Apple iPhone-d Us After All…

The greatest surprise to me, they even called it iPhone, though I have yet to see it officially without the Apple logo in front. How does this affect all the trademarks that LinkSys/Cisco acquired? (Hoping Apple Doesn’t iPhone  and  iPhone is Not Apple’s iPhone)

Screenshot Apple's REAL iPhone 
So it looks really, cool, and I actually do think, that the shear “coolness” factor will sell some iPhones, but at the same time it looks too fragile. I expect to see people scratching up half the screen the first time that slim Apple iPhone body slips out their hands.

On the other hand I don’t think your nor I, would mind giving the iPhone a test drive. (Rumors have it we can’t be expecting the phone before at least Q4 in Europe,

 

3 Comments

  1. stephen olsen

    Some info about the trademark dispute over at AppleInsider.

  2. This one device changes everything.

    I’m a member of some business and mobile services forums, and the guys over there are just blown away.

    An Apple phone? Palm CEO says, ‘What, me worry?’

    “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone,” he said. “PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”

    Err, you were saying?

  3. stephen olsen

    Yeah, after reading your comment, I am wondering where and with whom Apple has done their R&D…
    Would nokia pitch in without receiving credit, what sort of experience does Cingular have with actual hardware?

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  1. By Cisco Apple Trademark War at stepheno.net 11 Jan ’07 at 3:07 pm

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