No it won't, Apple aren't stupid and the law is quite grey in this area. Cisco don't have an iPhone in the cellphone arena and there are also other VOIP players using iPhone. There also seems to be questions over whether Cisco have failed to protect the name properly. In any case it could take years to resolve.

 

Last night I watched the Keynote video on Apple's site - all I can say is wow - the still pics do not do this thing justice - very highly recommended if you're still on the fence about this thing.

As for the name - it wouldnt suprise me if it got rebadged ApplePhone - similar to how the TV thingumy has been named - I thought Apple would have done that from the start though.

 

Yeah damm right, the keynote just blows you away. yeah sure, steve is a showman, but boy does the phone look great !!
and I had comments from fellow workers going..." oh yeah but it is huge, I will wait until the second scaled down version comes out "

No !! have you seen the size, its pretty blinking dumgawd small as it is.

the whole cisco and sueing and naming issue is nothing.

Apple could have sued them ages ago when cisco took over the name from the merger, on the grounds that i monikers to a lot of products, especially one in development, are linked, maybe not in registration, but certainly in public belief. similar to the whole itunes uk site a few years ago.

and they could say that the cellular name should make it different enough from IP phone to allow two names to co-exist. who knows what the yanks are thinking right now

 

The more I read about the iPhone, the less I like it.

It looks GREAT and I like the interface style.

BUT.....

• No 3rd Party Apps (as in, homebrew stuff)
• No Outlook Sync
• No ability to open office files
• No user-replaceable battery

are all major negatives and will prevent me from buying.

However, it has to be said that it's a few months until it's availble in the US, never mind the UK. So things could change by then

 

I would not be surprised if Apple and MS come out with an office for iPhone suite, or even just word and excel. As it stands Apple does not have it's own spreadsheet package for the Mac OS, though some have said the next version of iWork may include a spreadsheet.
This Office for iPhone could well also cover Outlook Syncing, either directly, or you sync the phone with your mac/pc which is configured to sync with outlook.

As for the battery, it depends on how you define user replaceable. If you mean without voiding warranty, yes, they are not user replaceable, as is the same with iPods, but as we know, the batteries can be replaced, but you'll need to crack the device open which will void the warranty. Obviously if it fails during the warranty period then you'll ship it back to Apple for replacement, again as with the iPods. Out of warranty, either pay Apple or a third party to do it, or do it yourself.
I don't think it'll be terribly difficult to replace it and once Engadget/Ars Technica have one we'll see it torn down to it's base components so we'll know more then about what battery make and model it has.

 

for everyone who can't wait another 9 months

 

kev

great find

alll printed and suck together, just waiting for my first phone call on it...