Steven Perich

Something interesting that hit the blogosphere yesterday was this story about Apple knitting together a coalition of companies to form a future mobile computing platform with touch sensitive interfaces and built-in motion sensors.

The story goes on to say that “Cisco is experimenting with software that will allow users to “flick” documents from their iPhones to their desktop computers” and claims they are “developing software that creates a real-time link between the iPhone and your computer. The result: A user could simply aim his iPhone at his computer and “sweep” the file to it with a finger flick, sending the file to the desktop over the phone’s built in wi-fi connection.”

I’m not going to go dribbling tidbits or speculating on some unannounced product (the last thing we need is another iRumour, besides I’m bound by a contract that probably prohibits me from doing that - either way IANA lawyer).. but!!! I remembered reading last year after Apple and Cisco settled their trademark case soon after the iPhone announcement early 2007, the two companies would “explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security and consumer and enterprise communications” 

Remember, this is 6 weeks after the first announcement of iPhone at Macworld 2007!  And people are only just saying now that Jobs and his team are 3 steps ahead of everybody else, because they’re hearing 3G iPhone rumors, and seeing enterprise communications products like the VPN client from Cisco end up in the iPhone 2.0 firmware. 

It makes you wonder just how far back the iPhone was planned - probably after the iPod became ridiculously popular - and just how far entrenched Apple planned it from day, like a well-executed game of Chess - to be in the lives of us everyday citizens!