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Apple iPhone by Motorola? [Updated]

New fuel was added to the Apple branded phone fire in a post at TreoMac.com, saying that Motorola was working on an Apple-branded phone with iTunes and iPhoto integration. According to the post, the phone featured a top-located media card slot, and possibly a bottom-located USB port.

No other information is available as of yet.[Update, January 6, 2005] Matt Hicks at eWeek reports that Motorola demonstrated an iTunes-compatible mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

It syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music, said Ron Garriques, a Motorola executive vice president.The demo at CES bolsters rumors that an iTunes-compatible Motorola phone would be launched this month, possibly at the Macworld conference and expo that opens next week in San Francisco.

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94 months ago
This is what a lot of people have been waiting for.......if it's true.
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94 months ago
That would give me a reason to upgrade my cheap cell. I don't know likely it is to be true though.
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94 months ago
Doubt it's true. It would be interesting if it was...especially if it was designed by Apple. There's just so much competition in this market, I don't see why Apple would make such a risky move.
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94 months ago
iPhone - a slider phone that is a 512 or 1GBMB flash iPod player with color screen when closed, then slides open to reveal the keypad?

Yes, it is a crowded market, but how many Mac and iPod users would sign up for one immediately?
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94 months ago
I don't think Apple WOULD risk it (yet).

But Motorola might. SO many products could benefit from Apple-style iPod ease-of-use. Remote controls, cell phones, you name it. I think it could EASILY sell enough for Motorola to make their money. Meanwhile Apple wouldn't have to venture directly into new waters.

And we already know Apple and Motorola are working on iTunes for mobile phones.

I find it at least possible. And I hope it's true... I hate every cell phone I've tried to use!
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94 months ago

iPhone - a slider phone that is a 512 or 1GBMB flash iPod player with color screen when closed, then slides open to reveal the keypad?

Yes, it is a crowded market, but how many Mac and iPod users would sign up for one immediately?



Me. I'd buy it as long as it wasn't too expensive. If they had a decent one for about £150 there might be a sale here. Trouble is there is so much competition, and for that money you have all the other manufacturers offering attractive, feature heavy phones. However, the mobile market is quite big, and so if Apple could differentiate the product in some way then it could have another hit on its hands
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94 months ago
:confused: This is what i found today.

http://www.iphone.org/

This is interesting. Maybe they are planning somthing, why would they have the URL and not use it?

Let's hope! I wouldn't mind an Apple iPhone!
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94 months ago

:confused: This is what i found today.

http://www.iphone.org/

This is interesting. Maybe they are planning somthing, why would they have the URL and not use it?

Let's hope! I wouldn't mind an Apple iPhone!


Apple have had that domain for several years.
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94 months ago

iPhone - a slider phone that is a 512 or 1GBMB flash iPod player with color screen when closed, then slides open to reveal the keypad?

Yes, it is a crowded market, but how many Mac and iPod users would sign up for one immediately?


Only if it were a Symbian (that is, the worlds most popular smartphone OS, not to mention, best ;-)) powered smartphone, otherwise there is really no point IMO. I don't want to carry two devices around: pda + phone.
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94 months ago

:confused: This is what i found today.

http://www.iphone.org/

This is interesting. Maybe they are planning somthing, why would they have the URL and not use it?


1. Just in case... someday...

2. To stop others from using it.

3. Because they have the ten bucks annually to spare :)
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