iPhone: Apple Reinventing the Phone

This morning I was informed by my friend that Apple will be having their own phone. This is truly something that is exciting. The first iPod, which was first introduced in 2001 did not just change the way we listen to music, it changes the entire music industry. At his keynote address on Tuesday, Steve Jobs revealed three revolutionary products; a wide screen iPod with a touch control, a revolutionary phone and a breakthrough internet communication device. These are not three separate devices, this is one device -- iPhone.

The mobile phone market will soon deal with a new competitor as Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday revealed the iPhone, a new touch-screen phone that plays music, video, surfs the internet and takes picture.

If you are a fan of Apple or have been following its news closely, you would have already heard of the much-rumored iPod cell phone. On Tuesday, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs revealed his new touch-screen mobile iPhone at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 with a keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West.

In his keynote speech at Macworld, Jobs said, "Apple is going to reinvent the phone. After today, nobody is going to look at these (other mobile phones) the same way again." Jobs also announced that Apple would drop "Computer" from its name and would now be known simply as Apple Inc.

If you are considering to get an iPhone for yourself or someone, you will have to wait a little longer. The iPhone is expected to come out in the United States in June, Europe in late 2007 and Asia in 2008.

What you can expect

Jobs added that the iPhone uses a new multitouch technology, which does away with the traditional keyboard found on most PDAs and replaces it with a screen upon which various buttons will appear for different functions such as its built-in iPod, phone and Web surfing.

Not only that, the Apple iPhone is a widescreen iPod that features touch screen controls that allow you to enjoy all your content, including audiobooks, music, TV shows, and movies. It features an amazing 3.5-inch diagonal screen and only 11.6 millimeters in thickness. Apple said that the phone will have a 2-megapixel camera, instant text-messaging capacity, iTunes sync and a visual voice-mail system, which will allow users to read a list of people who called.

The Apple iPhone also comes with Google Inc.'s search engine and maps, as well as Yahoo Inc.'s search engine and email application.

At the keynote, Jobs demostrated the phone by pulling up the nearest Starbucks Corp. store on Google Maps, then prank-calling the coffee shop and ordering 4,000 lattes, before hanging up -- to the roar of the crowd.

Apple said that the phone will come in two version. A phone with 4 gigabytes of storage will cost $499; the 8GB model will cost $599. Both with a 2 year contract with cingular.

Apple said that it aims to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, which would equate to about 1% market share.

Read the stories of this amazing guy behind Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, who once lost everything in his life but never stop dreaming. He mentioned in one of his stories in the commencement at Stanford University, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

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For those of you who want to view the keynote address and the introduction of the iPhone, you can catch it at: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/j47d52oo/event/