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iPod will soon have a new avatar - 7500 songs on its 80GB hard disk will combine with smart phone technology to create the iPhone.

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WASHINGTON, DC: The world’s largest selling personal entertainment device will soon have a new avatar. Seven thousand five hundred songs on its 80GB hard disk will combine with smart phone technology to create the iPhone, according to the latest buzz on the global geek circuit.

According to US Patent Application No 20060268528 and Serial No 501184 filed by two of Apple’s innovators Stephen Zadesky and Stephen Lynch, the patent is for “a portable computing device capable of wireless communications, comprising: an enclosure that surrounds and protects the internal operational components of the portable gadget, the enclosure including a structural wall formed from a ceramic material that permits wireless communication”.

The patent, filed in August 2006, was made public by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday. It describes the device as a media player, a cell phone and a handheld computing device. The inventors claim that the ceramic material is zirconia, normally used to make fake diamonds, but is also used to create electronic gadgets such as cell phones and smart phones to efficiently transmit radio frequency signals and keep the gadget’s casing strong. The description of the device in the patent also talks about a keypad and an antenna.

Everything in the patent points to a smart phone with the features and the look of an iPod. Technology magazine Red Herring reported that Apple has already contracted a Taiwanese firm to build 12 million units of the new gizmo that is as-yet unnamed, but is already nicknamed the iPhone, based on the popular iPod nomenclature.

Apple’s stock price rose to $91.89 on Friday as news of the new product spread, up from its previous close of $91.66. Although this patent application has all the hallmarks of a complete device, this is not the first time that speculation is rife about an iPhone. However, this time around, the patent seems to be for a complete multitasking convergent product, and Apple watchers say that it could be released as early as February 2007.

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