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If you haven't been made aware of it yet, the all-new and revolutionary Apple iPhone was announced this week. It is expected on the USA market in June and in Europe in October/November.

Given Meridian's recent iPod dock announcement, I believe the iPhone could further Meridian's interoperability with the latest Apple device.

Not simply a mobile phone; it's a 802.11n wireless pda and integral music/video iPod, with full-screen web-browser, photo viewer, with access to iTunes, runs OS X and has either 4Gb or 8Gb of storage.

Now, if Meridian were to release either an OS X version of M.Config, or a web-browser derived version of M.Config - and recognising the inherent internet radio, music and video capabilities of the iPhone - this would be a handsome accessory for any Meridian rig.

Do yourself a big favour and watch the MacWorld keynote presentation on the iPhone -

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/

..and further information being available at -

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Yes, and just after Steve Jobs launched it, Apple got sued by Cisco on the grounds that the iPhone infringes on a Cisco trademark ... The lawyers were seemingly waiting for Jobs to finish in orde to sue. Must have been one of the fastest "go to court" reactions in IT history ...

Im curious to see which side comes out on top. As I understand it Cisco is saying they have trademarked "iPhone" and Apple has said but not for use with a cell phone and there are other companies right now with "iPhone" devices. I believe Cisco's is an IP phone. As they are all smart people involved here, I believe Cisco's action is likely one where they see they can get some money out of Apple in a settlement and this is all about setting up negotiating positions. But I am just a humble observer.

best regards,
Jerry

Although it's running OSX, I'm sure it's a different UI Library for the touchscreen and different compiled binaries. That would require Meridian to support and build for many Unix platforms. So I really doubt this is a productive path for Meridian. If MConfig was needed on a day to day basis that would be a different story.

But I'll bet you could run SlimServer on it :-)

lol! yeah, for an album or two before the non-replaceable battery ran out ;-)

imo they've made some pretty dumb errors with the iPhone --- though i'm still #1 on the list at my local cingular store.

the cisco story is more complicated than presented. apple had been negotiating with cisco for a while to get the name rights from them. cisco believed that they had reached terms with apple the night before the keynote (purportedly). i think it's clear that apple was probably jerking cisco around all along, and probably intended to litigate from day one. imo (fwiw) it's quite possible that cisco could win this since the concept of a specific phone type (IP, wifi, pots, gsm, tdma, cdma, etc.) is being blurred at an accelerating pace.

doody!

MrDoody tells it very close to what I've allegedly heard purportedly happened ... (presumably) ... interesting stuff. I believe Apple might have been told by thier advisers that the marketing advantage of th iPhone name over the duration of a possible litigation could offset the eventual incurring expenses would Cisco win ... but I believe I am OT here ...

Thats interesting, Doody- what other mistakes have they made?

Unfortunately, where I live there is only one provider that works consistently: Verizon- so no iPhone for me.

btw- color me bummed about no touch screen/ widescreen iPod.

best regards,
Jerry

we're threadjacking, but....

* the battery is built-in, just like with the iPod. you can't carry an extra with you and swap it in. if it fails, the device goes back to apple.

* the battery life is going to stink. nobody believes the numbers they're quoting and their track record on battery life (iPods) stinks.

* the software is locked-down. no third party software development.

* no support for MS Office documents (i, like many, need this in my smartphone for business use)

* the lack of a tactile keyboard is gonna be a real challenge for us types who live on blackberries and treos.

* no wifi or bluetooth syncing (huh!?!?!).

for starters :-)

again - i'm still #1 on my cingular store's list, but it's not a prefect product by any stretch.

doody.

Thread jacking is half the fun here! LOL. J/K

Wow- no BT? I don't believe it. Seems this device is not for the hard core Treo/Blackberry users but more of a "lifestyle" smart phone.

I've often felt that Apple takes a Communist Party approach to their world: its centralized and authoritarian. Whereas the PC world was more like capitalism.

Interesting info on the dispute between the companies. This makes sense I suppose.

On the batteries, I think third parties will make extras available that use the connector they use for charging. By no means is this as good as being able to pop in a new battery to the unit, but its better than nothing.

For my purposes the Apple iPhone doesnt work because I like my Treo with its keyboard, but most of all, I can't use anything but Verizon here- and no BT is the killer because that means it won't sync with the hands free car systems. While the market might love this, I want my widescreen iPod!

best regards,
jerry

no no - it HAS bluetooth and WiFi. you just can't sync the device via that - something i do all the time with my treo.

doody.

Ahh- you see the dangers of Hitchhiking while at the office!

So I guess the question is how locked down this platform is re: original thread intent. I can't believe they won't allow any 3rd party software- but who knows.......

best regards,
Jerry

Now completely off-topic:
I have to confess that Nokia 9500 users (like me) often get lost in disputes like this one - and it seemed to me that Apple phones ( ) would rather be a threat to Nokia than to Treo producers and the like ...