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Apple's Smart Phone Depends on OS X Tie-Ins

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the steve-jobs-hard-to-shop-for dept.

anaesthetica writes "According to AppleInsider, Apple is not only working on a cellphone + mp3 player iPhone, but is working on a second model designed to be a smart phone, highly integrated with Mac OS and .Mac. The smart phone has gone through several iterations, as the notoriously demanding Mr. Jobs ordered the elite team working on the phone to redesign and re-engineer their prototypes. Capabilities are reported to include Front Row interface, syncing contacts and iCal with .Mac, "call ahead", iChat video conferencing integration, WiFi, and a slide-out keyboard. Too good to be true?"

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  1. What!? by whiskeyriver · · Score: 2, Funny

    The smart phone can't wipe my arse and spoon-feed me too?

    No sir, I DON'T LIKE IT!

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    1. Re:What!? by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, they're working on it. The first prototype would wipe your mouth and spoon-feed your arse, so Jobs sent the designers back to the drawing board.

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  2. Re:Forced integration is a real turn-off by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, steve jobs comes into your house an dpoint a gun at your head to make you use iTunes with your iPod? Wow.

    Don't tell him, but I use one of the many other tools available for putting items into your iPod.
    SSHhhhhh...

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  3. Re:Forced integration is a real turn-off by catbutt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple should indeed listen to you. You might have the answer as to why the iPod has been such a flop.

  4. Re:Forced integration is a real turn-off by ben+there... · · Score: 2, Funny
    I use Winamp... It rocks your socks of!

    It really whips the llama's ass!
  5. Re:I see that Mr. Jobs..... by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 2, Funny

    But this is Slashdot, where the reviews of products come out before the products do.

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  6. Re:3rd party apps? by The+One+and+Only · · Score: 4, Funny

    And clearly, Apple has not put nearly as much thought into this problem as "Anonymous Coward".

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