The Melting Pot

iPod Phones: Coming soon?!

An Australian tech news site says iPod phones might soon be a reality! We all love the iPod and a one with phone features would be a rocking combo! Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ say that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone.
Currently Motrola is a leader in selling music phones with Nokia and Sony Ericcson catching up very quickly. Analysts believe that if Apple does come out with a music-playing cell phone, it will likely have the biggest impact on Motorola, the leading cell phone maker in the U.S. “Even a modest showing for an Apple multimedia cellphone could put a dent in Motorola’s profits,” Barron’s says. “If Apple were to grab just 1% of the 900 million phones expected to be sold world.