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TUESDAY JANUARY 9 2007 1:30 PM

iPhone: Apple Reinvents the Phone

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Tags: Apple, iPod, Macs, iPhone

Apple has announced the real iPhone, not to be confused with the iPhone.

Following literally years of speculation and rumors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs today introduced the iPhone, a sleek all-in-one device combining a mobile phone, widescreen iPod, and internet communicator. The iPhone boasts a 3.5-inch widescreen display and runs a version of Apples Mac OS X operating system with an innovative new user interface for using just a finger to control the device on-screen.

It comes in two capacities4GB and 8GBand includes support for quad-band GSM, EDGE, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR wireless technologies. The iPhone also sports a built-in 2 megapixel camera and will work with Macs or PCs. Apples Jobs confirmed that the exclusive carrier for the iPhone will be Cingular. iLounge.

The iPhone will be available in June ($499 = 4GB and $599 = 8GB) and was pretty much the only major announcement from Apple at this year's Macworld San Francisco. The only other items worthy of mentioning are the AppleTV (formerly known as the iTV), and 802.11n Airport Extreme.

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MarcyBeth

Ocala, FL

July 2006

JUN 30, 2007 06:07 AM

AT&T (Cingular) service has been great for me. I think of just depends on where you are located.

The email and visual voicemail on this thing is awesome. And the keyboard isn't near as bad as they made it out to be. I'm typing this out on my phone right now with hardly any trouble.