Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:45 am
Wikipedia wrote:The Apple iPhone, is a combination mobile phone, multimedia player, and wireless communication device announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during his keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 9, 2007. The iPhone will support push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, web browsing and other wireless information services. In addition, the touchscreen device also includes functionality found in the iPod series of media players and runs OS X. Apple has not yet clearly revealed the distinction, if any, between OS X and Mac OS X, the only name they have used for their modern Macintosh operating system.
The device is a 2.5G quad band GSM EDGE cell phone. It comes equipped with Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0, as well as a 2-megapixel camera. It supports tilting so that content can be viewed horizontally or vertically. The iPhone will not include a built-in keyboard or keypad; input is accomplished via a software-enabled graphical user interface implemented via the iPhone's touch screen. The interface is notable because it's the first commercial handheld device to combine the Zooming User Interface and multi-touch interaction techniques, which together allow an easy control of many independent and complex applications in a small device.
The iPhone has a scheduled initial release date of June 2007, pending Federal Communications Commission approval, and will be available from the Apple Store and via Cingular. Jobs also mentioned in his keynote that Apple "plan[s] to make 3G phones and all sorts of other amazing things in the future".
Cisco Systems has owned the trademark "iPhone" since 1999 and sells a line of telephone devices under that mark with the Linksys brand. Negotiations between Cisco and Apple for the trademark were not settled at the time of Jobs's announcement. On January 10, 2007, Cisco filed a lawsuit against Apple in federal court over Apple's use of Cisco's iPhone trademark for its new handheld device.
Apple has filed over 200 patents related to the technology behind iPhone which it "intends to protect".
iPhone Specs:Screen size: 3.5 in (8.9 cm)
Resolution: 320×480 pixels
Size: 115 × 61 × 11.6 mm
Weight: 4.8 oz (135 g)
Operating System: OS X
Safari web browser
A widget engine
USB connection port
Plays MP3 file types
Voice Activated Dialing, web-browsing and typing
"Smudge Proof" Lens Coating
"Icon Clicking" GUI interface
Integrated WiFi (802.11 b/g), EDGE and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP
2 megapixel camera
Widescreen iPod music, video and photo functionality
iPod portion features Cover Flow interface and 3-D effects
Multi-touch screen interface (the "Home" button is the iPhone's only physical front panel button)
On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Fingertip scrolling, pan, and zoom (zoom in by pinch motion and zoom out by putting two fingers down and pulling them apart) functions
Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery with up to 5 hours of talk/video/browsing or up to 16 hours of audio playback.
According to MSNBC, it can detect location from Global Positioning System satellites, although Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak stated in another article that the device does not include GPS support.
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:17 am
Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:26 am
Dragonfire wrote:Wow, you're freaking lucky.
Anyways, after looking over it for awhile, I still really like it, but I'm also a tad disappointed. I wish Apple also revamped their regular video iPod line, but they probably won't do that until October.
Also, there's the whole thing with their "exclusive partnership" with Cingular. Now, I'm on the Cingular network, but I know in many places that are far from big cities, the coverage area can be spotty.
And what's up with no 3G support? That's lacking big-time.
Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:27 pm
Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:08 pm
Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:37 pm
Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:41 pm
Tested wrote:Hey, an excuse to get rid of my falling apart Blackberry 7100! Good phone, but not durable. All the little things are falling off.
Price?
Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:19 pm
Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:12 am
Dragonfire wrote:Also, there's a phone that LG came out with BEFORE the iPhone, that looks extremely similar to it. Read it here.