jonThe iPhone is revealed... really
January 6th 2007 08:43
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The iPhone - or, better said, the Apple-branded mobile-iPod combination - has been talked about for years, and even the realisation that the name iPhone is registered to Linksys hasn't stopped iPod and Mac fans everywhere spinning the rumour mill day after day. Now, TecheBlog may have revealed the real thing - an Apple branded mobile phone named the iChat Portable.
From first glance, the mobile seems to be a PDA-phone of sorts, full touchscreen encased in Apple's signature iPod-white casing. Of course, the iPod would be one of the key functions for the phone. Judging by the name, the phone functionality will be based on Apple's iChat software, inline with the rumours that the phone would run off a modified version of OSX.
OF course, MacWorld begins next Monday, January 8th, with Steve Jobs' keynote scheduled for Tuesday January 9th, so this is when the iChat Portable will be officially announced. Until then, even a cell phone photo of the poster and the real product in its packaging will not convince some, but at least its enough to tide a few days. I'll post full details here when they are revealed.
UPDATE: In a recent news item by Gizmodo, an iChat update is set to be released, renewing the software's ability to encrypt video, audio and text. The fact that this coincides with the unveiling of the iChat Portable, the motive is pretty obvious: Apple is gearing up for a new form of encryption that will allow mobile functions to be possible through the iChat software on existing mobile networks, such as HSDPA and CDMA. While this conclusion is in no way confirmed, it seems very likely that this is the case.
UPDATE 2: The source of the pictures, TechEBlog, has now confirmed the pictures to be a fake, an unfortunate turn-of-events given that the announcement is only a few days out.
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BTW not sure if you know but hte story's hit digg: http://digg.com/apple/The_iPhone_revealed_really
Oh DAMN! LOoks like orbles servers are gonna crash now.
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I've always been curious to see how much traffic front page stories get, looks like we'll find out tomorrow