[TC Rider]

Ruh roh!

Apple has a history of lifting technology from other's efforts, witness the mouse and GUI interface that Apple borrowed from Xerox PARC, OSX borrrows heavily from Unix.

And then there is the naming issue, Apple borrowed the iPhone name from Cisco and that still has to be resolved, but I'm guessing that Cisco's price has gone up since the Apple premature announcitation.

One difference between the two phones that I'm counting on is the ability of a user to change the battery on the LG phone.

[Chi-townChief]

LG can go to hell.

[Brilliant]

None of this stuff is a unique idea in this day and age. I could probably have envisioned a phone with those features if I were in the business.

[American_Centurion]

Useless without pics.

TC, I know the source didn't have any, not poking you.

[Uri’el-2012]

Apple has a history of lifting technology from other's efforts, witness the mouse and GUI interface that Apple borrowed from Xerox PARC, OSX borrrows(sic) heavily from Unix.

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1 posted on 01/19/2007 12:06:10 PM MST by TC Rider

Everything from PARC was negotiated between Apple and PARC.

You are repeating urban myths.

OS X is BSD *nix.

BSD is the most secure *nix based on the DARPA contract for internet security.

[magellan]

Pictures here:

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=49

[Larry Lucido]

I bought a bunch from a guy off the street and gave them away. Turned out to be "Pravda" phones. I'm ruined!

[KarlInOhio]

The two phones have other things in common: both operate on the slow Edge wireless data network, both play music and videos, both have digital cameras, and users of both can check e-mail and access the Internet.

I don't know how common the "Edge wireless data network" is among cell phone providers, but music, videos, cameras, email and internet access are pretty common among phones now. The touch screen is not common, but seems pretty obvious especially if you're familiar with handheld computers.

The main thing which separates the iPod from the other thousand MP3 players is its tight association with iTunes and fancier than usual interface. I expect that Apple's phone will have that type of difference from every other high end cell phone.

[Dallas59]

Where's Nokia?..../s

[Cicero]

Niche markets. Apple for hippies, Prada for wealthy urban sophisticates and metrosexuals. Next out of the gate will be Microsoft for nerds.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Apple has a history of lifting technology from other's efforts, witness the mouse and GUI interface that Apple borrowed from Xerox PARC, OSX borrrows heavily from Unix."

Sounds like you're confusing Microsoft with Apple. And, OSX actually IS BSD Unix.

[sure_fine]

I guess that I can't see having either one

life is too short to be 'hooked up' to something 12/7, let alone 24/7

[WallStsk8r]

If you look at the back of the iPhone, notice the removable battery enclosure.

[Uri’el-2012]

In 1945 Vanaver Bush conceived and published a paper describing
a time when users would interact with a machine with a GUI.
If anybody was the father of the GUI
it was Bush but then Bush never did anything with it. Engelbart did.