Major Hangups Over the iPod Phone

chadwick writes "It seemed like a sure thing: the iPod mobile phone. What could be more irresistible than a device combining the digital-music prowess of Apple Computer (AAPL) with the wireless expertise of Motorola (MOT)? Motorola sent its buzz machinery into overdrive in January when it leaked word that the product would debut at a cellular-industry conference in New Orleans in mid-March. Well, hold the phone. At the New Orleans confab, a frustrated Edward Zander, Motorola's chief executive, stood before a roomful of analysts and reporters and said the handset's debut would have to wait. "

Comments

Re:FUCK YOU APPLEDOT

[Anonymous Coward]

While I'm not going to say that it's an "ad," but I do wonder why they need to put Apples stock market symbol in the commentary. The editors don't do this for other companies.

Re:iPod Cell Phone?

[yuriismaster]

See the thing is that your girlfriend would have to memorize the pattern of her best friend's number and translate it to the sensations 'down south'.

I would only assume this would take practice, which means your girlfriend may in fact have one of her own (which isn't such a bad thing ;) )

Re:Pre announcements

[kmccoy]

When the price of a company's stock goes up, how does that benefit the company directly? The stock market is a secondary market -- only the IPO actually earns money for the company. After that, it's just stockholders buying and selling from each other. Unless I misunderstand.

Re:Motorola should have known this

[StikyPad]

Oh yeah? Bring it!

My enemy^h^h^h^h^h name is Steve, and I live at 692 Thurston Dr., Spokane WA, and I've got a jimmy joke about your mom that you might not like. What!