Proof that Apple will be launching a mobile service?

Take this with several grains of salt, but an anonymous tipster has sent the above photo to us of what appears to be an Apple branded SIM card (or an iTunes gift card modified to look like a SIM card). Our tipster says that Apple is about 85% ready to roll out a cell service using the moniker Mobile Me, which was recently trademarked. Apple will be using Cingular's network and Motorola's hardware.
We are told that the service is on track to launch sometime in February (or so we are told).
Update: I should point out that our source isn't claiming that the phone pictured is the fabled iPhone (it is a Samsung SGH x497). He claims that the SIM card is Apple's.
Update II: Our friends at Engadget also got the same tip that we did, so check out their take on it.
Another picture after the jump.
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Take this with several grains of salt, but an anonymous tipster has sent the above photo to us of what appears to be an Apple branded SIM...
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Why do "secret" pictures always have to be blurry?
January 31 2006 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks Kyle, I needed that.
And by the way, "Keepin it real fake" has absolutely nothing in common with this post what so ever... Other than being on a computer screen residing somewhere on planet earth inside a server. So again Kyle, thank you.
This is not a fake, that's all I can say. It's just a prototype.
January 31 2006 at 5:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/flickrelmo/93692929/
this photo is odd it has a SIM card in a CDMA phone. but its not as blurry as this pic
there are whispers that apple is talking to lg about the iPhone so we will see when it comes out i guess
January 31 2006 at 4:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAmen 32... Amen.
January 31 2006 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOpen either of the pics in a text editor. You'll see "JFIF d d 접Ducky < Adobe" right there at the beginning. That's the tag that Photoshop (and other Adobe programs) use to identify that they are the image creator. To me, this says it's fake.
January 31 2006 at 2:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replysearch on flickr with tag "mobileme"
January 31 2006 at 2:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think it's hilarious that no one actually reads these articles -just the headlines. Then it's their calling to "school" the rest of us and chap the hide of the author. What's worse, these people don't even read the comments surrounding their comments. I might as well say a word about the hangle rid cenelop fellongie stelle since no one's listening, right?
Anyway, stay the course, TUAW bloggers! There is a crowd that reads your articles in complete and understands your humor!
-N
This may be true that apple is going to doing a cell phone / media service. Like being able to download music from itunes to your cell phone. But I think this picture is a fake.
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