http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/903i/d903i/]]>Nov 15th 2006 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
Apple's phone, if it does come out, is not going to be the be-all-and-end-all of phones. It is simply going to be a basic phone that also has an iPod integrated into it. It's going to be for those people who like to carry both their iPod and their cellphone all the time. Personally, I am that sort of a person. As long as it has bluetooth and wifi (for song transfer) and a decent hard disk size and plays music as well as the iPod, I'll buy it. ]]>Nov 15th 2006 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
Will Engadget shut down?]]>Nov 15th 2006 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
No, once the iPhone comes out, engadget won't shut down, but be reduced to just one or two new posts a week :P]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
Apple entering the cellphone market is going to wind up being like Microsoft entering the mp3 player market!

Bashing Apple and MS in a single sentence = priceless!]]>Nov 15th 2006 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.au.kddi.com/english/product/lineup/w41t/index.html (bluetooth headphones especially) and if it's flash I'm hoping for expandable storage.]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
For what it's worth, I agree with your observation, and the (still hypothetical) iPhone, if it performs as expected, will probably do decently in the mp3 phone space.
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Even if we assume there's a super-secret "OS X Mobile" that'll power some next-generation phone hardware, just think about all the ways that Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile are going to make it suck.

And if there IS no OS X Mobile, what do you realistically expect an Apple phone to do that other phones won't do better, cheaper, less buggily, and more profitably for their creators?]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
There's little to no purpose for an iPhone, and it would directly compete with the Shuffle and Nano. And most phones have flash memory, and the biggest cell phone-sized removable memory (MicroSD) comes in 2GB. Wow, so I can carry as much as a Nano? Wippee! And it will cost at least $300 (the usual price of an MP3 playing bluetooth phone).

I think this has been misread. They might be making "wireless" componets, but I highly doubt a phone. What would they pick? CDMA? GSM? Good luck with that. The biggest CDMA provider (Verizon) forces a uniform UI and cripples bluetooth SPECIFICALLY because of song transfers. Cingular just started their music service, so they really don't want to carry a competitor's phone do they? So that leaves Sprint, Alltel, and T-Mobile: the second tier cell phone companies and not enough people to carve out a profit.

So what is Apple left with? Offering it to the gray market, those people who import their phones. And if history has proven anything, Apple really doesn't like mobile phones. See the iTunes program on the ROKR and SLVR: not user friendly, lacking the "glossy finish", and has a song cap limit.

And Apple really can't control a phone and it's firmware like they can with the rest of their ahrdware. They would have to go through the cell phone provider, and Apple doesn't seem like the child that lieks to share things.

If they do end up releasing a phone, I will be amazed and expecting them to port OSX to the general x86 platform (OFFICIALLY).]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
VZW does not enforce the uniform UI on all their phones - see the Blackberry devices, or any WinMo device. Hopefully iphone comes to VZW in the same capacity as the above mentioned products.]]>Nov 15th 2006 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
Don't believe me, go and read reviews of games out there, the 360 graphics are rendered better than PS3 in most games, and in other games, it's the same, so MS really knows what they are doing strategically.]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
Please stop using the "word" SEZ. It is not correct and makes your otherwise dull blog seem even more stupid and childish.

The correct word is SAYS or SAID.]]>Nov 15th 2006 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/

*awaits the bashing*]]>Nov 15th 2006 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Come on...
I know you can do better...]]>Nov 15th 2006 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/A 15" MacBook? I'd rather see a high end MacBook (or a new entry-level MacBook Pro) with the present screen dimensions but with an ExpressCard slot and a real video card.]]>Nov 15th 2006 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 15th 2006 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 16th 2006 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
And I LIKE Apple! Its just too much to be honest, who cares. Let things happen when they are close to happening.

PS. Alan Strangis, nice one :).]]>Nov 16th 2006 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 16th 2006 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 17th 2006 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/Nov 17th 2006 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/15/hon-hai-cops-to-iphone-contract/
and seriously?

who would be dumb enough to think that they would use flash


Idiot


and btw, there isnt a nano at the moment, and YES the iphone will come out, and YES it will run OS X

ugh read something on APPLE NOT A FORUM!]]>Jan 13th 2007 12:28AM