IPhone (internet appliance)
Original Infogear iPhone | |
| Also known as | InfoGear iPhone (1997–2000) |
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| Developer | InfoGear (1997–2000) Cisco Systems/Linksys (2006–2007) |
| Type | IP phone/ Internet appliance |
| Release date | 1997 |
| Predecessor | Project Mercury |
| Successor | Netgear SPH series |
| Website | linksys.com/iphone at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-30) |
The iPhone is a discontinued internet appliance line introduced by Infogear in 1998 and between 2000 and 2007 manufactured by Cisco. It combined the features of a regular phone and a web terminal. The company was later purchased by Cisco and no new products were marketed under the name between 2001 and 2006. At the end of 2006, Cisco rebranded its Linksys VoIP-based phones under the name, shortly before Apple released an iPhone of its own. This led to a trademark dispute between the two companies, which was resolved on February 20, 2007.