10th
January
2007
Apple’s iPhone Offers Interesting Possibilities
posted in iPhone |I’m still wagging my tongue over the new Apple iPhone, and hoping that fingerprints are as easy to remove as my saliva. But I’m starting to think about the possibilities for this little device that I doubt there are published answers for, or anyone who can talk about them if they have the knowledge.
- Bluetooth: Apple released its own diminutive Bluetooth wireless headset, so we know that works. But what about their Bluetooth keyboard and mouse? Unless the company has specifically disabled these devices, they should work as input methods, since the iPhone runs on Mac OS X.
- Video: The iPhone also has an iPod connector for syncing with desktop Macs and PCs. iPods currently support video out through their dock, which the iPhone will also have. Does this mean that the iPhone will also support video out, at least for photos and videos? And if only for those objects, surely some hacker could create video out for the entire device…
- Bluetooth/Video Combination: The natural conclusion, then, is that it may very well be possible to use an iPhone as a ultra tiny little Mac, complete with keyboard, mouse and monitor. Disconnect them, and take it on the road for all the touchscreen goodness described at today’s keynote.
Which leads me to also wonder if someone will modify an iPhone to allow iTunes “squirting” as the Zune does… 
Stay tuned…
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