This is coming out for Cingular around June. Announced today is Apple’s new iPhone and I am truly impressed. This thing is fantastic. Yes, I have been a staunch PC person for years and have balked at many things Apple (even though our first computer for the family was an Apple IIC and I loved it.) The announcement today of the iPhone is just an awesome revolutionary bit of technology.
Here are the features.
Phone – Easy Merging of calls.
Voicemail – Visual Voicemail, choose which voicemail to listen to first, just like e-mail.
SMS – Predictive soft keyboard that helps prevent mistakes.
Photos – 2 megapixel camera with a 3.5″ screen, sweet. Can also sync with photos on your MAC or PC
Internet – Web browsing with safari.
E-mail – Rich e-mail client that can display text and graphics.
Google Maps – Built right in.
Widgets – stock reports and weather among other things.
Multi-touch – a high functioning touch screen interface.
Intelligent keyboard – QUERTY keyboard, more efficient that plastic keyboards on other smart phones.
OS X – Yes, it runs OS X.
Wi-Fi – uses Wi-Fi and Cingular’s edge network for internet access.
Sensors – Sensors switch display from portrait to landscape depending upon how the device is positioned.
Music – Scroll through album covers.
Video – View video from iTunes (There is one of the funniest clips from The Office on the website.) 3.5″ screen.
Storage – 4GB or 8GB like an iPod Nano.
Even the Webcomics have gotten into the iPhone thing. I knew Scott Kurtz would jump on this. Great Ferris Bueller homage too.