<s>
The	O
Linksys	B-Device
iPhone	I-Device
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
internet	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
from	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
iPhone	B-Device
model	O
–	O
released	O
by	O
Infogear	O
in	O
1998	O
–	O
combined	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
regular	O
phone	O
and	O
a	O
web	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
Cisco	O
rebranded	O
its	O
Linksys	O
VoIP-based	O
phones	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
Apple	O
released	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
of	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
iPhone	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
InfoGear	O
Technology	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Infogear	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Cidco	O
of	O
Morgan	O
Hill	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone	B-Device
was	O
an	O
innovative	O
internet	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
that	O
featured	O
a	O
sliding	O
keyboard	O
and	O
an	O
LCD	O
touchscreen	B-Device
that	O
accessed	O
an	O
embedded	O
web	O
browser	O
and	O
an	O
email	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
wave	O
of	O
internet	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
,	O
preceding	O
the	O
I-Opener	B-Device
,	O
3Com	B-Device
Audrey	I-Device
and	O
a	O
slew	O
of	O
similar	O
devices	O
from	O
various	O
manufacturers	O
including	O
Alcatel	O
and	O
Nortel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
rebranded	O
an	O
existing	O
line	O
of	O
Linksys	O
Voice	B-Application
over	I-Application
IP	I-Application
internet	B-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
introduced	O
some	O
additional	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linksys	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Cisco	O
in	O
June	O
2003	O
,	O
long	O
after	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Infogear	O
iPhone	B-Device
had	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
name-sake	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
iPhone	B-Device
devices	O
use	O
an	O
existing	O
network	O
and	O
proprietary	O
protocols	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPhone	B-Device
technology	O
previously	O
sold	O
by	O
Linksys	O
was	O
previously	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
longer	O
,	O
available	O
from	O
Netgear	O
as	O
the	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
Netgear	O
SPH200D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first-generation	O
InfoGear	O
iPhone	B-Device
shipped	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linksys	B-Device
iPhone	I-Device
CIT	O
line	O
(	O
with	O
CIT200	O
,	O
CIT300	O
,	O
CIT310	O
and	O
CIT400	O
models	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
was	O
just	O
a	O
rebranding	O
and	O
facelift	O
of	O
(	O
existing	O
from	O
2004	O
)	O
Linksys	O
CIT	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linksys	B-Device
iPhone	I-Device
WIP	O
line	O
(	O
with	O
WIP300	O
,	O
WIP320	O
and	O
WIP330	O
models	O
)	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
2006	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
9	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
announced	O
that	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
would	O
begin	O
selling	O
its	O
mobile	O
smartphone	O
called	O
iPhone	B-Device
in	O
June	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
companies	O
will	O
be	O
allowed	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
"	O
iPhone	B-Device
"	O
name	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
"	O
exploring	O
interoperability	O
"	O
between	O
Apple	O
's	O
products	O
and	O
Cisco	O
's	O
services	O
and	O
other	O
unspecified	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
