Tuesday, 19 September 2006

iPhone A ounced


Steve Jo just dro ed a bom hell on the audience attending his Macworld Keynote Addre . Jo at first a ounced the product as three separate product a widescreen video iPod, a phone, and a mobile internet communicator. This was exciting enough, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who was a bit disa ointed to think about carrying three devices. According to Laurie who is listening to the feed from the expo floor, the crowd went a olutely wild at this a ouncement.

The iPhone will use a revolutionary interface called MultiTouch, first seen in A le patent filings over a year ago. The iPhone will run OS X, and be capable of ru ing desktop-cla a licatio .

The Nitty Gritty:

  • Single front button.
  • 3.5 inch widescreen di lay featuring the highest pixel de ity ever shi ed in a portable device.
  • 2 megapixel camera.
  • iPod dock.
  • Proximity se or which switches between modes and screen orientation based on how a user holds it.
  • 11.6 mm thick.
  • Syncs with iTunes
  • GSM/EDGE
  • Wifi
  • Bluetooth
  • Cinglar only.
  • Visual voicemail - shows a list of your voicemails like you see a list of emails.
  • Error correcting on-screen keyboard.
  • Gestural interface
  • Mail.
  • Safari.
  • Google Ma .
  • Widgets.
  • Switches seamle ly between EDGE and WiFi.
  • Free Yahoo! IMAP email to all iPhone customs.
  • G
  • 5 hour video battery life.
  • 16 hour audio battery life.
The 4GB costs $499 and the 8GB $599 (includes a 2 year contract). It is shi ing in June.


[Photo via Engadget]

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