Monday, March 26, 2007



Apple Talks about releasing an "iPhone"


iPhone," the name the entire free world had all but unanimously christened it from the time it'd been nothing more than a twinkle in Stevie J's eye Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the screen when it's close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quad-band GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly, though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes with CoverFlow out of the gate. Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or video, with a full 16 hours in music mode -- no word on standby time yet. The 4GB iPhone will go out the door in the US as a Cingular exclusive for $499 on a two-year contract, 8GB for $599. Ships Stateside in June, Europe in fourth quarter, Asia in 2008. (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/)

This is a big step for Apple. This phone is extremely thin and the touch screen alows the phone to be buttonless. The camera on this phone should produce high quality pictures. Apple will offer the model with 4GB or 8GB of storage. This means that the phone has plenty of room for: movies, music, pictures, and ringtones. Also the phone will be Bluetooth capable. The only things that I see wrong with this phone is its short battery life for talk and video

along with the fact that it will cost between $499 and $599.

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