Apple requests patent for combo iPod, phone

[vansmack]

Apple requests patent for combo iPod, phone
 Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - 2:33 PM PST Thursday
 
 Apple Computer Inc. has asked for a patent to protect a planned device combining a mobile phone with its iPod music player, according to reports Thursday.
 
 With the public revelation of the patent application, which was filed in August, Cupertino-based Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) fueled expectations that it may soon may sell a so-called iPhone.
 
 Analysts have expected CEO Steve Jobs to branch out into an iPod-related line, capitalizing on the device's intense popularity, and speculated recently that an iPod may be in the works that merges a phone and adds up to $1.5 billion to the company's annual sales.

[sweetcell]

and in other ipod news:
 
 Students Hack Popular Device to Track Jogger's Whereabouts (short newsy version)
  Devices That Tell On You: The Nike+iPod Sport Kit (longer version)

[poorlulu]

Wait, with the nike ipod thing you can track someone from upto 60feet away.
 
 Shit! I smaell so bad you could probabaly sniff me out from 10 times that distance. What a storm in a teacup

[sweetcell]

true dat, but to my knowledge body odor-to-GoogleMapsAPI isn't possible.  if ever it was, we'd have a new expression: "you smell so bad, i can track you on Google Maps"