Feb 24
Cisco Systems and Apple Inc have finally kissed and made up. Cisco decided they will share the ‘iPhone’ name in exchange for exploring ‘interoperability’ between the companies’ products in areas such as security, consumer, and business communication.
What does this mean? Well it means that Cisco wants to hop on the iPhone wagon, Apple iPhone wagon that is. They want a piece of the pot, and this is how they plan to get it. In essence, this deal says that Steve Jobs must make a concerted effort to develop a product with Cisco.
All pending legal actions regarding the ‘iPhone’ trademark will be dismissed by both Apple and Cisco. Both companies, however, will continue to remain tight-lipped about future products that might come out of the ‘interoperability’ deal.
written by iPhone News Team
Feb 14
Despite Meizu’s history of “borrowing” design ideas from Apple (their entire Miniplayer series comes to mind) their CEO is denying that the M8 phone is copied from the iPhone. Seems like everyone’s denying influence from the iPhone these days.
Here’s what the CEO said in a forum post on their website.
First, he acknowledges that the design is very similar, but says they announced their M8 phone January 5, a whole four days before the January 9 iPhone unveiling at MacWorld. Plus, he says, the designs were already shown publicly in 2006, and when they saw the iPhone in January, Meizu actually changed their phone to make it look less like the iPhone.
Despite already spending $1 million on research to design a screen with 720×480 resolution, which they made because they didn’t want to go with 3:2 or 16:9 like other phones, Meizu said they will change the design if Apple desides to sue. Which, well, seems like an inevitability.
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Technorati Tags: iPhone, Meizu M8, Apple, Meizu
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Feb 11
Further research reveals that the so called zune phone may have been just a big misunderstanding. An in depth examination of the application with FCC reveals that Microsoft hasn’t propposed any sort of telephone device, but rather a device that is 802.11g (wireless internet) capable, as well as able to recieve digital television signals.
Here is what Russell Shaw from ZDNet had to say on this.
Alternatively, the multiple references in this document to “DTV channels 2-51″ could refer to a device that would use these frequencies for Wi-Fi if and when those frequencies are abandoned for television broadcast by 2009.
Why do I say this? Notice that the box-like device (Zune, perhaps) has a UHF antenna, as well as an 802.11g modem. Not anything that specifically would work with cell networks- but with Wi-Fi networks.
The 802.11g network processor and modem would point to be some WiFi capabilities indicated.
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So once again, just to make things crystal clear. The “Zune Phone” is NOT coming, as previously reported by other tech giants, including Engadget. The whole thing was blown out of proportion when Microsoft filled with the FCC for some sort of wireless device. The Zune Phone is not coming out, at least not yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if we do see a Zune Phone from Microsoft someday though. As I mentioned in an article the other day, Microsoft will likely require a few models of the iPhone they can actually play with a and take apart before they can build their own device. So for now, no Zune Phone for you.
Technorati Tags: iPhone, Zune, 802.11g, FCC, Zune Phone, Microsoft
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