... well that's not strictly true. OK, it's not true at all. What I have got is an iPhone skin for my Palm T|X.
You can't make phone calls or do much other than open Palm applications, but it is certainly an ice breaker at parties.
The skin is known as iPhoney 0.2 (what a great name!). Last week links to the download site were posted on popular Palm user forums, including my favourite: Brighthand.
Sadly Apple's corporate legal attack dogs had to move in and spoil the fun -- you'll find most of the links to iPhoney have been removed for fear of litigation. And the iPhony site itself was broken when I looked for it this morning.
This is yet another example of Apple's often overlooked bullying, aggressive nature.
Come on Apple, lighten up, iPhony is just a piece of fun. If anything its one of those viral marketing campaigns just about every other corporation in this quadrant of the galaxy would give its right hand for.
Get with the program, we're now in an era where consumer advocates can make or break a product. Alienating your fans this way is not smart marketing.
You couldn't by chance be persuaded to email iphoney to me?? I have a Palm TX and would love to try it out.
Posted by: Eric | January 19, 2007 5:58 PM
hey, so you stole some stuff and you are blaming Apple for 'bullying' and being 'aggressive'. Tough eh?
But you still enjoy the attention you get at parties.
Well, if Apple wasn't so playing the game you would be just another party bore with his downloaded icons.
Give Apple some credit for helping your social status, will ya?
Lighten up man. And get yourself a decent phone.
Posted by: Bel Fegore | January 22, 2007 3:45 PM
There's nothing stolen here. Hell, if you like you can download the iphone image from Apple's site, do a little cutting and pasting then display it on your own phone or PDA.
Posted by: Bill Bennett | January 22, 2007 3:56 PM
I've got it installed on my Palm Treo 650, and I've seen it on a Treo 680 too.
All of the iPhoney buttons are mapped to Palm apps that do the equivalent you'd expect - including, in the Treos' case, of making phone calls, sending text, sending email and browsing the interweb.
Posted by: KiwiBloke | January 24, 2007 4:33 PM