Apple Tech: Let's see, opportunities... Nope can't see any. Ok, see ya Cisco.

has anyone got any links or ideas as to how co-operative mac os x on say a macbook is going to be with the iPhone, everything from making calls to backing up contacts etc?

Saving face?
 

That may be about it. I do wonder if that formulation isn’t meant as a face-saving measure for Cisco, after they realized they had nothing to win? It’s difficult for me to envisage Apple making significant strategic compromises.

I am also cynical enough to suspect that Carlos is right. The threat of a lawsuit and the public noise we’ve heard may well have been part of an agreed-upon game to gain valuable PR for both parties. Why not, as long as journalists play along and it’s free?