http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/ Engadget Mobile Comments for iChat Mobile: is it the iPhone (part forty bajillion)? http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 8:02PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 8:15PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
The Macphone = the Phantom of the cell phone industry.]]>Aug 2nd 2006 8:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 8:26PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
Fake.

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Not a true cellular phone. :)

Suck It Down. ™]]>Aug 2nd 2006 9:34PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 9:38PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 10:12PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
Personally, if they do release a WiFi / VoIP device, I'd rather see it come with a nice display, and a mobile version of the Safari and Mail apps. I guess we'll see in a few days. ]]>Aug 2nd 2006 10:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 2nd 2006 11:03PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 4:06AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 7:09AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 8:41AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 9:14AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 9:39AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 9:51AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 10:50AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
. . . and "mac book pro" does?]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 12:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 12:47PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 3rd 2006 4:17PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Another hint: the space between the title and the description is too short...Apple typographic rules are always perfect. Steve loves Paul Rand too much. ;)]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:27PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYF3BpbFI9c

Fake? The video gives a lot of evidence to that assessment.]]>Aug 3rd 2006 10:43PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
Why would Apple have a mobile phone with an iSight in front? That makes no sense, even if it was heavily based on iChat. So people can see your face while you're walking around or driving? What use would it have as a mobile device if it were just an arm of iChat? Any camera phone has the camera in the back. When it comes to things away from the computer systems and OS's, Apple has tried to cater their product to the entire market. Restricting it to only Apple users would be the opposite of what Apple has done with all their hit accessories like iPod and iTunes. That and I hardly use iChat because I can't find anyone else who uses it too. I just wonder, why would they create a product with such potential, and limit the market? I suppose that could be a reason why this is a fake. If it isn't, it would seem that you guys are taking the iChat capability on a Mac system and applying it to a phone concept that will have far less power to run all the big features of iChat. Just because I don't have an iSight doesn't mean I don't have iChat AV, right?

Other than that, the phone does look a little lanky. You would think it'd be on par with other one-piece Smartphones. In the upper left hand corner there is an obvious signal strength bar, which means this could be for a cell phone network. It seems like making a device that only used WiFi hotspots is a waste. There are a lot of them, well maybe in the Bay Area, but everywhere else there isn't. Most places you have to pay for them. It doesn’t seem like there is a broad enough range to benefit a mobile device relying totally on WiFi networks. You’d be hitting blackout zones like crazy and most people would be in them anytime they left their house. It kills the point of the mobile device. I just don’t see the use or innovation in a product that would be so restricted.

I hope this is real and I hope it is Apple's version of a Smartphone. If it isn’t I hope we see an Apple Smartphone. I think this one looks a heck of a lot more appealing then that massive looking iPod/Blackberry thing, though.
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Apple is anal-retentive-fanatic about design. They would probably rather collectively jump off the Golden Gate bridge than plaster an ugly logo on the back like iChat Mobile.
Unlike an iPod, the back of a phone is just as likely to be visible and just as important as the front. All phone manufacturers design the backs of their phones and Apple will do so even more obsessively.
So: No. Nooooooo. No way. ]]>Aug 4th 2006 5:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/
Specs wise, I'm sure we can expect plenty of iTunes integration with different capacity flash based drives available (2G, 4G, 8G), seamless syncing to Addy Book/iPhoto/iChat/Mail blah blah blah. The no camera lens on the front was a nice touch by whoever mocked up this guy though. Anyone remember a recent Apple patent in regards to a monitor with integrated "video pixels"? Wouldn't that be sweeter that your mama's apple pie. That would be some nice video chat right there boy.

Screen size just HAST to be bigger for a nice phone tho.

What options would we like to see here? Google Maps, AirPort streaming, WiFi (but that aint gonna happen), large touch screen, bluetooth earpiece/headphones, 3rd party VOIP availability (I guess that would have to be over USB though, so … hmm), free In-N-Out milkshake with every purchase?

Let's hope for AAPL's sake this thing doesn't take too long to come out!]]>Aug 4th 2006 5:53PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/08/02/ichat-mobile-is-it-the-iphone-part-forty-bajillion/Aug 5th 2006 11:11PM