Taiwanese contractor to build iPhones for Apple

[zekrahminator]

There have long been rumors about a possible iPhone. Apple has been planning these for some time, and officially called a Taiwanese contractor to begin building iPhones for them. These iPhones, having the ability to play music, would be a direct competitor to Apples own iPod. Not wanting to be left behind, Microsoft has been rumored to be building a version of the Zune that doubles as a cell phone, and Nokia has confirmed working on a sleek phone/music player.

Source: Red Herring (http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19763&hed=Apple+iPhones+Get+Call&sector=Industries&subsector=Communications)

[evil bill]

thats spooky - I was looking at a Sony Erikson Walkman phone advert just yesterday and thinking about how Apple must be considering an iPhone - the days of carrying a cell phone and a separate mp3 player are surely numbered.

Does anyone have a Walkman phone? Can you switch of the phone but still use it as an MP3 player in places you aren't allowed to use phones, e.g. Aircraft, Hospitals etc...

[Agility]

Yes. It's like motorola airplane mode. Use it and it switches it's singal off while leaving the phone on. Though air steward/ess will still ask you to switch it off lol.

[Jimmy 2004]

About time phones took a more of a step to MP3 players. If someone made a good MP3 phone that had at least 4GB of storage I would get it when I replace my phone. As things stand I put 100 songs that I like most on my phone but use my iPod most of the time.

[evil bill]

The W950i has 4GB internal storage apparently - http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10391

I think some of their other phones use Memory Sticks as well as internal storage - you can get 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo now ( I have one for my PSP) and apparently 8GB are not far away.

[evil bill]

Yes. It's like motorola airplane mode. Use it and it switches it's singal off while leaving the phone on. Though air steward/ess will still ask you to switch it off lol.

ah yes, I see that now - I was in a bit of a hurry earlier and too lazy to look myself

"What does Music only mean in the start-up menu?
In the start-up menu you can select Music only. Instead the phone having full functionality, all the phone's transmitters are turned off to prevent disturbance of sensitive equipment, e.g. in a plane or hospital. You cannot make calls, receive calls or send/receive messages, etc. You can only use the WALKMAN."