 
Apple iPhone
At the Mac World Expo of 2007, Apple Computer introduced a
revolutionary new device called the iPhone to compete with smart
phones. But, the Apple iPhone is more than a well-designed and
beautifully packaged smart phone, as it is also a major advancement
in the convergence of the technology that consumers demand today.
The Apple iPhone is first and foremost a wireless phone device. It
is also an MP3 music player and video player (would you expect less
from the innovators of the iPod?), an internet surfing device and a
digital camera all in one unit. Similar to its Apple cousins such as
the iPod Video and iPod Nano, the iphone is slim, sleek and stylish.
Steve Jobs, who founded Apple over 20 years ago and who leads
Apple's innovators, anticipates that the new Apple iPhone will
immediately be well received and that there will be more than 10
million iPhones sold by 2008. Die-hard Apple aficionados, however,
expect that is a low estimate because of almost four years of
anticipation for the new device.
One of the unique features of the Apple iPhone is the widescreen
iPod function that touts touch screen controls which allow you to
easily find and enjoy all of your media content, including your
songs, audiobooks, movies and TV shows. The bright and sharp display
is an amazing 3.5 inch widescreen format, providing unparalleled
viewing for such a device.
iPhone users are able to visually scroll through their collection of
songs, albums, artists or playlists with just a simple stroke of the
finger. One great feature is that the new unit can display album
cover artwork so that you are able to use a cool feature called
"cover flow" to browse through your musical library by viewing the
album artwork. This is a feature Mac computer users are familiar
with and, as well, the iPhone can easily sync up your content from
the iTunes library on your Mac or PC.
As far as the cell phone functions of the new Apple iPhone is
concerned, it stands apart from any competing phone with its ease of
use and simple visual access. You can initiate a call just by
pointing with your finger at a name or a number in the address book,
in a favorites list or from your call log. All the contacts on your
computer, Mac or PC or other device, will automatically sync. And,
voicemail has a new wrinkle on the iPhone. You can scroll through a
list of voice messages and listen to the ones you want to and in the
order you want to, just like you do with your email. Calls are
seamlessly merged with a quick touch of a button, creating
conference calls on-the-fly.
With the iPhone you can enjoy text messaging with SMS software that
has a predictive QWERTY keyboard that corrects mistakes. Since it is
a "soft" keyboard, it is larger than anything found on other smart
phones and it gets completely out of your way when not needed.
Integrated into the Apple iPhone is also a 2-megapixel digital
camera, with a hearty photo management application that is
completely different from anything else available on the market. You
can sync the photos to your computer, email them or browse them with
a touch of the screen. And, with a twist of the wrist, changing the
orientation of the phone automatically changes the orientation of
the screen from landscape to portrait, giving you the best view of
the photo seamlessly.
The iPhone also features the Safari browser, a favorite Mac software
and you can automatically sync your bookmarks from your Mac or PC.
Safari has built-in search functions powered by Google and Yahoo!
and you can read a web page at the same time that you are
downloading your email in the background.
For the person who is on-the-go and who would like one device to
replace three or four, the Apple iPhone is a well put-together
package that is on the cutting edge of technology. This iphone will
likely revolutionize communications devices just as Apple
revolutionized music devices.
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