Motorola and iPhone
Given today's news about Motorola's abandonment of Apple and iTunes for the ROKR 2 do you think that there's some credence to these rumours about an Apple branded phone and any guesses for when we might see it?
I'm due an upgrade in March and have long wanted an Apple phone. The rumours seem to be hot enough that I wonder if it could arrive this month, or maybe a special event like the iPod? I've long wondered, also, how Apple could combine the iPod click wheel with a phone, but given the size of the nano and its small wheel I'm sure they could do the same with the iPhone. Look at the large, circular scroll button on the Nokia 6680 - Apple could insert a slightly larger circle for the scroll wheel and derive the functionality of pause, menu, skip forward and backwards from the other buttons on the phone. My biggest concern, design wise, however, is that all phones scratch easily and there's nothing worse than a greasy looking phone from touching - but iPods tend to mark with smears and scratches more easily than anything - surely a phone would have to lose that sleek surface?
I'm due an upgrade in March and have long wanted an Apple phone. The rumours seem to be hot enough that I wonder if it could arrive this month, or maybe a special event like the iPod? I've long wondered, also, how Apple could combine the iPod click wheel with a phone, but given the size of the nano and its small wheel I'm sure they could do the same with the iPhone. Look at the large, circular scroll button on the Nokia 6680 - Apple could insert a slightly larger circle for the scroll wheel and derive the functionality of pause, menu, skip forward and backwards from the other buttons on the phone. My biggest concern, design wise, however, is that all phones scratch easily and there's nothing worse than a greasy looking phone from touching - but iPods tend to mark with smears and scratches more easily than anything - surely a phone would have to lose that sleek surface?
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