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For the line of Internet appliances, see iPhone (Linksys).
iPhone
File:IPhone at Macworld (front view).jpg
Compatible networks2.5G GSM (850/900/1800/1900), Data Download Speed - GPRS/EDGE (Up to 144 Kbps)
Dimensions4.5 × 2.4 × 0.46 in / 115 × 61 × 11.6 mm
Weight4.8 ounces /135 grams
Memory4 GB, 8 GB, internal (not externally expandable)
Display3.5 in 320 x 480 at 160 ppi
ConnectivityComputer via 30-pin iPod dock connector, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

The 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.[1][2] 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 between the OS running on their computer line and the iPhone.

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 to make 3G phones and all sorts of other amazing things in the future".[3]

Apple has filed over 200 patents related to the technology behind iPhone which it "intends to protect".[4]

Specifications

  • 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[5]
  • USB connection port
  • Plays AAC, MP3, Audible, & Apple Lossless audio file formats
  • Plays H.264 video & MPEG-4 video file formats
  • Voice Activated Dialing, web-browsing and typing
  • "Smudge Proof" Lens Coating
  • "Icon Clicking" GUI interface
  • Integrated WiFi (802.11b/802.11g), 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,[6] although Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak stated in another article that the device does not include GPS support. [1]

Part suppliers

The following are the parts being used in the iPhone and their suppliers [2]:

Pricing and availability

On January 9, 2007, Jobs announced that the iPhone will first be available in June 2007 in the U.S., Q4 2007 in Europe, and in 2008 for Asia. The initial U.S. release will be offered in two configurations with two different prices, based on a 2-year phone service contract: a 4 GB model for $499 and an 8 GB model for $599.

Apple also announced that its goal was to capture 1% of the global mobile phone market (of some 1 billion units), which would approximate 10 million units being sold in 2008, the first full calendar year of iPhone availability (but which is about a quarter of the "smart mobile" segment of some 40 million units, iPhone is in). For comparison, Jobs announced that the Apple iPods command more than 70% of the U.S. market share for MP3 players.[7]

In a deal concluded from secretive discussions beginning in February 2005, Cingular Wireless will be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the United States and will remain so until 2009.[8] The iPhone may be purchased only with a two-year service plan with Cingular.[9]

In Spain, the carrier will be Movistar, following a meeting between Jobs and César Alierta, the CEO of Telefónica S.A.

Features

Built-In battery
The device features a built-in battery similar to the iPod.
Phone
The iPhone allows 3-way conferencing, call holding, call merging, caller ID, and integration with other iPhone features. A playing song is muted when the user receives a call.
Keyboard
The device uses an embedded touchscreen keyboard which is claimed to introduce new levels of integrated usability for this type of tactile interface. It features automatic spell checking.
Photos
The photo management program allows the user to upload, view, and e-mail photos. It is possible to zoom in and out of photos by "unpinching" and "pinching" them (respectively) with two fingers.


Camera
The iPhone features a 2 megapixel camera.
Widescreen video
The 3.5-inch widescreen display (320×480 at 160 ppi) allows users to watch TV shows and films. Unlike other image-related content, video on the iPhone plays only in the landscape orientation, when the phone is turned sideways. A two-fingered rotation command is used to switch between wide-screen and full-screen aspect ratios.
WiFi and Bluetooth
The iPhone has built in WiFi, with which it will be able to access the internet (through a wireless network) via the Safari browser. Direct downloading of files from iTunes Store is not currently supported. The iPhone also has Bluetooth built in and works with wireless earpieces that use Bluetooth 2.0 technology and for file transfer.
Internet
The iPhone uses the Safari web browser, displaying full web pages as opposed to simplified pages as on most other phones. Web pages may be viewed in portrait or landscape mode and support automatic zooming by "pinching" or double-tapping images or text.
E-mail
The QWERTY keyboard is used in the iPhone HTML e-mail program, which also enables the user to view photos in an e-mail alongside the text. Yahoo! will be providing a free Push-IMAP e-mail service similar to that on a BlackBerry; IMAP and POP3 mail standards are also supported including Microsoft Exchange.
Widgets
The iPhone will run widgets including Stocks and Weather.
Maps
An agreement between Apple and Google allows one to use a specially modified version of Google Maps — in map, local list, or satellite form, optimized for the iPhone. During the launch of the product, Jobs demonstrated the usefulness of this feature in his keynote by searching for nearby coffee shops and then placing a call to one with a single click - and, by asking for "four thousand lattes to go", completed the first public prank call with an iPhone.
Music
The layout of the music library differs from previous iPods, with the sections divided more clearly alphabetically, and with a larger font. The Cover Flow, like that on iTunes, shows the different album covers in a scroll-through photo library. Scrolling is achieved by swiping a finger across the screen.
Sensors
The iPhone has three sensors:
  • A proximity sensor – when the iPhone is brought to one's ear the touchscreen shuts off. This is to save battery power and to prevent accidental contact with the user's face and ears from triggering phone features.
  • An ambient light sensor that adjusts screen brightness and saves power.
  • An accelerometer, which senses the orientation of the phone and changes the screen accordingly.
Control via multi-touch technology
The touch screen is specifically created for use with a finger (multiple fingers can also be used at the same time); no stylus is needed. The photo album manipulation is an example of Multi-Touch sensing as recently demonstrated by Jefferson Y. Han. The control buttons for the phone have the ability to be reprogrammed to whatever control scheme the user wishes. To unlock the phone touchscreen the user must slide their finger from left to right at the bottom of the screen.
Visual voicemail
iPhone will include a feature in conjunction with Cingular which allows users to view a list of current voicemail messages onscreen, without having to call into their voicemail. Voicemail messages will play when selected by the user.
Memory
Initial versions of the iPhone will be available in 4GB and 8GB flash memory.
Headphones
There will be new headphones which are similar to those of current iPods, but which incorporate a microphone. Calls can be answered and ended by squeezing the microphone. Wireless earpieces that use Bluetooth technology to communicate with the iPhone will be sold separately.
Text messaging
Text messages are presented in a mailbox format similar to Mail, which places all text from recipients together with replies. Under each recipient texts are shown in a user friendly format, showing each text in a speech bubble and are viewed going down in chronological order.

Reviews

Despite overwhelming positive response in the media to the iPhone announcement, a number of industry pundits had reservations with the product, identifying several issues that they predicted could be problematic. MP3 Newswire had concerns that the iPhone's thin profile and clear facia might suffer undue stress in a pants pocket if users were to sit or bend.[10]. Upon one initial review, APC Magazine listed 10 criticisms of the iPhone (playing Devil's advocate to a positive review authored by a writer for the same magazine), including what the reviewer described as short battery life, modest memory, and that it's locked to only one carrier.[11] Business 2.0 questioned the iPhone's high price, as well as the amount Cingular is expected to charge, saying it would probably price out the youth market who are key to the iPod's success.[12] CNET also cited issues including possible future incompatibility with the announced "embedded" OS X version for the iPhone and the theoretical flexibility it would provide to programmers, the still unknown processor power for the device, the inherent fragility of a screen based device as well as the yet untested standby time.[13]

iPhone trademark

Infogear originally filed for the trademark of the iPhone on March 20, 1996 and has owned the trademark since 1999. Cisco Systems obtained the iPhone trademark after its acquisition of Infogear in 2000.[14] The term has been used on the (Infogear) iPhone since 1997 and (Linksys) iPhone was launched in 2006. Cisco representatives stated on January 9, 2007, that their company and Apple had been in negotiations regarding the trademark and expected to reach an agreement about the name shortly,[15] according to documents received by Apple's lawyers the night before the Macworld keynote event.[16] Apple has owned the domain iphone.org since 1999. Cisco has since announced they are suing Apple over the use of the trademark iPhone, seeking an injunction in federal court to prohibit Apple from using the name. Apple spokesman Alan Hely said "We think Cisco's trademark lawsuit is silly," and that Cisco's trademark registration was "tenuous at best". "We are the first company to ever use the iPhone name for a cell phone, and if Cisco wants to challenge us on it we are very confident we will prevail."[17][18] The iPhone trademark and domain dispute is similar to the appleimac.com, Apple iMac issue.

References

  1. ^ "Apple Reinvents the Phone with iPhone". Press releases (Press release). Apple Inc. January 9 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-09. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Apple Unveils New Mobile Phone". New York Times. Associated Press. January 9 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Live from Macworld 2007: Keynote Address — Quicktime stream of Steve Jobs keynote
  4. ^ "Apple Options Not An Issue At Macworld". Heather Ishimaru. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  5. ^ It is not clear yet how similar the architecture is to OS X for the Mac.
  6. ^ "Apple unveils cell phone, Apple TV". MSNBC. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  7. ^ "Reuters". Reuters. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Richtel, Matt (2007-01-10). "In Cingular-Apple Deal, Only Phone Was Missing". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-01-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Lee, Ellen (2007-01-10). "Apple Wants a Bigger Bite". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-01-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Apple iPhone Thoughts". MP3 Newswire. Richard Menta. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  11. ^ "Top 10 things to hate about the Apple iPhone". APC Magazine. Dan Warne. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  12. ^ "With the high-priced iPhone, Apple may be picking too many fights at once". Business 2.0. Jon Fortt. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  13. ^ "A heavy load for the iPhone to bear". Cnet. Tom Krazit. January 10, 2007, 2:47 PM PST. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Blitstein, Ryan (2007-01-10). "Cisco Sues Apple Over Apple iPhone Name". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  15. ^ Charny, Ben (2007-01-09). "Cisco pushes Apple for permission to use iPhone trademark". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  16. ^ "Apple's 'iPhone' name unsettled even during Jobs keynote". 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-10. {{cite news}}: Text "work Associated Press" ignored (help)
  17. ^ "Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name". BBC News. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  18. ^ Associated Press (2007-01-10). "Cisco Sues Apple Over Use of IPhone Name". Retrieved 2007-01-10.

See also

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