Yeah, sure….

Apple can call it “iPhone” in: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, European Union, Singapore, United Kingdom – because they have either been granted the mark, or have applied for it.

http://tinyurl.com/yjtgb8

They can call it something else, in the US – if they have to – but everyone will call it “iPhone” no matter what the official name is.

Cisco tried to use the looming announcement date as leverage against Apple, and lost the bet.

Mr Chandler says it wasn’t about money: “We hoped our products could interoperate in the future.”

You try to force the kings of closed systems into giving you interoperability with their newest gadget, and wonder “why can’t we all just get along”???

Am I supposed to believe Mr Chandler is really that naive???

just sooo damn expensive hardware

Where is an editor when you need one? I’ve had posts edited for far less offensive then this.

That might be clever if it were at all true. AAPL opened just under $87 on Tuesday morning before the announcement, and it closed today at $95.80 after a -1.20 loss.

So should we just go ahead and conclude now that you are full of shit?

Stock market closed. Apple lost all of their gains from the iPhone announcement due to the lawsuit. I wonder if apple calling the lawsuit “silly” helped or hurt the stock? Thats more than a billion dollars already lost…

That means, before it is even released, the iPhone is already a bigger loser than the Zune.

Don’t know what you are talking about. Mine works fantastically. The pay per use on GPS sucks though, however it has been worth every penny the three times I have used it. The last time I used the GPS, I had to go to an industrial electricians store to buy a 500 volt switch. I bet the GPS saved me 2 hours AT LEAST. Also, the GPS works amazingly well on the lakes. You always know exactly where you are.

Why would I need bluetooth? When I buy music on my phone, it automatically appears in windows media player. Amazing! No Sync required!

And one more thing.

When I am in a VCast service area, I can watch live tv on it.

But, yah, it sucks, whatever you say dude.

A trademark Apple owns in several other countries…. and Apple has owned iphone.org for years…

Not only will they be seeking injunctive relief, but I suspect they want the treble damages as well.

Treble? 3x of what, exactly?

Will they bring in the RIAA’s accountants to help “estimate” their “losses”?

You missed one thing. Apple has already done substantial damage to the iPhone trademark. Not only will they be seeking injunctive relief, but I suspect they want the treble damages as well. The settlement could well reach into the billions of dollars, wiping out years of Apple gains in the marketplace.

Apple is going to take quite a drubbing over this clear cut case of trademark violation. Shame on Steve for this clear cut case of IP theft. It is so blatant that I suspect that the iPhone demo was his Swan Song.

Also…

Ive beem using my Razr phone all day today. One thing I noticed, is when Im not using hands free, I am using it with one hand. The more I think about that gawd awful touch screen interface, the more doubts I have that the apple engineers thought the touch screen through. At the size that thing is, there is no way to use it one handed.

Wow, also I underestimated the degree to which cell phone users HATE Cingular and ATT wireless. Just wow. What was apple thinkin…

Now you know people, never use a word that starts with an i in your product and surely never ever add an i, that’s trademark infringement.