Mobile Me - Hinweis auf Apples Mobiltelefon? [Update]

Ui, in all dem Macworld Trubel platzt auch noch eine neue Handelsmarke, die sich Apple schützen lassen will:

Die Marke soll etliche Bereiche abdecken, vom Handheld über MP3-Player, PDA bis hin zum Mobil- bzw. Videotelefon: «Portable digital electronic devices and software related thereto; handheld digital electronic devices and software related thereto; digital audio players, including digital music players, and software related thereto; digital video players and software related thereto; MP3 players and software related thereto; handheld computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, electronic organizers, electronic notepads; telephones, mobile phones, videophones;» Die weiteren Anträge für Mobile Me (insgesamt sind es vier) umfassen unter anderem folgende Bereiche: Telekommunikationsdienste sowie elektronische Datenübertragung, «providing digital music from local or global communications networks, including the internet» und «providing use of on-line, non-downloadable software for communications via local or global communications networks, including the Internet, Intranets, Extranets, television, mobile communication, cellular, and satellite networks.»
Update: «"We believe this is further indication of (Apple's) strategic direction to extend its iPod + iTunes and Mac franchises into new business areas including smart phones, value-added mobile content services, and the broader consumer electronics space," American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a note on Thursday.» Reuters.