iPhone Dock Revealed?

Hmmm..

How does this tally with the patent application for magnetic induction charging? I thought the point of that was being able to slide an iPhone into its dock in either landscape or portrait orientation.

evidently a slow news day at gizmodo

What the story fails to realize or mention is that the iPhone dock was shown during the Macworld San Francisco keynote when the iPhone was introduced.

To be fair to Gizmondo, the image of the "dock" shown at MWSF looks like it was knocked-up very quickly in photoshop. See how the iPhone doesn't actually go into the dock, but in-front of it. This is clearer to see if you watch the quicktime stream again.

However, this does not necessarily lend any more credibility to the Gizmondo story.

SL

Gizmodo posted an odd story claiming to have an image of the iPhone dock

It isn't what I expected at all. And they've already said too much. Gizmodo knows. :rolleyes:

However, this does not necessarily lend any more credibility to the Gizmondo story.

After their lame Monday iPhone announcement, I doubt they have much credibility. :)

Did you know that the iPhone only has one button on the front?! WOWWWWWWWWWWW.

Yeah, slow newsday I guess...:p

What's also interesting is that the iPhone connector has two cables coming out of the bottom. Perhaps that's just for the development unit, but it is interesting to see.

Two cables... one to charge and sync... and one for a landline?

i just hope it get released soon.....:apple:

I like this reply in the comments:

Jobs DID show the dock at the Expo, and us lucky journalists even got to touch it (ooooh!!!).

The little hole to the right is, in fact, for the Bluetooth earpiece. It's also a *magnetic* little hole, so the earpiece sort of inserts *itself*.

NOW how much would you pay?...

--David Pogue

lol szark, I was just going to post the same comment.

gizmodo really has been ****** as of late... they repeat old news like it's hot off the presses (iPhone from Cisco, and now this) and Engadget just flat out kills them in every respect anyway.

plus registering to comment on a blog is idiotic.

Hmmm..

How does this tally with the patent application for magnetic induction charging? I thought the point of that was being able to slide an iPhone into its dock in either landscape or portrait orientation.

We have to assume that the iPhone hardware design is done and complete. It likely was complete months ago, before the keynote for sure.

The patent application was recently filed and could not apply to a product that is as far along as the iPhone. If this wireless technology is used by Apple then it will be used on a future product. What's the average time between patent application and a product using it to be available? Certainly no shorter than 18 to 24 months and most patents never become products.