Apple Trademarks and MWSF?

iPhone could be interesting, but Garage Band?? Never know with Apple though. Interesting to note iBox is not, to my knowledge, trademarked by Apple. Does anyone else know who owns that trademark?

[edit] Xgrid would be cool if tied in with the Xserve as you (Alset) mentioned. I hope we see some Xserve updates. Stick a G5 in there and I will be buying one this summer.

iPhone has me interested, as well. Garage band sounds similar to Soundtrack. XGrid seems like an XServe-farm, perhaps. Junkyard doesn't sound like an Apple product at all, even if it is TMed.

Dan

Originally posted by macnews
iPhone could be interesting, but Garage Band?? Never know with Apple though. Interesting to note iBox is not, to my knowledge, trademarked by Apple. Does anyone else know who owns that trademark?

I have some doubts about Apple ever calling something "iBox", because of the existence of X-Box (or however it's written). Nasty confusion would be rampant. Actually I am not really sure how deeply one can read into these things; iPod would have been a complete mystery, and I don't think Apple would let something as obvious as, say, iMovie, slip out that easily.

iWrite sounds a little stupid, IMHO.

i hope it's not the wordprocessor-equivalent of Keynote

Now that sounds way cool... I've got a Kyocera 7135 but I'd rather have an Apple phone (with built in iPod)... bet they would do a deal with a existing manufacturer for the phone bits to keep costs down... maybe this is the new PDA rumours keep popping up about....

Garage Band.... I know what one is... but software?? maybe it would be a cut down mixing/recording applicaiton for those still learning to play (school kids??)... maybe it would be better coming from Mattel??? http://forums.macrumors.com/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&threadid=53649#

Originally posted by fatbarstard Garage Band.... I know what one is... but software?? maybe it would be a cut down mixing/recording applicaiton for those still learning to play (school kids??)... maybe it would be better coming from Mattel??? http://forums.macrumors.com/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&threadid=53649# [/B]

Wasn't there some speculation that this may be an iTunes Music Store related thing where new and indie bands could get their music published? Has anyone heard anything more about that?

wasnt there a rumor that said apple and nokia would make a cell phone together?? i remember reading bout it somewhere...

Garage Band could be a successor to Soundtrack or something that is purely music composition as opposed to composition and video synchronization. If so, I'm in. I love Soundtrack and would love a pure music composition program as well. Could also have something to do with the new iPods or some sort of software for sharing independent music or something.

iWrite? Bleh. Unless Apple has been doing a native port of OpenOffice, KOffice, AbiWord, etc - why bother. The days of paying for office suites and their kin is very rapidly coming to an end - must to the chagrin of Microsoft.

iPhone? If they do it, I'll preorder the moment its done. Especially if it is a PDA/Phone combo. Why Apple isn't going after this space if beyond me. I can't think of a single Apple owner who wouldn't go after either one.

XGrid - large numbers of XServes working on grid projects? Sure - makes sense. Roll your own supercomputer from Apple.

Garage Band hey? Could this be the new sound app weve all been hearing about lately?

None of those sound like a set top box, but Apple has surprised us before with product names that didn't show up on the trademark radar.