Apple To Unveil iPod Cellphone Next Week?

Mictian writes "Apple Computer is planning to hold a major press conference next week (September 7th) in San Francisco and the rumours say that it will be the unveiling of a new iPod cellphone (NYT). The phone would incorporate the popular iTunes software, be built by Motorola and marketed by Cingular Wireless. The companies have declined to confirm or deny the report, which would fit Apple's past pattern of being secretive to maximise the splash on announcement day."

sounds good

[flynt]

Wireless.
More space than a nomad.
Sweet.

Re:Fantastic!

[penguinoid]

Hey! You forgot the camara. God I love that feature!</sarcasm>

Almost there...

[lbmouse]

Just need to add a PDA, WiFi, 80GB removable HD, 6MP camera w/video, DVR, GPS, and a tissue dispenser... then, "hook it to my veins!"

Say it with me...

[jbrelie]

iTones.

Implication.

[trosenbl]

"The companies have declined to confirm or deny the report, which would fit Apple's past pattern of being secretive to maximise the splash on announcement day."

They won't say anything -> it must be true?

I hope you're not a stock broker.

Re:Fantastic!

[j3tt]

You should go with Verizon. I remember they went around the country repeatedly checking with the other end - "Can you hear me now?"

Makes my ears BLEED!

[Zemplar]

Imagine some idiot having ~500 minutes worth of ringtones!

Other Announcements

[gcondon]

Apple will also be announcing a flying car, the cure for cancer and Duke Nukem Forever.

Unfortunately, there is no evidence of this but that fits with "Apple's past pattern of being secretive to maximise the splash on announcement day."

Apple innovates the cellphone?

[rocjoe71]

Will their new cellphone only have one button, just like their mice? Just kidding...

Re:Fantastic!

[neoform]

man, what's with all these people and they're broken xml.. i believe you need to open a tag prior to closing it.. otherwise the parser will just ignore your sarcasm.. i know my brain's parser did.

*shakes head*

Re:Apple innovates the cellphone?

[sean23007]

It's going to have no buttons, like the mighty mouse. You just squeeze it in a certain way to start a song, and a different certain way to call people. It's going to be so easy, nobody will be able to figure it out.

Re:World turning upside down

[aristotle-dude]

My dad used to have a pair of Nokia rubber boots.

Re:Fantastic!

[PeeAitchPee]

Man, what's with all these people and their broken grammar? I believe you need to use "their," not "they're," in your sentence. Otherwise ./'ers with nothing better to do will just make fun of your post. I know I did.

:-P

Re:Cassette recording quality (Was Re:Only Fools..

[eno2001]

It all has to do with frequencies and harmonics. It really could be either device because the frequency of your cell phone is more likely to have a harmonic relationship with the sounds on your cassette since the phone is used for voice transmissions. But, there are other factors like the color of the paint in the room you're listening to the recordings in. Green paint happens to have a harmonic relationship with sounds in the 22.5 kHz range which is just above the normal hearing range. (Although I can personally hear up into the 32 kHz range myself) Since most people can't hear that high, a room painted with olive green paint is the best listening environment possible.

It's preferrable to paint that color, in flat, on the ceilings, walls, floors and most funrnishings. Plus you want all of your furnishings and decor to be flat green as well. My couch and loveseat are olive green velvet. That provides the least reflection of other colors of light that would mar the quality of your playback. If you can afford to go this far, even replacing the light bulbs with green lights would help tremendously. Since I'm color blind that has the negative effect of making it look like the room turns black when I flip on the green lights. So I had to go with yellow which isn't as good but it's better than nothing. Chances are you might be able to do the green light thing though.

Re:Fantastic!

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

Dotslashers?

What is this "dotslash" that you speak of?

(Slashdot's Razor: Never make fun of someone else's error, or you will make an error in your post too.)