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Russell Beattie on Nokia and Apple: Who Approached Whom?: "

Filed under: Internet Tools, iPod Family, iTunes, Rumors

Today on his excellent blog, Russell Beattie thinks aloud about the recent news that Nokia would be getting a browser based on Apple's Safari OSS: 'What if it was actually Apple who approached Nokia about creating a new web browser based on their Safari OSS technology? Hey, now we have something for gossip, no? The situation then is that Apple has learned from past mistakes of relying on Motorola too tightly (think CPUs) and is looking around for other top-tier manufacturers to help them with their vision of the perfect mobile companion to OSX: the proverbial and mythical iPhone.'

This is total speculation, but it is fun speculation. Beattie goes on to speculate that 'the entire phone UI could be done on top of the browser. Super compelling UI with super easy to create apps which run on Apple and Nokia branded phones.' What do you think? Is this the first sign of the fabled iPhone to rival the iTunes support of the supposedly coming-forth-any-day-now Motorola iPhone, or merely another red herring?

Note: the pic in this post is not an actual iPhone.