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iPhone details 'confirmed' by Kevin Rose

by Michael Rose Dec 3rd 2006 at 5:15PM

As our "geeky sister" blog Engadget is reporting, Digg founder Kevin Rose (no relation) has announced iPhone specs on his podcast. While you might take most iPhone rumors with the customary grain of salt, this is the guy who called the ball on the iPod Nano prior to His Steveness' introduction of same. We'll reserve judgment for now, save to note that this wee Frankenphone, yet to ship or be announced, has Bear Stearns anticipating six billion bucks of revenue for AAPL in '07. Such is the power of this fully operational iPod battlestati-- I mean, ecosystem.

The nitty-gritty from the podcast, via Engadget:
  • Extremely small form factor
  • Two battery design (with single charger) -- one for playing music, the other for phone functions
  • Flash memory: 4GB for $249, 8GB for $449
  • "Slide-out keyboard"
  • Possibly touchscreen
  • Likely launch with a 'singular GSM carrier' with CDMA and other GSM to follow
Hang those iPod Socks by the chimney with care; we'll hope that the iPhone soon will be there. (Just so long as Michael Bennett isn't waiting in my front yard with a .38.)

[Thanks Javi, Andrew G. and David C.!]

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Chris

I think the more exciting part was the smartphone version coming six months after the initial launch. Personally, I'm looking for Apple to get back into the PDA/phone portion of the market. It's been way too long.

December 08 2006 at 12:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin

Please God let that be a slide-out Qwerty keyboard, and not a keypad like the image suggests. I'd really love a decent replacement for my Treo 600. The Treo started off great, but all the follow-ups have been really uninspirational -- no idea what Palm think they're doing.

December 07 2006 at 12:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
quandmeme

Sounds like it will be a zune of an ipod phone :(

Needs push email to be compelling imho, otherwise it is just chasing Chocolate et al and will just dilute Apple's reputation. And I like ipods and want them to stay at the front of the market so I can always get great accessories etc.

December 04 2006 at 5:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
matthew

Those price points seem awfully low to me. Not that I care either way. I'll buy one and see how it stacks up against my W810i.

December 04 2006 at 10:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brendon Carr

That said, I'm still going to be first in line to get one of these iPhones. Mmm, canned farts...

December 04 2006 at 9:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brendon Carr

But Walt Mossberg would buy Steve Jobs' Fart in a Can and proclaim it the Richest, Meatiest, Taste-Dogs-Lovingest canned fart yet. He's hardly a credible voice anymore.

December 04 2006 at 9:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew Burke

How's this for a TUAW competition?

Readers submit bogus Walt Mossberg-style reviews of the phone. Whoever comes closest to the feature set, and Walt's opinion, wins the phone (my assistant Katie and I...).

December 04 2006 at 3:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

I think that with the popularity of the iPhone rumors, if Apple was not making a phone before, they must be definitely making one now.

December 04 2006 at 12:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
shrimp

DCGrendel:

Kevin is already famous, he doesn't need to try to be famous. Sounds like you're either 1. making fun of him because you're jealous, or 2. you don't know who he is or what he's done.

Anyways, he has a good track record when it comes to Apple rumors. He predicted the Apple nano before it was released last year. And he sucessfully predicted the announcements at MWSF in 06 as well, even if it was the night before.

I'm inclined to believe him, but I'm not betting on it. Apple has an uncanny knack to surprise everyone.

MWSF is going to be interesting this year, what with the iTV, Leopard, the iPhone, iLife 07, iWork 07 ... maybe it'll be 3 hours long.

December 04 2006 at 12:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

This is just kevin trying to make himself famous. A blindfolded drunk throwing darts across a crowded bar would still be more popular than kevin.

December 04 2006 at 12:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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