Multi-function Device From Apple the Real iPod Killer?
I have an old phone with my Verizon service. I have been to the Verizon store no less than five times looking to replace my phone with a newer, fancier model, and still I walk around with my phone with its dying structure, and dwindling battery. I just don’t know what phone to get. I like some of the PDA phones, but they have an additional monthly data charge, and they aren’t nearly as compact as my current phone. Plus, I really don’t know if I would use all those fancy features that these PDA phones offer.
Now, it is breaking that Apple has a big announcement in about five days, and then this morning, these patent photos were released.
The first photo shows a rough mock-up of the various kinds of virtual controls that this device could contain in its Graphical User Interface (GUI.) What that means is that it has various configurations of touch-screen type buttons depending on what functionality you might be using.
And what functionalities might be included in this device?
Are you drooling yet?
The only questions left to answer are what kind of battery life this device will have, and how much it will cost. This certainly could beat the functionality of every phone, PDA, and MP3 player on the market. It also goes to show how silly all the “iPod Killer” devices are. We should have guessed that the company most likely to kill the iPod would be Apple with a newer device.
For more detailed discussion of the Apple patent, check out macnn
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If this is from Apple, has a battery that will last a reasonable amount of time, and has sufficient storage to hold all my music AND my calendar AND my contacts AND my pictures of Tatum AND my Uno game, no price is too high. I will give my firstborn for it.
The Motorolla Q from Verizon is pretty bad ass, I got one about 6-8 weeks ago, and love it! If you are thinking of going with a smartphone I would recommend it highly.
Pretty cool appleesque gizmo, nes pas? Only problem is, the buzz I’ve heard coming from apple’s general direction is that they’re going to be launching a full length movie download service through the iTunes music store.
I can totally see them launching both products at the same time, though. You can download movies and watch them on your new iPhone. Pretty effin’ sweet, if you ask me.
I have been hearing those rumors, plus a new airport express card which will allow you to take video over your wireless network making the ultimate step of watching downloaded video on your TV much easier than it is today. That is the barrier to cross for most people.
i’m selling my bass.
I heard Apple has a patent on a technology that will allow them to create a virtual click wheel on a new ipod that is entirely screen. It was believed this was due to the movie deal coming out soon, but it would lend itself rather well to this multi-function device.