So Steve Jobs Finally "Unveiled" Apple's New iPhone... *merged*

[Da Juice Man]

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Steve Jobs says Apple's changing the world again

MacWorld 2007 -- Apple today officially unveiled its iPhone and as many had
been hoping for, is quite a revolutionary product indeed. Steve Jobs herald in
the iPhone as an industry changing device, throwing out old assumptions and
conventions and bringing in the new. With all of its features and design cues,
the iPhone should prove to be an extremely hot device.

The largest feature on the plate for the iPhone is clearly its display. The
iPhone packs a 3.5-inch display with a resolution density of 160 dpi, one of
the sharpest screens in the industry. In fact, the screen takes up virtually
the entire surface area of the iPhone. There's no keyboard or direction stick
on the iPhone, just a big screen. The iPhone operates entirely on touch-
screen technology and is something that Apple had been working on for a
long time. DailyTech last reported that Apple had submitted filings with the
FCC for touch screen technology involving intuitive gestures. Many assumed
that the technology would be used in a next-generation iPod but today made
its debut on the iPhone.

Users are able to navigate the iPhone by using a virtual keyboard that's smart
enough to know when accidental tapping occurs. The screen also takes in
gestures such as scrolling, pinching and stretching motions. The screen itself
is also smart. The user interface itself will automatically change from portrait
mode to landscape mode depending on how a user holds the phone. The
virtual keyboard can be called up and tuckd away at any time.

Music is very much part of the iPhone and Apple does not disappoint.
Integrated into the iPhone are all the usual iPod features that many users
have come to love. Music and iTunes syncing, album artwork support, smart
playlist features and most importantly movie playback. Steve Jobs
demonstrated the iPhone playing back Pirates of the Caribbean 2 in full
screen.

In terms of applications, the iPhone supports the usual set of smart-phone
features: email, text messaging, web support, address books, photo, video
and music playback. However, the iPhone uses smaller versions of
applications already used on its Macs. Jobs demonstrated browsing the
Internet on the iPhone using Safari -- full websites loaded very quickly and in
full detail. Lest there be any doubt, the audience was definitely impressed by
the iPhone's speed and rendering capabilities. Users can even pinch the
screen to shrink webpages on the fly to fit the screen. Email capabilities are
in full force too with support for such sophisticated features as full HTML
email support and even IMAP supported through Yahoo! email.

The iPhone's operating system appears to mimic many of the features found
on Apple's OS X. One of the neatest features on the iPhone is the support for
widgets -- the same tiny utility-type applications found on OS X's Dashboard.
Jobs demonstrated navigating Google's virtual satellite mapping system.

Jobs indicated that the iPhone was also a workhorse. The unit can talk for
roughly 5 hours and play back audio for 16 hours. There will be two GSM
models released, a 4GB model and an 8GB model and sell for an introductory
price of $499 and $599. As DailyTech previously reported however, the
iPhone is confirmed today to be a Cingular Wireless exclusive product. The
demo iPhone that Jobs showed already had a Cingular log on it.

Official specifications:
Screen size: 3.5-inches
Screen resolution: 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
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

The iPhone will begin shipping in June of this year.

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[ExumaPride]

where NM :dwl:

[Mr Heathen]

wow thats cheap
im surprised at the price

[Natural_Mystic]

Fuck Apple!!

[Da Juice Man]

:dwl :dwl

[ExumaPride]

Fuck Apple!!



right on cue! :dwl:



























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[SwtLtlIslandGrl]

:bounce:

[Smart Man]

Check, sounds good.

[MarcNYC]

How many of you think this is a revolutionary product?

How many of you plan on buying/owning one at some point in the future?

:nah:

[mr.irie1]

looks pretty cool but i already have an ipod and i ain't paying no $500 bucks on a cell phone... :shame:

[Smart Man]

It's revolutionary in a first on the market kinda way.

I don't plan on buying one. I just want a phone that's easier to text and has a bigger screen. I have an iPod, I don't need a phone that plays music like that.

[ExumaPride]

knowin me.. id break da bitch within an hour of buyin it

[mr.irie1]

nice hat ex... :laugh:

[MarcNYC]

Personally, I don't see the sense of having a cell phone that plays music.

I like PDA phones and I like to have my music...so I'd buy the best or one of the best phones on the market and the best or one of the best mp3/video players...de mix of de 2 seems corny...to me.

[Da Juice Man]

I used to say the same thing!! So much so that i have 2 ipods, 3rd/5th gen.
My 5th gen been acting up and the 3rd a lil to bulky and i really don't want
to use it.

My slvr (cell) has itunes installed and i tried it. Not as good as an ipod but
at least i had music and in a format that I would set it and forget it. Calls
came thru with no problems. Eventhough I thought the beep was part of
the music sometimes.

Now i wouldn't spend so much yet to get that all in one functionality but i
see that it works for me. So definitely in the future i'll be looking at these
all in one.


Personally, I don't see the sense of having a cell phone that plays music.

I like PDA phones and I like to have my music...so I'd buy the best or one of the best phones on the market and the best or one of the best mp3/video players...de mix of de 2 seems corny...to me.

[haitianprince]

Very interesting, I saw on the front cover of am New York newspaper. I know for a fact it will cost harm and a leg

[GOD]

apple fucked up.
Touchscreen interfaces and phones simply dont go together, you need tactile feedback especially for dialing.
The only way to overcome this would be via amazing voice dialing or some unforeseen innovation.

It is an interesting device though and like any apple product millions of retards will run out and grab it.

[disgustin_mehson]

How many of you think this is a revolutionary product?

How many of you plan on buying/owning one at some point in the future?

:nah:


MarcNYC,

It looks nice, but I'm more of a PocketPC type of guy. This type of product works well for commuters. You can listen to music, make calls, and do a little texting before you get to the office. Those products already exist, but apple is just putting their own little twist on it. I'm holding out until verizon comes up with a service that allows me to watch live TV in the DC subway system.

[karibspices]

apple fucked up.
Touchscreen interfaces and phones simply dont go together, you need tactile feedback especially for dialing.
The only way to overcome this would be via amazing voice dialing or some unforeseen innovation.

It is an interesting device though and like any apple product millions of retards will run out and grab it.

wait... yuh still "dialin" people number??? :pond


I gah 2 cassette tapes tuh self yuh man :spongebob:

[karibspices]

Very interesting, I saw on the front cover of am New York newspaper. I know for a fact it will cost harm and a leg

$500. your arms does be very cheap denn :wout

[karibspices]

Fuck Apple!!

ah gine buy um fuh yuh birtday!! :fart2

[Smart Man]

It looks good from what I've seen.

[SwtLtlIslandGrl]

:bounce:

[admin]

Its still not ready for my baby - the Nokia N95

:fyi

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- mp3, aac, wma, mp4, avi, & itunes Compatible
- on board GPS mapping software
- 5 mega pixel camera w/ flash
- Symbian OS S60 - 3rd edition
- video call compatible
- WiFi
- Steaming TV/radio
- Skype, VOIP capable - make and recieve unlimited VOIP calls
- full PIM (calendar, address book, tasks, email) functionality
- one of the best web browsers on a cell phone
- stereo bluetooth w/ A2DP technology
- SMS, MMS messaging

[dande]

I think its a good idea because you will experience normal web browsing, with normal browsers, not the optimized versions of the websites for smartphones

[Natural_Mystic]

ah gine buy um fuh yuh birtday!! :fart2

Straight tuh ebay!!!



:dwl they gettin sued!!!

[heretic]

apple fucked up.
Touchscreen interfaces and phones simply dont go together, you need tactile feedback especially for dialing.Not necessarily. This apple product seems to be aimed at the smart phone market (Treos etc), and I know a lot of smart phone users who are quite content with their touch screen interfaces.

The only way to overcome this would be via amazing voice dialing or some unforeseen innovation.My $250 Samsung phone from 3 years ago had kickass voice dialing.

1. Press the button on the headset *Phone says 'command please'*
2. I say "Name dial". *Phone says 'name please'*
3. I say "heretic". *Phone says 'did you say heretic'*
4. I say "yes". *Phone says 'connecting'.

That worked rather well for the most part. If you have two similar sounding names in your book (Brian and Ryan, for example), you might have to go through more questioning.

For numbers not in your phone book you could do digit dial instead of name dial.

You also didn't need to train the filters to your voice.

For practical purposes, however, voice dialing isn't all that great, so the novelty quickly wears off. Speed dialing is much quicker and less hassle quicker. The voice dialing seems to be only useful when you are driving or -25 degree midwest weather when you don't want to take the phone out of your pocket.

[GOD]

Not necessarily. This apple product seems to be aimed at the smart phone market (Treos etc), and I know a lot of smart phone users who are quite content with their touch screen interfaces.

My $250 Samsung phone from 3 years ago had kickass voice dialing.

1. Press the button on the headset *Phone says 'command please'*
2. I say "Name dial". *Phone says 'name please'*
3. I say "heretic". *Phone says 'did you say heretic'*
4. I say "yes". *Phone says 'connecting'.

That worked rather well for the most part. If you have two similar sounding names in your book (Brian and Ryan, for example), you might have to go through more questioning.

For numbers not in your phone book you could do digit dial instead of name dial.

You also didn't need to train the filters to your voice.


The most successful smartphones by far have numeric keypads.
Both the Treos and Pretty much all the blackberries do.
You have the option to dial via the screen but you don't have to.
I have yet to see a commercially succesful smartphone that did not have a numeric keypad.
In fact after having a blackberry, imate jam and cingular 8125 I'm convinced that touchscreens are a lazy mans way of design and is most often outdone by a proper ui.


For practical purposes, however, voice dialing isn't all that great, so the novelty quickly wears off. Speed dialing is much quicker and less hassle quicker. The voice dialing seems to be only useful when you are driving or -25 degree midwest weather when you don't want to take the phone out of your pocket.And thats all that matters.
Additionally very often voice dialing does not work very well in noisy environments.

[Mr Heathen]

Not necessarily. This apple product seems to be aimed at the smart phone market (Treos etc), and I know a lot of smart phone users who are quite content with their touch screen interfaces.

My $250 Samsung phone from 3 years ago had kickass voice dialing.

1. Press the button on the headset *Phone says 'command please'*
2. I say "Name dial". *Phone says 'name please'*
3. I say "heretic". *Phone says 'did you say heretic'*
4. I say "yes". *Phone says 'connecting'.

That worked rather well for the most part. If you have two similar sounding names in your book (Brian and Ryan, for example), you might have to go through more questioning.

For numbers not in your phone book you could do digit dial instead of name dial.

..............
i have never seen the appeal of voice commands on phones

my last four phones have had this option and I only used it to see how it worked.

with 100 percent accuracy, pressing only about 3 buttons,in noisy or quiet enviorments I can dial anyone



however I DO like the fact that my phone speaks to me by telling me who is calling on the caller ID

comes in handy when the phone is away from me

[MarcNYC]

MarcNYC,

It looks nice, but I'm more of a PocketPC type of guy. This type of product works well for commuters. You can listen to music, make calls, and do a little texting before you get to the office. Those products already exist, but apple is just putting their own little twist on it. I'm holding out until verizon comes up with a service that allows me to watch live TV in the DC subway system.

That's more like it...Sprint has something like this already in existence...it's not bad, but to see ANYTHING really worth seeing you have to peel some bucks man.

They need to make these services cheaper.

I'll be glad when they FINALLY decide to give us the ability to have a cell signal underground...I'll start with that before the tv stuff.

[Mr Heathen]

just sick

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[GOD]

just sick

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Once again fantastic UI.
But not that impressive a phone.

[Natural_Mystic]

just sick

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well here's a couple road accidents waitin to happen!!

[VincieGyal]

Cisco Sues Apple for Trademark Infringement

Suit Filed to Protect Cisco's iPhone® Trademark

<!-- Start main release content -->SAN JOSE, Calif., January 10, 2007 - Cisco® today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Apple, Inc., seeking to prevent Apple from infringing upon and deliberately copying and using Cisco's registered iPhone trademark.

Cisco obtained the iPhone trademark in 2000 after completing the acquisition of Infogear, which previously owned the mark and sold iPhone products for several years. Infogear's original filing for the trademark dates to March 20, 1996. Linksys, a division of Cisco, has been shipping a new family of iPhone products since early last year. On Dec. 18, Linksys expanded the iPhone® family with additional products.

"Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel, Cisco. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.

"Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Chandler concluded.

With its lawsuit, Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark. For more information on the Cisco iPhone product line, please visit www.linksys.com/iphone (http://www.linksys.com/iphone/).
About Cisco Systems

Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com (http://www.cisco.com/). For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com (http://newsroom.cisco.com/).



Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.

This document is Cisco Public Information.

[ExumaPride]

Hmmmm....

[admin]

The iPhone's user interface is truly wicked! They managed to simplify the whole high-tech PDA process. Totally idiot proof!

Not even the latest version Symbian OS is this user friendly. Big ups to Apple and the iPhone - thats if it ever makes it to the consumer market!

:clap_2: One for Apple! :bandance

[Reddz]

my fingers too chubby for touch screen...

[ExumaPride]

my fingers too chubby for touch screen...


use ya nipples

[VincieGyal]

^ :dwl

[Natural_Mystic]

:dwl

[SwtLtlIslandGrl]

omg....

[troy_black]

Shweeeet! I want one.

[troy_black]

:laugh:

[Reddz]

I jes read something bout touch screen and nipples in the "what ya learn" and said to myself.. that had to do with something wit me... shook my head and checked..
LOW AND BEHOLD


:dwl :dwl :dwl :dwl :dwl :dwl

[disgustin_mehson]

LG's New Phone Resembles IPhone
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's LG Electronics Co. said Thursday it will start selling next month a new mobile phone that incorporates a buttonless touch-screen resembling the much-hyped iPhone from Apple Inc. (AAPL (http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=AAPL))
LG's Prada Phone is being produced in partnership with the Italian fashion brand. It is set to go on sale in late February for 600 euros ($780) at mobile phone dealers and Prada stores in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, and comes to Asia in March.
The company did not announce its U.S. plans.
The no-button interface with the entire phone face covered by a touch-sensitive screen resembles the Apple iPhone, announced by the U.S. company earlier this month to much fanfare as an innovation that could shake up the industry.
Apple's iPhone is set for U.S. release in June and will cost $599 for the high-end model with 8 gigabytes of internal memory (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070118/D8MNT90G1.html#) - the same as the LG model. Other markets will see the iPhone later this year and in 2008.
The LG phone has a wide-screen display and can play most popular digital music and video formats, and has a 2-megapixel camera like the iPhone. Its memory can be expanded with cards.
The iPhone allows Internet use also through regular wireless Wi-Fi (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070118/D8MNT90G1.html#) networks, and has a full-featured Web browser. The LG phone is 12 millimeters (0.47 inches) thick, just 0.4 millimeters (0.016 inches) more than the iPhone.

[disgustin_mehson]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/iphone-vs-ke850-wm.jpg
iPhone, LG KE850

[VincieGyal]

hmmm

[LastDragon55]

I saw a preview and demo of it inside an Apple store. I WANT ONE!!!

[izatrini]

MarcNYC,

It looks nice, but I'm more of a PocketPC type of guy. This type of product works well for commuters. You can listen to music, make calls, and do a little texting before you get to the office. Those products already exist, but apple is just putting their own little twist on it. I'm holding out until verizon comes up with a service that allows me to watch live TV in the DC subway system.

Verizon offers live TV on cell phones


By Marguerite Reardon (maggie.reardon@cnet.com?subject=FEEDBACK:Verizon% 20offers%20live%20TV%20on%20cell%20phones)
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
<!-- January 7, 2007, 4:10 PM PT
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Published: January 7, 2007, 4:10 PM PST

Verizon Wireless and parent company Verizon Communications unveiled a new mobile TV service and an upgrade to the latter's new Fios TV service on Sunday at a press event in Las Vegas before the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off.


The new Verizon Wireless service will offer live broadcast TV on cell phones. And Verizon Communications will launch its next generation of Fios TV service, which is designed to let viewers search for content and access video, photos and games more easily on all screens in the home. Both services are expected to launch within the next three months. Details on pricing will be announced later, the companies said.


"Fifty or even five years ago, few people could have fathomed these two products," said Denny Strigl, chief operating officer of Verizon Communications. "And they are only just the beginning. We think if you look at Verizon and its three powerful networks--wireless, fiber and our backbone network--we have an unparalleled opportunity into the future."


The new wireless service will offer viewers full-length and live programming from a number of networks, including NBC, CBS, Fox and MTV. The service, which will air shows after they appear on regular broadcast television, differs from Verizon's existing mobile video service called Vcast, which offers short video clips on demand. The Vcast service has been available from Verizon Wireless for almost two years.


Verizon Wireless' VCast TV is the first mobile television service to use a dedicated video broadcast network built and owned by Qualcomm called MediaFlo (http://news.com.com/New+networks+for+mobile+TV/2100-1039_3-6022654.html). Qualcomm announced that Verizon would be using the network in 2005. Sprint Nextel, which also offers a video service over its 3G cellular network, has been testing the MediaFlo network since last year, a company representative said. But Sprint has not announced whether it plans to offer a live TV broadcast service to its subscribers using MediaFlo.


Even though mobile operators such as Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless have spent billions of dollars over the last few years building new 3G wireless networks in order to deliver new services such as video, these 3G networks are inadequate for delivering high volumes of live TV programming (http://news.com.com/Tight+squeeze+for+mobile+TV/2100-1039_3-5886537.html) because they are designed to deliver services in a "unicast" fashion. This means that content is delivered to each individual subscriber when it is requested. By contrast, MediaFlo is a dedicated network that broadcasts video to all viewers at once, just as a traditional broadcast television network operates.


The service will debut on two phones, one from Samsung and LG's VX 9400.
Verizon Communications also announced it has upgraded the software running its Fios TV service, which will make searching for content much easier, the company said.



"Today, search on TV means channel surfing," said Bob Ingalls, chief marketing officer of Verizon. "This new experience will allow people to scan through thousands of on-demand and DVR'ed content in a simple and innovative way to cut through clutter."


The software upgrade will also allow Fios users to view content, such as movies, TV shows, digital pictures, games and music from the Internet, on either PCs or televisions.


In the future, Verizon also said it plans to expand its Fios TV service to wireless handsets, allowing subscribers to remotely control their DVRs from their phones while away from home. This kind of integration is similar to an offering that cable companies Comcast, Advance/Newhouse, Time Warner and Cox Communications plan to introduce later this year (http://news.com.com/Forget+the+triple+play-wireless+ups+the+ante/2100-1039_3-6147061.html) through a joint venture with Sprint Nextel.


The new version of Fios TV software is currently being tested with "friendly" customers in New Jersey. Later this year, the company plans to extend the service throughout the 10 states where Fios TV is offered.


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[Smart Man]

use ya nipples

:laugh: Ex doan dun!

[Smart Man]

@ Ren from what I've read the iPhone is supposed to have a superior (smart) touch screen *shrugs* and that's what would make it beter.

[Zinyia]

wait... yuh still "dialin" people number??? :pond


I gah 2 cassette tapes tuh self yuh man :spongebob:


:dwl

I like the idea of combining phone, web browser and mp3 player, but my current phone does that just fine. I don't go out and get something just cuz it "moderately" fancier than what I got lol. I'm a firm believer in d good wukkin ole ting lol

[Zinyia]

Its still not ready for my baby - the Nokia N95

:fyi


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- mp3, aac, wma, mp4, avi, & itunes Compatible
- on board GPS mapping software
- 5 mega pixel camera w/ flash
- Symbian OS S60 - 3rd edition
- video call compatible
- WiFi
- Steaming TV/radio
- Skype, VOIP capable - make and recieve unlimited VOIP calls
- full PIM (calendar, address book, tasks, email) functionality
- one of the best web browsers on a cell phone
- stereo bluetooth w/ A2DP technology
- SMS, MMS messaging

sweet :nurse

[Zinyia]

i have never seen the appeal of voice commands on phones

my last four phones have had this option and I only used it to see how it worked.

with 100 percent accuracy, pressing only about 3 buttons,in noisy or quiet enviorments I can dial anyone



however I DO like the fact that my phone speaks to me by telling me who is calling on the caller ID

comes in handy when the phone is away from me


cool feature dey bredz :spongebob:

[Zinyia]

That's more like it...Sprint has something like this already in existence...it's not bad, but to see ANYTHING really worth seeing you have to peel some bucks man.

They need to make these services cheaper.

I'll be glad when they FINALLY decide to give us the ability to have a cell signal underground...I'll start with that before the tv stuff.

Fuck sprint and dey blastid expensive fuckin ass services :crap:

[Zinyia]

well here's a couple road accidents waitin to happen!!


:laugh:

[Zinyia]

:walk: