Apple on iPhone: "We're not sitting around doing nothing"
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 20th 2006 2:26PM
posted Jul 20th 2006 2:26PM
Apple's been dogged with rumors of an iPod / phone hybrid (the real deal, not a rehash of a Moto E398 with iTunes support) for nearly as long as the iPod's been kickin' around. Apparently looking to beat the dead horse yet again, an analyst mentioned Sony's success with their Walkman line of music-oriented phones during Apple's Q3 earnings call, prompting CFO Peter Oppenheimer to respond with a fairly solid non-denial: "As regards cell phones, we don't think that the phones that are available today make the best music players. We think the iPod is. But over time, that is likely to change. And we're not sitting around doing nothing." Knowing Apple, of course, this is about the biggest admission we'll get until the iPhone actually drops, so relish in the moment, keep your eyes peeled in a year or so, and if you're really hard up, you could fashion your own, like the pictured Nokia 6680 makeover.[Via MacDailyNews]
No surprise, The Ipod might be one of the favorite gadget of this century but the competition is there: Cell phones loaded with video/music player etc. the all on one! they do not have the chose to launch their own cell phone.
That's a nokia 6680 by the way.
Indeed it is a 6680 - thanks for the correction.
here's another way to make an iphone rip-off:
take a, uh, what was that moto called?? dang.
ah, yes, the rokr. okay, take one of those, throw in a mac skin off of motomodders.net, and go for mac-themed lights on it, and there ya go; a semi-acceptable replacement for an iphone (for moto).
or, even better, wait three weeks for a v3i, repeat the above steps, and throw on an apple themed tatoo.
or you can just, y'know, wait. but be warned, it just MIGHT kill you, considering that apple's been talking about a friggin' iphone since someone decided to put "i" in front of "phone".
Apple and RIM will release something together.
Why wait for the V3i? I already sell it where I work, unlocked, outright or with T-Mobile service. Same crappy iTunes as the ROKR though. Wait for the ROKR E2 if you want a GOOD music phone. Or the Sony Ericcson W810i. We haven't been able to put the phone down since we got it.
That looks like a keep it real fake articles i keep reading on engadget. although for all u iphone enthusiasts there has been an advetisment duin rounds on you tube..check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boy-uMf0aB0
now thats something to drool about
An iPhone would be great, but Apple seems to love to leave all rumor questions hanging: will there be or will there not be? Most of their products have been, for the most part, a surprise, so we often have a hard time knowing whether or not we'll see something new from them. At least when we do, we often find a real breakthrough.
By the way...the article closes saying, "...like the pictured Nokia 6680." It's not supposed to be an iPhone.