Apple’s Phone Won’t be an “iPhone”
Well, it appears that the Palm Treo isn’t in any immediate danger from Apple’s upcoming iPhone. In fact, Apple’s phone device won’t even be called the iPhone because the “iPhone” is a voip phone made by Linksys. Cisco, their parent company, has owned that trademark since 1996.
Pictured here is one of the Linksys voip phones; the Wireless-G WIP320 Phone, which is Skype compatible.
There are questions about when Apple will be releasing its phone device. Some sites say that Apple is to reveal the phone today. Cult of Mac says that Apple hates introducing products on Mondays. They also say that MacWorld is coming up in less than a month, and Apple has to hold back something to announce other than the iTV.
If you recall, Ed Colligan had answered some questions last month at a breakfast Q&A about competition from Apple and others entering the mobile phone market. Dieter pointed me to a great article by Mike Mace over at Mike’s blog Mobile Opportunity. Mike had a lot of interesting things to say about the Q&A.
Source and more info: treocentral