Apple iPhone gives a whole new meaning to the concept of mobile phone

Apple today introduced iPhone, a combination of three products: a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch displaybediening and a device for Internet communications, complete with e-mail, Web browser, search and maps, all in one lightweight device. iPhone has a completely new user interface with a large, touch display and new software, so users their iPhone with their fingertips can operate. iPhone also marks a new era in the field of software for mobile devices, with capabilities that have never in a mobile phone have been used. Users can therefore surprising new things with this mobile phone.

"iPhone is a groundbreaking product, which literally five years ahead of all other mobile phones," said Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple. "Everyone is born with the ideal aanwijsmiddelen, fingers, and that makes use of iPhone handy. The result is the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse."

iPhone, a revolutionary mobile phone
iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that enables users to call only one name or number to be identified. iPhone syncs all contacts of a PC, Mac or Internet service such as Yahoo!, so the list of contacts on the phone always up-to-date. Moreover, it is creating a list of frequently called numbers very simple, just like the assembly of songs to a conference call to begin.

Through the visual voicemail iPhone, a first within the industry, the users get a visual overview of their voicemails, so they can determine what messages they want to hear and then only those messages eavesdropping. The visual voicemail of iPhono works in the same way as e-mail: users can immediately listen to the interesting messages and skip the rest.

iPhone includes an SMS program with a full QWERTY keyboard software that sending SMS messages very simple. When the user wants something types, iPhone touch a keyboard again, complete with a woordvoorspellingsfunctie to avoid typos and correct. This keyboard works therefore much more convenient and more efficient than the small plastic keyboard that you trip on most smartphones. iPhone also includes a program that automatically calendars with the Mac or PC can be synchronized.

iPhone has a 2-megapixel camera and a program for organizing photos that all other photo application for mobile phones far behind late. With a finger, users can browse their photo library, which easily from the PC or Mac can be synchronized. They can then choose a picture as background to set or by e-mail to send.

iPhone is a quad-band GSM, which also is equipped with EDGE and wireless Wi-Fi technology for data networks. Apple has Cingular, the best and most popular provider in the United States with more than 58 million subscribers, was elected as exclusive provider for iPhone in the United States.

iPhone is a widescreen iPod
iPhone is a widescreen iPod with touch controls, so that their music can music lovers "touch": with a finger leaves them through the lists of songs, artists and albums and their own playlists. Albumillustraties come on the big display of perfect iPhone to their right.

iPhone is equipped with Cover Flow, the handy way of Apple, on the basis of the album by browsing the music library - a first for iPod. When you on your iPhone want to browse through your music library iPhone and a quarter running, Cover Flow is automatically activated.

The breedbeelddisplay of iPhone, that no less than 8.8 cm meet, is ideal for displaying of TV programs and movies on a handy device and touch playback and volume controls. iPhone is suitable for displaying videos purchased from the online iTunes Store - videos that users are currently on their computer and iPod viewing, and soon on their widescreen TV can be viewed by using the new Apple TV. The catalogue of the iTunes Music Store currently contains 350 television programs, more than 250 feature films and 5,000 music videos.

With iPhone allows users all their iPod viewing and listening material, including music, audiobooks, audio, video, music videos, TV programs and movies. iPhone synchronize the material from the iTunes library on a PC or Mac and is suitable for displaying all the sound and imagery that the user's online iTunes Store has purchased.

iPhone is a groundbreaking device for Internet communications iPhone is equipped with an e-mail client that supports HTML and multimedia. This client retrieves in the background e-mail from a POP3 or IMAP e-mail account and let the text except possibly also attached photos and graphics. iPhone is a true multi-taskingapparaat, so you can read a web page while in the background retrieving mail.

Yahoo! Mail, the world's largest email service with more than 250 million users, offers all-iPhone owners a new free "push" IMAP e-mail service, which automatically new e-mail to send iPhone. To set up this service are only a Yahoo! - Username and password. iPhone is also compatible with most popular POP and IMAP e-mail services, such as Microsoft Exchange, Apple. Mac Mail, AOL Mail, Google Gmail and most e-mail services offered by Internet providers.

iPhone also includes the most advanced and best web browser for portable equipment: a special iPhone version of the Safari Web browser. All web pages are reproduced as they were originally intended, after which the user via the touch screen of iPhone can zoom in on parts that enhances display. Through Wi-Fi or EDGE allows users to virtually anywhere on the web surfing, which they can use the bookmarks that they have automatically synchronized from their PC or Mac. The Safari browser on iPhone also contains standard Google Search and Yahoo! Search, so users on their iPhone in the same way to search for information on their computer.

iPhone also includes Google Maps, which consists of the pioneering satellietfotovoorziening Google and a special programme for the iPhone display. Also it surpasses all other iPhone amply mobile devices. Maps, satellite images, traffic information and route information, it's all available through the user interface of iPhone touch.

The advanced sensors of iPhone
iPhone is equipped with advanced sensors built - a bewegingsmeter, a afstandssensor and an ambient light sensor. This automatically adjust the display and ensure a longer battery life. The built bewegingsmeter of iPhone detects when the user turns the device a quarter and then automatically adjust the display on the display. The user sees a web page also gives full width, and photos with the correct aspect ratio. The built afstandssensor detect when iPhone is held against the ear, after which the display is switched off to save energy and unintended operation through the display. The built-ambient automatically adjusts the brightness of the display on the basis of the available ambient light, so the display is always good and there are so many possible energy savings.

Pricing and Availability
iPhone will in the United States in June 2007, Europe in late 2007 and in Asia in 2008 are available. The 4-GB implementation cost is $ 499, the 8-GB implementation USD 599, both versions will be compatible with both PCs and the Mac. iPhone will in the United States are available through the Apple Retail Stores and online Apple Stores, and through the shops and onlinestores Cingular. In June iPhone will also various accessories on the market, including a compact Bluetooth headset from Apple.

iPhone supports the following technologies: quad-band GSM, EDGE, 802.11b / g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR.

For use of iPhone is the following: a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X version 10.4.8 or later and iTunes 7 or later or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) and iTunes 7.0 or higher. Connecting to the Internet is required and a broadband connection is recommended. Apple and Cingular will come with an iPhone-service plan before iPhone in June on the market.