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iPhone announced: Apple fanboys let out collective groan

not the iphone

I've got some bad news for all you Apple fanboys out there: the iPhone was announced today, and it's certainly a huge disappointment. The number one reason it's such a letdown? It wasn't made by Apple.

Yeah, those sneaky weasels over at Cisco have apparently had the iPhone trademark for something like a decade, so when all this hype about an upcoming "iPhone" started swirling around they quietly decided to be a bit opportunistic and release a boring VoIP phone under that now infamous moniker. So those of you hoping to be able to pick up an iPhone that's a combination of an iPod and a cellphone will get stuck with something that's neither if they go pick this guy up today. But hey, if you are in the market for a pretty standard VoIP phone to use when making Skype calls, you'll be the first (and probably last) person on your block to have an iPhone.

iPhone, via Gizmodo

 
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aarlin81:
Yep, iMobile is already taken too as is IMOBILE....More »


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By aarlin81 at 4:50 PM ON 12/18/06

Yep, iMobile is already taken too as is IMOBILE.


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