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More on Apple/Motorola Joint Cell Phone Venture

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the gross-conjecture-reigns dept.

1+(smarterThanYou) writes "Forbes.com has an article with updates on the previous Slashdot story on the Motorola/Apple iTunes compatible mobile phone. 'Apple Computer and Motorola could soon show us the mobile phone they are developing to play music purchased from Apple's iTunes online music store. 'We've said we have something coming on this in the first half of 2005 and we're definitely on schedule for that. Hopefully you'll be able to see more about it soon,' says Eddy Cue, vice president in charge of applications at Apple.'" Theories about this device showing up at the next MacWorld Expo abound.

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  1. So now by lheal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... we can listen to people on airplanes singing along to their cell phones.

    "...whiskey for my men, beer for my [urph] hosses!"

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  2. Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    About that #14... is there a reason behind it, or did U2 really think that it was 4?

    For those who don't know, in U2's "Vertigo," Bono chants at the beginning of the song "uno dos tres quatorce (sp?)" which is "1 2 3 14 in spanish... strange.

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  3. Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... by wankledot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd really like to know the answer to this as well. It bothers me every time I hear it.

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  4. Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... by nordicfrost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it has something to do with the number of records (albums + EPs) that U2 has released, "HOWTO Dismantle an atomic bomb" being the 14th. Not sure, but I sure as hell reacted when I first heard the count up. :)

  5. Re:Macintosh 1 button mouse...now the 1 button pho by the31337z3r0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone know where to get a true rotary phone? I want one!

  6. Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... by Al+Dimond · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I believe he's turning the volume up to 14, a la Spinal Tap.

  7. Re:iPhone, uPhone we all phone for iphone... by DavidpFitz · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    About that #14... is there a reason behind it, or did U2 really think that it was 4?

    For those who don't know, in U2's "Vertigo," Bono chants at the beginning of the song "uno dos tres quatorce (sp?)" which is "1 2 3 14 in spanish... strange.

    Actually, you can buy official U2 t-shirts with "1, 2, 3, 14" on them, so it's very much intentional. It's the number of albums they've done and although Vertigo is not the title track of the album, it was the first single to be released from it.