The Hua Long IP2000 has some decent features, but the only thing that really stands out to me is how much it looks like the iPhone. The buttons at the bottom are a quick giveaway. Once you whip out that stylus and tap the touchscreen, not even the giant apple on the back will convince them that it’s a genuine iPhone 
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Will it be possible to buy the iPhone without a Cingular contract? If so, it will be crazy expensive...
"As a employee of a company I cannot mention but that sells the majority of cingular phones that are sold in this country. I can tell this to you in hopes of you passing it on to all my die hard mac loving brothers. The iPhone will be available without a contract, that is if it comes to us via cingular. We will not have a product with at $$$ price tag that people are willing to outright buy on our shelves just sit on those shelves just...
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Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs confirmed months of speculation today by unveiling a new mobile phone that plays and downloads music and a set-top box that allows people to stream video from their computers to their televisions.
Jobs said Apple's iPhone would "reinvent" the telecommunications sector and "leapfrog" past the current generation of hard-to-use smart phones.
"Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," he said during his keynote address at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo. "It's...
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Apple doesn't own the iPhone trademark. What does that mean? Cisco rightfully owns the trademark for iPhone. And Apple can't sue them or bully them into giving it up. The tech world had taken the title for granted, assumed it to be proper, plastered it over magazine covers, and now the name is lost. Which means Apple's iPhone, if there even is an iPhone, will have to be named something else. It's a big deal, if you think about what that name meant.
"As the next generation of handheld devices, Linksys iPhone voice solutions and products are...
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Apple and Cingular have signed an agreement that will make the US' largest cell phone provider the exclusive carrier of Apple's forthcoming phone, sources report. Apple's iPhone remains on track for an early 2007 release.
Apple's phone will feature a candy-bar design with a 2.2-inch display and 3 megapixel camera. Robust iTunes and iSync support will also be delivered with the phone.
Apple's exclusive contract with Cingular is said to be good for the first six months, sources report, meaning other providers will be able to sell the phone...
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