Proof that A le will be launching a mobile service?

Takethis with several grai of salt, but an anonymous ti ter has sent the above photo to us of what a ears to be anA le branded SIM card (or an iTunes gift card modified to look like a SIM card). Our ti ter says that A le is about85% ready to roll out a cell service using the moniker Mobile Me, which was recently trademarked. A lewill be using Cingular's network and Motorola's hardware.

We are told that the service is on track to launchsometime in February (or so we are told).

Update: I should point out that our source i 't claiming that thephone pictured is the fabled iPhone (it is a Samsung SGH x497). He claims that the SIM card is A le's.

Update II: Our friends at Engadget also got the same tip that we did, so check out their take on it.

Anotherpicture after the jump.