iPhone Next Year

As many pundits have been speculating for a while, Apple is planning to release its cell phone - iPhone (I also speculated this plan in my book "Smart Phone and Next Generation Mobile Computing", p.g. 48). 

In 2005, Apple teamed up with Motorola to launch a cell phone, ROKR, that can work with iTunes. But that did not really take off.

This time, it looks Apple is getting serious about the iPod + cell phone combined gadget.

Will Zune follow the same path?

For those guys who enjoy listening to favorite songs and watching video clips on your digital media player, if their cell phone can do it, there is no need for a separate device. In fact, we are talking about two traditionally distinct industries, consumer electronics and cellular wireless, whose boundary continues to blur. An example? smart phones that can work as a nice phone and a media player.