iCell in the Works?

SirWraith writes "Ars Technica is running a story speculating on the possibility of an Apple cellphone." From the article: "At last week's CES, Motorola officially dumped Apple with its new ROKR E2 phone and its new iRadio digital music service. ... After the ROKR's lackluster launch, speculation abounded that Apple was saving the 'good' iTunes phone for itself, and the new 'Mobile Me' trademark lends credence to that line of thinking. At this stage of the game, it looks like Apple is moving in the direction of launching its own cellular service complete with its own lineup of phones (or phone, as the case may be)."

Dialing with the clickwheel

[jurt1235]

It has some nostalgy to it (-:

Re:Is there not enough Apple news today already...

[Anonymous Coward]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Ben Franklin Said....

[TCFOO]

"A place for evrything and evrything in its place" ... or something like that. I gues Apple thinks that evrything's place is on one mobile device.

Re:Ironically ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Reynolds Wrap sells the material you need for you hats.

Re:Is there not enough Apple news today already...

[hotdiggitydawg]

iAmSorry, but iJustDontGiveAShitAnymore.

Re:This wouldn't surprise me....

[AKAImBatman]

Which would you rather have? An iPod, or a phone with an iPod built in?

Both. Here's how:

1) Purchase a cell phone. Get whatever you want, it doesn't matter.
2) Purchase an iPod Nano.
3) Purchase a role of duct tape.
4) Purchase a book instructing you in the proper use of duct tape. "Red Green's 10,001 Uses for Duct Tape" is highly recommended.
5) Using your newfound knowledge in high precision engineering, duct tape the iPod Nano to your cell phone.

Now you too have a phone and iPod combination all in one, but with none of those silly limitations on the number of songs! Just flip your phone one direction to talk to people, and flip it the other direction to switch the song you're listening to. What could be better? :-D

P.S. 6) Profit!!!

Re:This wouldn't surprise me....

[Seanasy]

... segway its iPod market into the mobile phone market.

Is this one of those modern euphemisms like 'jump the shark?' I'm guessing it would mean to introduce something technologically advanced but with little real world utility.

Or did you mean 'segue?'

Re:This wouldn't surprise me....

[Billosaur]

Portable device convergence has been obvious for years, with the inclusion of cameras, music players, video players, video calling, games etc... being crammed into mobile phones, it's unsurprising that Apple would want to segway its iPod market into the mobile phone market.

There ya go! Next step: Apple merges with Segway, to produce the Segintosh, which merges phone, video, music and computing with a handy transportation device, only $22,000 USD!

It's been in the works for a long time

[Bertie]

I know someone who's seen the prototypes over a year ago now - other people in the same company were working on it. When I said "they're taking us back to a dial interface, aren't they?" This person said nothing, but their face said it all...

Re:Is there not enough Apple news today already...

[iamwahoo2]

Breaking News!! When Steve Jobs goes to the bathroom, he makes iPoop.

I want an Apple Powered iIron

[Anonymous Coward]

Wouldn't it be really cool if while I iron my shirts I could watch the latest video of Lost or listen to a great song like Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound Of silence? let's cram An FM RADIO, Video/Camera, MP3, Email, MRI, CT-SCAN, TANNING BOOTH etc .. into very small devices and call it an iALL!

What if I managed to put it in my iron? Would I call it an iIron? Maybe I can connect it to my toilet and when I fush I can get the sam sound as an Apple Computer starting up instead of the whirl of the water ...

I dont know people .. you would think a company like Apple with it's global rescources would not fall to the emperical world of MORE MORE MORE ... and provide the customer with uhm ..... hmm I just thought of something really cool ...

Apple should invent a minaturized tanning booth for fingers and thumbs .. and we can all make finger puppets and go on a tanning retreat ... it will save us money and be so convenient ...

I like most, do love gadgets ... but I can personally careless about a cellphone that plays music... it's bad enough that people are annoying with their cell phones in public .. now we are going to have a short in the theatre that says, "Please kindly turn off your cellphone" and "Also turn of your iIRON and iPOD" ....

sorry for the rant .. but I thought it was funny ...
Hmm, I wonder if Apple could put a Hummer in the next iIron ... probably could, but that would just be overkill.

if your funny too email me ...
mikeisgreat_AT_gmail_com

The initial reviews..

[Anonymous Coward]

The iPhone is slick, easy to use! I've been waiting my entire life for something that looked so cool and was so easy to use. It just works and just fits perfect in my front pocket and is really cool to look at. No more combersome keypad as the postive feeling smooth scrolling wheel (patent pending) does it all, what an innovation. I don't know how a billion people in the world could have used any other phone corded or wireless not made by Apple for the last hundred years!

I know I claimed I did not want anything more then a portable music player, I know I said I only wanted a phone that only had a phone, I know I said who needs video on a portable because it would kill the battery, I know I've stated that you do not really need a display screen on a portable player. Luckily this device does not have a FM radio though as no one needs that and that would ruin the whole package! This product made by Apple has changed my mind for all of those and this is exactly what I have been waiting for!

AAAAAAAAA++++++++++++ would buy again!!!

A single button cell phone?

[PorkNutz]

How well could that work?