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“With millions of iPod touch media players in the marketplace, the prospect of being able to provide them with telephonic capabilities via an accessory transceiver is rather an interesting development,” Purcher reports. “According to Apple’s patent, the accessory transceiver could be connected with the mobile device with either a physical connection or a wireless connection.”
Purcher reports, “In some embodiments, the mobile device could also include an internal wireless transceiver that could provide access to a different mobile telephone network. Thus, using the accessory transceiver could allow the mobile device to access two separate mobile telephone networks.”
Much more, including patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
I don’t want the phone from the iPhone in my iPod Touch, I want the GPS from the iPhone in my iPod Touch!
Reminds me of the old phone springboard module from Handspring
Yes, GPS for iPod touch. I’d but that plug in accessory.
Ba-da-bing! Does this mean Apple will say goodbye to the telcos (or at least ATT), and start their own phone network of sorts?
Or an iPad. So, all the iPod touch, iPads, and iPhones doing FaceTime and more. So, what is Apple’s and the iOS real and future market share? TSUNAMI COMING!
Perfect now without violating AT&T any ipod touch can work with any phone company.
It could be a $50 to $100 car Wi-Fi option for your car. Give it power and your car is on-line!
I’d like a dozen to go please. I just want telephony and don’t care about all the iPhone 4 extras. Our family has two iPod touch units and I’d love to have this telephonic accessory option.
“…the accessory transceiver could be connected with the mobile device with either a physical connection or a wireless connection.”
Admission of guilt: I was a bit leery of Steve Jobs claiming Apple had a lot more great products coming down pipeline in 2010 after the iPhone 4 presentation.
But now I am in a state of euphoria bordering on delirium!
Who else but Apple could CREATE a new world of unimaginable insanely-great gadgets to awe us and make the ongoing Bush Depression bearable. I love these guys. <3 <3 <3
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In a related story, Aplle patents the idea of having ideas. ” This makes perfect sense as Apple appears to be the only innovative company left”.
Easy to imagine markets for a remote-mount (BT) GPS antenna, a GSM phone transceiver (for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad), a CDMA phone transceiver, an LTE phone transceiver as well as combination units. One Pod+ to connect them all…