter of time before the stand-alone MP3 player is fused with the mobile phone.