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* Screen size: 3.5 in (8.9 cm) |
* Screen size: 3.5 in (8.9 cm) |
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** Resolution: 320×480 pixels |
** Resolution: 320×480 pixels |
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* Size: 115×61×11.6 mm |
* Size: 4.5×2.4×0.46 in / 115×61×11.6 mm |
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* Weight: 4.8 oz (135 g) |
* Weight: 4.8 oz (135 g) |
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* Operating System: Mac OS X variation |
* Operating System: Mac OS X variation |
Revision as of 06:04, 15 January 2007
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Compatible networks | 2.75G GSM (850/900/1800/1900), Data Download Speed - GPRS/EDGE (Up to 220 Kbps) |
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Dimensions | 4.5×2.4×0.46 in / 115×61×11.6 mm |
Weight | 4.8 ounces /135 grams |
Memory | 4 GB, 8 GB, internal |
Display | 3.5 in, 320x480 px at 160 ppi |
Connectivity | Computer via 30-pin iPod dock connector, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth |
The Apple iPhone (styled Apple Inc.iPhone) is a combination camera phone, PDA, 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 telephony, text messaging, web browsing and other wireless information services.
Unlike most smartphones, the iPhone will not include a built-in keyboard or keypad; input is accomplished via a combination of technologies, including a touchscreen with software virtual keyboard and buttons. Apple has indicated a variation of the Mac OS X operating system will run on the iPhone, but distinction between the operating systems running on Macs and iPhone have not been officially explained. Third party applications are, as of now, limited to a "controlled environment".[3]
The iPhone has a scheduled release date of June 2007, pending Federal Communications Commission approval, and will be available from the Apple Store and via Cingular. iPhone has a planned launch price of $499 (USD) for the 4 GB model, and $599 (USD) for the 8 GB model. Jobs also mentioned in his keynote that Apple has a "plan to make 3G phones" in the future.[4] Apple has filed over 200 patents related to the technology behind the iPhone.[5]
Specifications
- Screen size: 3.5 in (8.9 cm)
- Resolution: 320×480 pixels
- Size: 4.5×2.4×0.46 in / 115×61×11.6 mm
- Weight: 4.8 oz (135 g)
- Operating System: Mac OS X variation
- Safari web browser
- A widget engine
- Core Foundation
- QuickTime 7
- Power Management
- USB connection port
- Plays AAC and MP3 audio file formats
- Plays H.264 video
- GUI interface
- Integrated WiFi (802.11b/802.11g), EDGE and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP
- 2 Megapixel camera
- Widescreen iPod for 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 (through a technique called "pinching") functions
- Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery with up to 5 hours of talk/video/browsing or up to 16 hours of audio playback.
Features
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Apple-iPhone-001.jpg/220px-Apple-iPhone-001.jpg)
Multi-touch screen
The 3.5-inch widescreen display (320×480 px at 160 ppi) 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 a finger from left to right at the bottom of the screen.
The device uses an embedded virtual keyboard made possible thanks to the touchscreen, which is claimed to introduce new levels of integrated usability for this type of tactile interface. It features automatic spell checking.
Instead of using a windowed desktop metaphor, the main task flow and information presentation is done through a Zooming User Interface. The user interface is notable because it's the first commercial handheld device to combine a ZUI with multi-touch interaction techniques, which together with the built-in sensors allow for complex interactions and easy control of many independent applications in a small device.
The device also features three sensors: a proximity sensor that shuts off the touchscreen when the iPhone is brought close to an ear, 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 and an accelerometer, which senses the orientation of the phone and changes the screen accordingly.
Phone
The iPhone allows 3-way conferencing, call holding, call merging, caller ID, and integration with other iPhone features. A playing song fades out when the user receives a call. Once the call is ended the music fades back on without delay.
iPhone will include a Visual Voicemail 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.
Text messages are presented chronologically in a mailbox format similar to Mail, which places all text from recipients together with replies. Text messages are displayed in speech bubbles (similar to in iChat) under each recipient's name.
Camera
The iPhone features a 2 megapixel camera and a photo management program that 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.
iPod
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.
Like the fifth generation iPods introduced in 2005, the iPhone can play video allowing 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 tap is used to switch between wide-screen and full-screen aspect ratios.
Internet communicator
The iPhone has built in WiFi, with which it will be able to access the Internet (through a wireless network) via the Safari browser. The web browser displays 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. Direct downloading of files from iTunes Store is not supported. The iPhone also has Bluetooth built in and works with wireless earpieces that use Bluetooth 2.0 technology and for file transfer.
The iPhone also features an HTML e-mail program, which also enables the user to embedded photos in an e-mail message. 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, similar to the ones available in Mac OS X v10.4's Dashboard, are included on the iPhone. The examples given in the Macworld 2007 keynote were Stocks and Weather widgets.
An agreement between Apple and Google provides for access to 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 this feature by searching for nearby coffee shops and then placing a call to one with a single tap.
Other
Like other iPods and unlike most mobile phones, the iPhone features a built-in battery that is not intended to be user-replaceable.[6]
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.
The loudspeaker is used both for handsfree operations and media playback.
The iPhone has the ability to synchronize with Apple's iCal (for calendar and notifications), Address Book (for phone numbers), and iTunes. Windows users will be limited to iTunes synchronization. The email program Outlook for Windows cannot be synchronized with the iPhone[6]
Part suppliers
The following are the parts being used in the iPhone and their suppliers:[7]
- Samsung Electronics - application/video processor (ARM Cortex-A8)[8]
- Marvell Inc. - Wi-Fi chips
- Infineon Technologies AG - baseband & RF chips
- Broadcom Corp. Inc. - touch screen controller
- Cambridge Silicon Radio - Bluetooth
- Largan Precision - camera lens
- Altus Technologies - camera module assembly
- Micron Technology - CMOS Imager which is also used with the current iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and the iSight
Pricing and availability
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. Availability for Canada was not officially announced by Apple but Rogers announced they would carry the iPhone Q4 2007.[9] 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 US$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. For comparison, Jobs announced that the Apple iPods command more than 70% of the U.S. market share for MP3 players.[10]
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.[11] The iPhone may be purchased only with a two-year service plan with Cingular.[12]
iPhone trademark
Infogear originally filed for the U.S. trademark "I Phone" on September 3 1993, and later applied for "iPhone" on March 20, 1996. Both trademarks have been registered in the United States since 1999. Cisco Systems obtained the iPhone trademarks after its acquisition of Infogear in 2000.[13] The term has been used on the (Infogear) iPhone since 1997 and (Linksys) iPhone was launched in 2006. Cisco's trademarks cover "communications terminals comprising computer hardware and software providing integrated telephone, data communications and personal computer functions" (1993 filing) and "computer hardware and software for providing integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks" (1996 filing). [14][15]
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,[16] according to documents received by Apple's lawyers the night before the Macworld keynote event.[17] Cisco has since announced they are suing Apple over the infringement of the trademark iPhone, seeking an injunction in federal court to prohibit Apple from using the name.[18]
A separate U.S. trademark application for "iPhone" was filed on September 26, 2006, by a heretofore unknown entity named Ocean Telecom Services LLC, covering "handheld and mobile devices". The application claims a priority date of March 27, 2006 based on a trademark filing in Trinidad and Tobago, serial number 37060.[19] Apple had previously filed under its own name for the "iPhone" trademark in Australia, claiming the same priority date and using the same Trinidad and Tobago application, indicating that, in all likelihood, Ocean Telecom is a front company for Apple.[20]
Apple has made filings in various countries outside the U.S., including Australia, where a separate iPhone trademark was filed in 2002 and registered in 2005. In Canada, Apple and Comwave Telecom – which has provided an "iPhone"-branded VoIP service since 2004 [21] – have each applied for the trademark, in 2004 and 2005 respectively; Comwave has filed an opposition to Apple's application but both filings presently remain active. [22] It is presently unclear whether Cisco owns any rights to "iPhone" elsewhere.
According to the WHOIS database, Apple owns the generally non-profit organizations domain name iphone.org (domain created 1999-12-06), Cisco owns the network-oriented domain name iphone.net (domain created 1998-01-28), and the Internet Phone Company LLC based in Santa Rosa, California owns the commercial domain name iphone.com (domain created 1995-08-24). Internet Phone Company LLC is a Voice over IP provider that is unrelated to Apple or Cisco. The site was hit with a surge of traffic following the Jobs keynote and was temporarily taken down.[23]
The use of the name iphone in secondary TLD is unclear. It was reported that, as early as November 2006, that in some countries the relevant domain names are owned by individuals, including, for example, iphone.us and iphone.cn.[24]
See also
- Apple Newton - early Apple personal data assistant, now defunct
- Personal digital assistant
- Smartphone
- Technological convergence
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External links
- iPhone website — Official pages from Apple Inc.