Apple requests patent for combo iPod, phone

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.

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)

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

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" :)