At Guayaquil in 1822, before the Spanish were finally expelled from South America, revolutionary leaders Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín held a private meeting. Bolívar went on to liberate the continent. San Martín emerged to resign command of his forces and soon retired to Europe. No-one knows what happened in that room.
Likewise, no-one knows what Apple and Cisco agreed to in their iPhone deal, because the terms are confidential. The Kremlinologists are nattering, however, because of one thing they did agree to: they would "explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, and consumer and (business) communications."
Some suggested that Cisco's aim was not just money, but a place on the boat: they wanted some kind of hookup between their iPhones and Apple's iPhones. The thought in the statement is but a shadow of this notion, assuming it's the case.
Negotiations over the trademark, owned by Cisco, continued for months — right up until hours before Apple announced its own iPhone. Cisco sued immediately afterwards, but whatever they got for their trouble, no-one's telling.
Analysts say Apple appears to have topped Cisco in iPhone [USA Today]
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