So it’s all over. Apple and Cisco settle the “iPhone” trademark battle, and while its shameless self promotion, my home away from home has an excellent analysis (along with a challenging comment from a dissenter that I do hope I responded to with fervor and valid information) on the results of the merger:

[ Gearlog.com: Cisco and Apple…iPhone Love? ]

The root of the announcement:

Apple and Cisco announced that they would share the name “iPhone,” Apple using it for its new smartphone due on store shelves later this summer, and Cisco using the name for their Linksys-branded VOIP phone for home networks. The two stated that they would settle their differences and work together to make their products more interoperable, and that they would collaborate in areas like consumer and enterprise communications and security, without releasing any further details of the agreement.

I’ve noticed I’m not the only person who thinks that Apple came out ahead on this deal, some analysts believe that Cisco got the short end of the deal. For more analysis, check out Brian Gardiner’s article at PCMag.com about the deal as well.