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| Linksys gums up the works!; iPhone is not at all what you'd expect | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 12:37 PM (196 Views) | |
| Aqua Letifer | Dec 19 2006, 12:37 PM Post #1 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/12...ne-linksys.html There's a new product called an iPhone on the market as of Monday, but it's not a mobile phone and it has nothing to do with Apple Computers. Apple has branded many of its products with the signature small "i" prefix. But the maker of the iBook laptop and iPod digital music player appears to have run into a trademark roadblock for its expected mobile phone product. Cisco has owned the iPhone brand since 2000, when it acquired Infogear, an internet appliance company that came out with a product called the iPhone in 1997. Cisco acquired the Linksys consumer home-networking company in 2003. Apple was rumoured to have attempted to trademark the iPhone name earlier this year, leading to speculation it would be the name of a new phone product expected for release in 2007. The company had even registered a website domain name, iphone.org. That's hilarious! |
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| Mark | Dec 19 2006, 12:52 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I don't care what Apple calls it. I WILL have one. |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Axtremus | Dec 19 2006, 12:56 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Why? |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 19 2006, 01:10 PM Post #4 |
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Neither do I...as long as Mary calls me!
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| Mark | Dec 19 2006, 01:44 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Why? Because I need a new phone anyway. I will wait for Apple's announcement and check out the specs and features obviously. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 19 2006, 02:03 PM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I hope Linksys' phone is all white with barely distinguishable buttons, with a black or grey "iPhone" label on the back with a big, loopy, Arial-esque font. And that Apple's actual phone looks like a POS. (Actually, I shouldn't say such things anymore. I'm gonna be a mac man once again shortly. )
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| JBryan | Dec 19 2006, 02:05 PM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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I hear it will have a rotary dial or maybe a hand crank. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Mark | Dec 19 2006, 02:06 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hand crank would be cool. For emergency power generation like the flashlights and radios.
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| JBryan | Dec 19 2006, 02:14 PM Post #9 |
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I am the grey one
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Also, you can get the neighbor kids to hold hands in a circle and electrocute them. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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