Yes, Virginia, there is an iPhone from Apple
With its extensive features, the iPhone from Apple is scheduled to start shipping in June.
It's so pretty!
(Credit: Engadget)Pinch yourself, Apple freaks. It's not a dream. The touch screen, wide-screen, media-playing iPod smart phone from Apple is here, and yes, it's called the iPhone. Read our play-by-play here.
The iPhone in off mode.
(Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET Networks)Specs time:
- Cingular, quad-band GSM/EDGE phone
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but no 3G
- 11.6mm thick: apparently thinner than all those other anorexic smart phones
- 2-megapixel camera
- iPod connector, mic input, and speaker jack
- Proximity sensor: when it's close to your ear, the touch screen and display shut down
- "Smart" screen knows which way to orient images depending on how you hold it; wide-screen playback for videos
- Highest-resolution Apple screen of all time
- Mac OS X operating system
- Touch screen interface, no stylus
- Full-on applications--more PC-like than mobile device-like
- "Visual voice mail"
- Safari Web browser
- Google Maps--including satellite and traffic data
- POP3 and IMAP e-mail capabilities--real e-mail, not mobile version
- Widgets!
- Seamless integration between EDGE and Wi-Fi
- Flash memory
- 5 hours of talk, video, and browsing time; 16 hours of audio playback
- 8GB model, $599 with a two-year contract
- 4GB model, $499
- Shipping in June
Listening to music on the iPhone
(Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET Networks)By the way, Linksys might be ticked.
