“The iPhone has been the subject of speculation for quite a while and I thought I would drop what I know. I will try to not drop enough information as to reveal my source,” one Mr. or Ms. “wiseassoffice” writes for NoHeat.com.
The iPhone is a black device that is nearly featureless on the front except the dock and a couple of other buttons. On the bottom is what appears to be a standard dock. The most remarkable feature of the iPhone is the display which is I hear breathtaking as it emerges from behind what appears to be black plastic. The whole front with exception to a couple of millimeters along the edges of the iPhone are touch sensitive and that allows the customer to select from objects on the screen, such as the phone’s keyboard. This feature was widely described for the nebulous full screen iPod and will instead be found in the iPhone. It was the patents that were acquired for the iPhone that started that speculation…
… This product is the Zune killer that has been held back and will likely leapfrog over cell phones, PDAs, and MP3 and video players that are out there. I have heard that iPods will likely take on most of the non phone features of the iPhone including the new screen technology.
More in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Bill C.” for the heads up.]
Zune doesn’t need to be killed, it’s already dead.
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could I be the first to buy one please
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Supposedly, according to this article, the iPhone will also serve as a remote control device for new products Apple has yet to release. This in addition to full pda and smartphone functionality.
Yeah, right–and you’ll be able to brush your teeth with it too.
BS!
I will certainly be the first i GREENLAND to get one
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This product is the Zune killer that has been held back and will likely leapfrog over cell phones, PDAs, and MP3 and video players that are out there.
Funny. The Zune doesn’t need anything to kill it. It killed itself.
Kewl. I will be in line for this one…if it is indeed true.
I can’t wait to ditch my POS RAZR. That might be one of the worst non-Microsoft interfaces ever designed.
Oh, that it were true…
Me next please!
I’ve never wanted a material thing more. Ever.
I’m powerless against the iPhone.
Sounding more and more like a small Tricorder if you ask me.
“Beam me up, Welshy.”
Zune killer… the thing aint even born yet…. sheesh
macromancer,
I have to agree. The Razr looks so damn cool on the outside, but that interface is just awful, isn’t it?
What woulds’t thou not give for thine iPhone be true.
Sounds like a rumor to me. Whoever believes this will be sucking what we used to call “DMC”.
(Dead Moose Cock)
I heard that it also makes a mean cup of joe.
A real credible source, that buttheat.com
“This product is the Zune killer that has been held back”. Say what? The Zune is barely alive as it is. There’s not much to kill.
The product as described is certainly intriguing (an understatement, I know), and if its PDA functionality allows one to import Palm data that’s one less device to carry. If such a product as described truly appears, we’ve definitely got another winner.
wiseassoffice writes: “…This product is the Zune killer that has been held back…”
Zune killer???? That piece of crap hasn’t got a snowball’s-chance-in-hell of ever being seriously considered for purchase by anyone except Monkeyboy Ballmer (or maybe some of those clowns at CNET), yet the (rumored) iPhone is supposed to be a ‘Zune killer’???
roflmao
Apple is already shipping an existing product that will earn the title of ‘Zune killer’ when, and if, the Zune is ever released… it’s called the iPod.
Thanks for the laugh, nonetheless.
The touchscreen would make more sense for the iPhone than for an iPod, especially since with a music player you want to be able to adjust things without looking at the device (like if you’re wearing it on your belt).
This sounds quite cool…now, I just have to figure out how to “lose” or “break” my current phone… 😀
One big question remains: will the iPhone come with the much hyped poneytail?
Mmm, yumptious.
The queue starts here.
“Sounding more and more like a small Tricorder if you ask me.
“Beam me up, Welshy.””
But captain, one does not communicate with a Tricorder
I’ve already been in line for months so every body if a may ask to move behind me…
The iPhone is real.
I will never, ever post here again if it’s not true.
I promise.
SB
Magic Word: Pressure – as does M$ feel it yet?
So – if true – the first generation of Zune product is rendered obsolete even before it ships.
Let’s assume that Microsoft have pre-purchased the OEM manufacture of at least a million units from Toshiba @ around $220/unit. If these units don’t go into the channel, Microsoft may have to dispose of them at around $150-$175, meaning that they could lose at least $70 million while they re-group.
This was the whole risk for Microsoft developing a “go it alone” strategy whilst screwing their “PlayedForSure” partners: in the past, the “partners” took nearly all of the financial risk, having paid for the components, the assembly, the marketing and even having paid Microsoft for the rights to be “PlayedForSure” compatible. Now the entire risk is with Microsoft, just as it is with Xbox.
The difference between Xbox and Zune though is that Xbox hardware was and continues to be subsidised by Xbox software. Zune has no such opportunity for cross-subsidy until Microsoft starts to sell a significant number of track downloads.
Zune really does have the mark of failure upon it, based largely on Microsoft’s own hubris. I can honestly say it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people.
But can it squirt?