IPHONE!!!

yes apple hav annouced the iphone at last, omg its soo kool it come in 2 forms a 4gig or a 8 gig... jus go on [link=]www.apple.com[/link] for all the info on it

iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.

Widecreen iPod

iPhone is a widescreen iPod with touch controls that lets you enjoy all your content — including music, audiobooks, videos, TV shows, and movies — on a beautiful 3.5-inch widescreen display. It also lets you sync your content from the iTunes library on your PC or Mac. And then you can access it all with just the touch of a finger.

Revolutionary phone

iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows you to make a call by simply pointing your finger at a name or number in your address book, a favorites list, or a call log. It also automatically syncs all your contacts from a PC, Mac, or Internet service. And it lets you select and listen to voicemail messages in whatever order you want — just like email.

Breakthrough internet device

iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device — which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.

High technology

Multi-touch

iPhone features the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse. It’s an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flip through photos and email them with a touch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page — all by simply using iPhone’s multi-touch display.
Intelligent Keyboard

iPhone’s full QWERTY soft keyboard lets you easily send and receive SMS messages in multiple sessions. And the keyboard is predictive, so it prevents and corrects mistakes, making it easier and more efficient to use than the small plastic keyboards on many smartphones.

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..majik you stole my post!

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lame

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

...bleh.. ...no picture can match Apples' imbedded Quicktime demonstrations anyway....

....you might wanna place a bowl under your chin...

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Technical Specifications
Screen size 3.5 inches
Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi psp is 272x480
Input method Multi-touch
Operating system OS X
Storage 4GB or 8GB
GSM Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
Camera 2.0 megapixels
Battery Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing Up to 16 hours Audio playback
Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
Weight 4.8 ounces / 135 grams


Besides the bettery life this thing looks pretty sweet

Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi psp is 272x480

...yeah, and i hear that all the recent rumours about apple delving into games are likely to be proven true, although for now they' ll only be on the iphone...

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ORIGINAL: Bishonen

Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi psp is 272x480

...yeah, and i hear that all the recent rumours about apple delving into games are likely to be proven true, although for now they' ll only be on the iphone...

Widescreen and touch sensitive....haven' t we been here before....

But isn' t the price like $299 dollars for the 4 Gb and $499 for the 8 Gb, that' s with a contract so without your looking at what $700 to $1000 for a phone which can play Mp3' s? Nokia, Samsung, Sony Eriksson already make phones like this, for a fraction of the price.

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Now, just give the phone some DS-esque games and we' re ready to go!

If it wasn' t made by Apple, and didn' t require horrendous iSoftware to sync, I' d hit this.

Now that Microsoft doesn' t have an image problem, it should make shit like this.

MicroSoft? Why would you want a phone that constantly crashes and is released with many bugs?

Coming in 2008... the iMagnifyingGlass, so you can read webpages on the iPhone.

EVERYONE should watch this, and then decide WHEN you' re getting the iPhone!

Jobs demos iPhone

The point is that if it worked just like other phones then it' d be fine. Drag and drop into specific folders or whatever, but because it' s Apple then like iTunes the software for syncing music/video/whatever will be awful. Apple make awesome products but annoying software. That and the damn thing will obviously only support limited audio/video formats.

Even something as simple as moving music from and iPod to a PC is made retardedly difficult because you a) don' t have immediate access to the folder on the iPod where the music is located. It' s hidden. And b) the music when you do get to it is fragmented and has stupid ASGTYEF654JH98-esue filenames. Copying the music back to a PC then means that you need to rename all of the tracks, ...it' s a joke.

I' ll definitely pick one up though. The web browser looks sweet and as long as they supply a stylus i' ll be happy.

The point is that if it worked just like other phones then it' d be fine

I think the point is the fact that its like $500 and for that you could get a phone with a contract and a 30 gb zune and have a better deal (note: i didnt specifically mention zune because its made by MS, I said it because you can send stuff to other people with it wirelessly making it better to compare with than an ipod)

I' d rather waste my money on a PS3. This thing is heavily overpriced.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

I' d rather waste my money on a PS3

and thats saying something

I' ve heard that the phone doesn' t support 3G, that f***ing sucks! Web browsing with GSM or equivalent is so slow that it' s completely useless. EDGE is good though. But it depends. EDGE can have varying speeds.
Also, touchscreen phones have been around forever and most manufacturers have not been satisfied with the results. Touch-screen only complicates things and believe it or not, it' s easier to type with normal buttons than with a touch screen. If you really want a phone to read e-mail and that kind of things then you should buy a BlackBerry or a SmartPhone or similar.
All the phone' s specs are mediocre. As with the iPod, it' s simply design and marketing that makes this phone cool.
It does have some good stuff though, the design, the big screen and the amount of memory (the 8GB version).
But it' s easier to move your music from a PC to a non-Apple phone. I just drag and drop my files to my W850i. I really hope the iPhone supports lots of audio files, like aac+ for example.
But I' m definitely not buying it. I hope they' ll make a better one in the future but when we get there I' m sure Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and the other manufacturers have done much cooler phones.
As the SonyEricsson whore I am, let me show you a couple of phones with similar functions. Some things are done better on the iPhone, but some are done better on the Se ones:
W950i if you really have to have a music phone with touchscreen
The phone has touchscreen, 4GB built in memory, and it' s a 3G phone. Also does everything else you can expect from a phone like web browsing etc.

The P990, great for the office as well as the Internet
You get a full qwerty button keyboard that' s removable, a great phone for work and Internet browsing.

One good thing with the iPhone is that they will probably put more pressure on the traditional cell phone manufacturers.

Whether or not this thing is actually any good will depend on the price. If it has the same price or lower than it' s competitors then it will probably do just fine.
Have they told the prices?

EDIT: My posts sound a little too anti-Apple so let me clarify:
The phone is good, if you like it then buy it. But it' s not an amazing revolution as Apple tries to make you believe.

nice phone.
not gonna buy it, because the only thing i do with my phone is make calls.
but, nice phone.

You make phone calls with your phone? Haha what a retard you are.
Everyone knows that you use PC' s with IP-phone services to make calls and the cell phones as media hubs.
The PSP is a photoalbum and the DS is a cook book.
The iPhone is something cool you buy to compensate for your own lack of coolness. That' s why I don' t buy iPhone.

I just took a look at your avatar after reading that post Ginji, it was perfect!

Here' s my moment of brashness.

Apple FTW
iTunes is for the criminally stupid, or the criminally rich.
Quicktime bites.

I like Apple, but I absolutely hate their iTunes Bu11sh17. It' s sound business, & it' s great for non-techies, but there' s so much better out there. Not to mention, the way they handle videos is total crap.

As for the whole game with music+phone+game thing, I' ve got devices that do all of those 3x better than any multitasking device.

....wow....

....i just watched Job' s keynote iphone presentation in full (this link actually works), and it just utterly destroys every forced negative comment in this thread (especially the part about other smart phones, lol)...

...has anyone other than chee saw watched it?... ..fucking awesome, weather you love apple or not..... ....goddam... ...the bit when he calls employees in the audience, and then when he calls starbucks...

...truly masterful....

.....too bad Zune only just came out, it almost had a half a chance...


....naawt..

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Going on what bish said, I watched the video....

...I watched the entire 1 hour 30mins of it, the whole thing is just Fantastic, the way you scroll through music and watch videos is Awesome, The touch Screen is the way of the Future for Moblie Phones Seriously, I have been waiting for the ipod with touch screen that you could turn sideways and play video on the entire front, I just didn' t think it would be on a phone.

The internet looked slower, but nothing unmanageable, the fact it uses wifi is great. I loved the Stylus joke by the way. The phone brings up music and photos on the fly, which i Like, no waiting around to start the ipod, it even sychs with itunes, which is a minus, but for a phone this cool, its got to have brawbacks.

And it does, the price, for the 4gb,499$[4gb] and 599$[8gb]. thats alot. Ps3 alot. And the battery isn' t very powerful, at 4-5 talk time and 16h music play. But really thats it. So far. But he really went through almost every feature. For the money you pay, its worth it.

Come Q4 2007. This is Mine.

.....too bad Zune only just came out, it almost had a half a chance

In fairness, Zune was dead before Microsoft Announced it.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I mean c' mon guys, of course his presentation makes the iPhone look impressive, it' s a damn live commersial.
Of course he makes everything with the product seem amazing.
It' s not a documentary, everything he says is not the ultimate truth. Just try not to listen to what he says, just look at the product, its spec charts and what it actually offers.
It' s quite impressive, so it' ll definitely be worth buying for some people, but it' s not the revolution Apple claims.
It' s a slight refinement of earlier cell phone features.

I' m looking forward to upcoming cell phone conventions this spring to see how the other cell phone manufacturers deal with this.
They have probably been working with the same ideas as Apple but now maybe someone pulls a Sony and does a last minute copy

and then when he calls starbucks...

I could do the same thing on my phone but much quicker. The only difference was that since Google automatically links to their wap-site I didn' t get a cool design as the iPhone got.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGXwtkXOjZw

This video says it all.

I' m looking forward to upcoming cell phone conventions this spring to see how the other cell phone manufacturers deal with this.
They have probably been working with the same ideas as Apple but now maybe someone pulls a Sony and does a last minute copy

...anyone having anything even approaching what the iphone does is wishful thinking, especially since it' s based around the ipod and Apple' s own particular niche ideals, rather than the " me too" attitude of most handsets...

....you certainly have a point about just how closely traditional cellphone manufacturers will try and rip-off the iphone though... ...although Apple will be hoping the 205-odd patents they filed in regards to the iPhone will help stop the gazzillions of cheap imitations that the ipod was privy too....

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I can see the next sony walkman phone to be a direct competetion to this.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

...yeah, it' ll be interesting to see how Sony respond to iphone...

...they' re inventive enough to come up with their own good design solutions, but i doubt they have the clout to producing anything half as revolutionary as iphone, especially since Analysts are apparently describing the iphone as a " wake up call" to the mobile communications industry...

....btw, check out the sweet CBS demonstration......

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You guys are fucking stupid when you fall into Apples brainwashing when you are calling it revolutionary! Shit, it' s nice and all but it does nothing revolutionary.

Ah heck Ginjirou, it had me at scrolling. Its not revolutionary, its a phone, but it is 5 years ahead. And heck, I never used anything like it before.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

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You guys are fucking stupid when you fall into Apples brainwashing when you are calling it revolutionary! Shit, it' s nice and all but it does nothing revolutionary.

I think you' re missing the point, ginjirou. Apple makes things work the way they SHOULD work. If you look at the video, the way you access everything is intuitive, and elegant in it' s design. Maybe all of the features aren' t " revolutionary" , per se, but they are certainly " evolutionary" . Hell, the visual voice-mail IS revolutionary! It' s only a matter of time before people won' t accept anything else!

Other cell phones seem designed by nerds. iPhone seems developed by artists. In other words, the learning curve for other phones is great, while with the iPhone it' s not.

I think you' re missing the point, ginjirou. Apple makes things work the way they SHOULD work. If you look at the video, the way you access everything is intuitive, and elegant in it' s design. Maybe all of the features aren' t " revolutionary" , per se, but they are certainly " evolutionary" . Hell, the visual voice-mail IS revolutionary! It' s only a matter of time before people won' t accept anything else!

Other cell phones seem designed by nerds. iPhone seems developed by artists. In other words, the learning curve for other phones is great, while with the iPhone it' s not.

At least someone who makes some sense.
Yes the iPhone, while not a revolution, is an evolution in that it simplifies already existing technology.
However, all cell phone manufacturers have lately been doing the same.
You are right now comparing the iPhone with existing phones already on the market but you should wait until the traditional cell phone manufacturers present their latest products that will be in direct competition with the iPhone.
If the next iPhone supports 3G and the competitors can' t come up with anything better than they already have on the market today, then I' ll buy an iPhone too. Heck, I might even buy two because it does have scrolling
But many existing cell phones are easy too, you' re listening too much to Jobs bullshit about smartphones that aren' t smart and this and that. His picture showing the difficulty of cell phones was a smart move but it' s an ad.

Anyway, one thing I find disturbing with the iPhone is:
Touchscreen, slim and big screen = It might be difficult to hold it with one hand.
I always use my cell phones in one hand.

Bluetooth headsets dude. None of this holding the phone up to your face rubbish.

Headsets are good for conversations, but if you' re surfing the web a headset doesn' t do much.
If you are happy with just using a headset then any phone on the market today will be good for you.

Yeah, but the thing is touch screen ans the browser will be fully functioning HTML. Using two hands will be necessary.

I don' t get it.
I' m visiting normal websites on my current cell phone. No wap shit.
I' m using one hand.

Perhaps it' s because i wouldn' t use a touchscreen without a stylus thus making using two hands mandatory.

I remember Jobs saying you won' t be using a stylus with the iPhone.
He said we will be using our natural pointing devices, our fingers. I hope the screen won' t get all greasy.

He can do as he pleases. I' ll be using a stylus, and if it doesn' t work properly then i won' t go near the thing. Scratched greasy screens are not my bag baby.