Official iPhone Speculation Thread
November 30th, 2006, 10:33pm by MikeI think we’re gonna need one of these to handle the rumors, news, and stray thoughts surrounding Apple’s likely foray into the mobile phone world. What’s it gonna be like? When will it ship? How much will it cost? Will it play back downloaded DRM’ed iTunes video content? Will it be GSM only (at first), as has been reported? Will any of us buy one? Will it be out for more than a week before one of us buys one?
So far, taking into account what I’ve read, we’re looking at a candy-bar, iTunes-capable “phone” (i.e., not “smartphone”, no QWERTY or touchscreen) that will probably have some slick, white casing to look much like an iPod. I imagine it will play well with all of Apple’s apps (iSync for iCal and Address Book, as well as integration with Mail and iPhoto). Other than that, there’s a lot of things that are in the air. There are definitely those out there who are naysayers (like Ed Colligan of Palm), and fearless defenders like John Gruber and Ryan Block who put Ed back in his place.
To get the ball rolling, there’s an article on one of the O’Reilly sites that’s interesting. If you can get through the writing style, what the guy is saying is that we need a “Mobile MacOS,” and he makes the case that with Palm moving in uncertain directions and Windows Mobile generally being difficult to use on a phone, there’s an opportunity for somebody to make a new mobile OS that “just works.”
I’m sure we’ll get to filling this up toward January…