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When Microsoft introduced the Zune with WiFi, and didn’t allow wireless connectivity to Zune Marketplace, potential customers became lost opportunities.  Now Apple faces the same decision with their new iPhone.  When the device was announced last month by Steve Jobs at Macworld, there was no mention of such connectivity - but a patent that just popped up gives us all hope.

The patent, which was published on February 1, 2007, is actually rather confusing if you don’t speak patent.  Basically, it shows a “phone” (AKA the iPhone) connecting wirelessly to a “service,” which is said to include a “client device” running on a “local machine.” You know what that means, right?  It sounds like it’s referring to connectivity between the iPhone, and iTunes on your home computer.  From there, the iPhone then can communicate with content servers, and commerce servers so Apple can make big bucks.  The news is pretty vague at this point, as Apple has made no mention of such a feature at this time.  We’re still curious whether it will be Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, but we’ll be patient.  I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about it soon, so stay tuned.

Read [MacNN] Via [Gizmodo]

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