IPhone

What is iPhone?

iPhone is more than just a phone. iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple that combines an iPod, a tablet PC, a digital camera and a cellular phone. The device includes Internet browsing and networking capabilities.

iPhone is extremely thin (only 11.6 millimeters thick) but wider and longer than many comparable devices. The display area is a 3.5-inch wide screen multi-touch interface with unusually high resulution (160 pixel per inch). Unlike most other smartphones, iPhone does not use a hardware keyboard or a stylus.

To navigate, a user uses multiple taps and drags to navigate through a mobile version of Apple's OS X operating system.

iPhone combines three devices in one:

1. a revolutionary mobile phone
2. a widescreen iPod
3. a breakthrough Internet device.

Revolutionary Phone

With the Multi-Touch interface on iPhone, you can make a call simply by tapping a name or number in your contacts or favorites list, your call log, or just about anywhere. Visual Voice mail lets you select and listen to messages in whatever order you want — just like email.

iPhone shows off your content — music, movies, TV shows, and more — on a beautiful 3.5-inch display. Add to your collection by downloading music and video wirelessly from the iTunes Store. Scroll through songs and playlists with the touch of a finger. Even browse your album artwork using Cover Flow. Users can also view YouTube videos on the device, along with Microsoft Office documents and most imaging formats, including .JPEG, .GIF and .TIFF. iPhone comes preloaded with a suite of media management software, including iTunes and iPhoto. iPhoto may be used in combination with the 2 megapixel camera on the back of the device.

Breakthrough Internet Device

iPhone uses fast 3G and Wi-Fi wireless connections to deliver rich HTML email, Maps with GPS, and Safari — the most advanced web browser on a mobile device. It has Google and Yahoo! search built in. And since iPhone multitasks, you can make a phone call while emailing a photo or surfing the web over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. Google's search and mapping services are fully integrated, including the ability to initiate phone calls from within Google Maps. IMAP or POP3 e-mail services are integrated along with webmail access in the browser.

It opens a whole new world of applications.

iPhone comes with some amazing applications. And you can choose from thousands more on the App Store and download them with a tap. Your iPhone gets even better with every new app. Play games. Be more productive. Keep yourself entertained. No matterwhat you want to do on iPhone, there’s an app for that.

Like iPod, iPhone synchronizes data with a user's personal computer, using iTunes as a client software and Apple's proprietaryUSB port. iPhone is compatible with Microsoft's Windows operating systems, includingVista.

iPhone's networking features include:

• Automatic detection of WiFi networks.
• Support for the802.11b and 802.11g standards.
• The use of quadband GSM and SIM cards to access cellular networks.
• EDGE support for high-speed data transfer where available.
• Bluetooth connectivity for short range networking with peripherals, other iPhones and PCs.

Apple says that iPhone carries 8 hours of life on the internal lithium-ion battery for talk or video, and up to 24 hours for music mode. The device ships with either a 4 or 8 GB, an Intel CPU and Apple's OS X operating system, modified for mobile use.