Steve Jobs announces the OTHER iPhone at MacWorld 2007

Remember how I said in my post yesterday that I was merely dredging up old news about Gizmodo announcing an iPhone? I am pleased to announce that IN REALITY I was plugged in to forthcoming events with an uncanny degree of perceptiveness that I can only describe as clairvoyant. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, because this morning Steve Jobs announced the long-awaited Apple iPhone.

Wait, the what? Because the really interesting part about that Gizmodo story was the revelation that Cisco owned the rights to the word "iPhone". So what the heck was Apple going to call its product? Well, Jobs pulled it off somehow: iPhone it is.

The bloggers are, for the most part, ecstatic judging from the Technorati traffic. One exception is this gent, who makes the point that WiFi access and voice over IP makes a phone unnecessary. I can see the argument, but until WiFi coverage is as widespread as phone coverage, I need my phone.

But do I need my laptop? With Web browsing comes access to Gmail and Google Docs and Spreadsheets. And the iPhone runs Mac OS X, implying that all sorts of productivity software could run on the device itself.


Tags: Apple, iPhone, MacWorld, Gmail, Google Docs
Published 09 Jan 2007 by Wade Rockett
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Gerald Buckley said:

You know, I'm going to want the wifi AND the GPRM coverage both.

What I'm not wild about is the teensie drive and the Cingular lock-in. What hasn't been talked about broadly is that the FCC *will* require Apple to sell unlocked phones. How feature poor THOSE phones will be is anyone's guess at this point.

Think about it... 8 Gb. Chew that up with an OS, apps, pictures, music and movies. Not much left for any kind of space to sync other documents with it, is there?
January 10, 2007 13:51
 

Wade Rockett said:

I didn't know that Apple would be required to sell unlocked phones! Interesting - I wonder what the product will look like. I'm sure you're right: pretty lo-fi.

Re: the 8GB drive, yeah, I'm having a hard time even seeing how much use it'll be for movies. But I'm currently using a 2GB Nano, so eight gigs worth of music would rock my world at this point.
January 11, 2007 20:12
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