Apple will have probably recognised the next evolution of the facsimile machine – without paper. You create a document on your computer (*ahem* Macintosh), and send it to your telephone via AppleTalk. Your telephone, running “iFaxOS” (okay, that was terrible, sorry) then translates the document into fax noise for sending to another fax machine.

Similarly, the telephone would receive a fax, assemble it, and send it back via AppleTalk to the Macintosh for review (and maybe printing, if needed be).

Essentially… graphic-enabled email without the whole electronic mail, complex addresses, terminals, service providers… just type, dial a number, and send. Very Apple.

Of course, I know I’m reading much too far into this, but what a concept!