It’s here, the Apple iPhone. After months of anticipation and plenty of rumors we have the final product. Steve Jobs (Apple CEO/ Founder) announced it in his MacWorld 2007 keynote. This device will only be available through Cingular in June and will cost a hefty $499 for 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB model.
It has most of the features you would find on an ordinary smartphone: a camera(2 Mega Pixels), internet (through Wi-Fi or Cingular’s EDGE network, Bluetooth, and E-mail.
It also has features from the other Apple products, such Mac OSX (Apple’s Operating System), a sleek design, syncs with iTunes and is simple. Mainly, all it has is the large 3.5in display and a single “home” button below it. There are also a few buttons around it and a headphone jack. It will feature “the wide-screen iPod”, with is basically and application in it which looks similar to the iPod interface. It will also have Apple’s “Safari” Web Browser with built in Google and Yahoo Search. Plus it will also have Google Maps, so you can travel the whole world (with an internet connection). The screen uses “multi-touch” technology, you won’t need to use a stylus, only your finger!
Of course the iPhone is still far from perfect. The battery life for audio playback 16 hours and for high power applications such as phone calls, video, or web browsing only about 5 hours. Smudges, a problem with the oils on our fingers. Even though Apple spent time to find the best type of material for the screen you still will always have smudges. The worst of all is that it is just like all the other Apple products! No, not the good things, the bad parts! They brought the bad things with it such as the non-modifier ability, or the limited amount of software. If the battery dies (no, not out of power. When it doesn’t work) you’ll have to send it to Apple pay them another $100 or so dollars to get the battery replaced.
This may just be one of those phones where only rich business people can afford or they will just stick with their Blackberrys. Apple wants to sell 10 million units by next year. It’s possible that only the couple thousand people get it, then they realize that it isn’t good then no one will get it. All-in-all it’s a great phone, but with some “Sour Apple” problems, if you really want to get it wait at least a few months and see how it goes.
It has most of the features you would find on an ordinary smartphone: a camera(2 Mega Pixels), internet (through Wi-Fi or Cingular’s EDGE network, Bluetooth, and E-mail.
It also has features from the other Apple products, such Mac OSX (Apple’s Operating System), a sleek design, syncs with iTunes and is simple. Mainly, all it has is the large 3.5in display and a single “home” button below it. There are also a few buttons around it and a headphone jack. It will feature “the wide-screen iPod”, with is basically and application in it which looks similar to the iPod interface. It will also have Apple’s “Safari” Web Browser with built in Google and Yahoo Search. Plus it will also have Google Maps, so you can travel the whole world (with an internet connection). The screen uses “multi-touch” technology, you won’t need to use a stylus, only your finger!
Of course the iPhone is still far from perfect. The battery life for audio playback 16 hours and for high power applications such as phone calls, video, or web browsing only about 5 hours. Smudges, a problem with the oils on our fingers. Even though Apple spent time to find the best type of material for the screen you still will always have smudges. The worst of all is that it is just like all the other Apple products! No, not the good things, the bad parts! They brought the bad things with it such as the non-modifier ability, or the limited amount of software. If the battery dies (no, not out of power. When it doesn’t work) you’ll have to send it to Apple pay them another $100 or so dollars to get the battery replaced.
This may just be one of those phones where only rich business people can afford or they will just stick with their Blackberrys. Apple wants to sell 10 million units by next year. It’s possible that only the couple thousand people get it, then they realize that it isn’t good then no one will get it. All-in-all it’s a great phone, but with some “Sour Apple” problems, if you really want to get it wait at least a few months and see how it goes.