Via The Seattle Times: There has been some underground buzz about iPod makers, Apple, coming out with cell phones and even a wireless service (watch out). Last week, reports trickled to the media that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office had approved an Apple patent for a sort of portable wireless device and phone. (Garble-dy-gook to me, read here.) This is in addition to Apple applying for a trademark, earlier this year, for “Mobile Me” (a mobile phone service).

“Nobody has come up with the definitive music experience on a handset yet,” said John Jackson, a wireless industry analyst at the Yankee Group. “It’s a very open opportunity. It has powerful potential.”

I wonder what it will do for stylish phones. iPods are the best looking mp3 players around, and I believe they have such success partly due to that. I saw the Pink iPod, I had to get it, no matter what. I didn’t care about the mini size, that thing was cute. I’m very interested in seeing what they make. I want a prototype! I hear (pop-uppy site) that it could come out by 2007. Well, I wish I had a cute pic to put on the blog!