Despite everything that’s happened with the iPhone and Monday’s lack of an Apple announcement that left us crying into our holiday eggnog, there may be hope on the horizon. An article over on aMobileME shows an Apple-style advertisement in the works that matches previously leaked images of the firm’s long-anticipated cell phone.
Strangely, at the very bottom of the image, the text “This board should” appears, as if the image is being passed back and forth between Apple and the ad agency designing the image with ideas and comments being exchanged in the process.
The the rest of text and image style appears to be what Apple would use in a potential advertisement.
Also keeping the hope of the “iPhone” name alive is a report over on MacNN.com citing the fact that according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, there are actually no less thaan four “iPhone” trademarks on file. One has been granted to Linksys and its parent company Cisco while two others have been refused and the fourth application, submitted by Ocean Telecom, has yet to be formally approved.
The Ocean Telecom patent application remains unique as it’s the only application pertaining to a device that actually addresses music, whereas the Cisco/Linksys iPhone patent is limited to “”integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks,” which the Skype-enabled VoIP phone fits under the category of.
If the product is diverse enough, apparently the USPTO will allow the name to be used again and this may just keep the iPhone name alive for a later announcement and release date.
If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions, let us know.
Despite everything that’s happened with the iPhone and Monday’s lack of an Apple announcement that left us crying into our holiday eggnog, there may be hope on the horizon. An article over on aMobileME shows an Apple-style advertisement in the works that matches previously leaked images of the firm’s long-anticipated cell phone.
Strangely, at the very bottom of the image, the text “This board should” appears, as if the image is being passed back and forth between Apple and the ad agency designing the image with ideas and comments being exchanged in the process.
The the rest of text and image style appears to be what Apple would use in a potential advertisement.
Also keeping the hope of the “iPhone” name alive is a report over on MacNN.com citing the fact that according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, there are actually no less thaan four “iPhone” trademarks on file. One has been granted to Linksys and its parent company Cisco while two others have been refused and the fourth application, submitted by Ocean Telecom, has yet to be formally approved.
The Ocean Telecom patent application remains unique as it’s the only application pertaining to a device that actually addresses music, whereas the Cisco/Linksys iPhone patent is limited to “”integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks,” which the Skype-enabled VoIP phone fits under the category of.
If the product is diverse enough, apparently the USPTO will allow the name to be used again and this may just keep the iPhone name alive for a later announcement and release date.
If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions, let us know.