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

Whata ya wanna bet

[Grand Facade]

That the mother of all software companies drove a wedge into that deal.....?

Re:This is why US is waaay behind in cellular tech

[Infinite Entropy]

SMS tends to be so much more popular outside the US because voice service is so much more expensive. Voice service is so cheap in the use SMS never took off. Not to mention that typeing on a cell phone sucks.

What's the point?

[breakbeatninja]

This seems a bit absurd. What's the point of such a device? How about a PSP with 802.11g and mobile phone capability? Then you can play video games, listen to mp3s, watch movies AND make phone calls? Maybe even store some names/numbers and have a calender! Maybe it could even run NetBSD, like my toaster! :D

I mean, who wants a cell phone that on which you can't ever easily replace the battery? Now that's *GREAT* engineering!