Apple iPodPhone: Latest Leaked Specs

Business outlook

Apple's blockbuster iPods rocked the market of small devices by creating the first successful legal music online store with its iTunes Store.
This step gave to Apple a great experience in both design and manufacturing of end-user devices.
Though Apple is new to the mobile industry, he did a first step in partnering with Motorola by releasing two different phones, respectively the ROCKR E1 and ROCKR E2.
These two phones embeds the necessary iTunes software that enables users to buy and download over the air music song straight from the iTunes Music Store.
Since then, increasing rumored popped here and then through the industry and the media.

Latest rumored specifications

The iPod Phone may run under Mac OS X "Leopard" stripped down version (source LoopRumors) which should give the handset special synchronization support. The phone should include specifically adapted iSynch, iCal, iTunes and iPhoto applications.

The telephony module of the phone is said to be 2,5G compliant not 3G (ie. GSM/EDGE networks) for the sake of keeping the form factor as small as possible (source ThinkSecret) .

Two different models should be released: 4GB and 8GB of flash memory.

Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle reported leaks about some of the details on the phone:

• Pricing: $599 (4GB) and $649 (8GB)
• Metal-made body
• Size factor wider than the iPod nano and thinner than the iPod Video
• Features a 3.5-inch LCD screen and will be available in multiple colors, including at least black, white and silver
• Release date: First half of 2007

Anoucement may be done at MacWorld Expo, by january 7th 2007.

More to come...