Is the iPhone a VoIP Trojan horse?

You're probably as sick as I am of hearing about Apple's iPhone (and I have every intention of buying one of the first ones off the line). But before you resume your previously scheduled life, there's one under-reported iPhone feature that you should consider: Apple has jammed a WiFi radio into the thing. FairPlay, Apple's digital rights management system, does not allow iPod-to-iPod transfer (though third party software makes it possible). So a cell phone with WiFi can only mean Internet access, and CEO Steve Jobs demoed just that kind of access at the unveiling. The implication was that the data connection came from Cingular, but maybe it really came from a WiFi connection--and maybe the iPhone will have some wireless VoIP goodness baked in when it ships in June. What that means for iPhone partner Cingular and its data plans can only be speculated upon, which is why we have a Comments section.

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