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Couldn’t resist mentioning the release of the Apple iPhone. All of a sudden I need a new phone.
- Release date: June 2007 in the US (time enough to get FCC approval); late 2007 in Europe.
- Price: 4GB model for $499; 8GB for $599
Features:
- OSX operating system
- Visual Voicemail (for choosing which voicemail to listen to directly);
- SMS with full QWERTY soft keyboard;
- Calendar application that syncs with PC or Mac;
- 2 megapixel camera and photo management software;
- Quad-band GSM phone with EDGE and Wi-Fi for data networking
- Widescreen iPod that syncs with simultaneously launched Apple TV
- HTML email client compatible with POP3, IMAP, MS Exchange, Apple .Mac Mail, AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo! Mail.
- Safari web browser with full web display and zoom-in capability activated by double-tapping the screen.
- Google Maps
- Yahoo oneSearch
- Unlockable by sliding finger across screen
See Jason Miller’s post for more detail: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070109iPhoneDropsEveryoneStartsCussin.html
Truly the most revolutionary mobile device in the mobile communications industry. Way to go Apple Inc.!!!
I thought it looked that way at first too but then I read Robert Scoble’s blog and had some second thoughts:
http://scobleizer.com/2007/01/10/the-iphone-reality-distortion-field/
i love it!
i will get one!
cheers!