iPhone - all other mobiles are babies in comparison
Steve Jobs confirmed the worst kept secret in the technology world when he confirmed the existence of the iPhone, a revolutionary mobile device that combines telephone technology, PDA functionality and all the well-known features of the iPod.
The iPhone is essentially just a single screen. There are no keys or buttons, and indeed Apple is making much of its patented touchscreen technology. In fact, patents are a bit of a feature of the device with Apple protecting its baby with over 200 of the things.
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. Most impressive of all, well to TechSmec.com at any rate, is the smart screen which knows when the user is holding the iPhone in landscape or portrait and adjust the interface accordingly.
The iPhone, which starts at $499, will “reinvent” the telecommunications sector and “leapfrog” past the current generation of hard-to-use smart phones, Jobs said.
“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything,” he said during his keynote address at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo. “It’s very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career. … Apple’s been very fortunate in that it’s introduced a few of these.”
Apple, now renamed Apple Inc. from Apple Computer Inc., shares jumped more than 6 percent on the announcement.
Even TechSmec.com, weary of many over-hyped Apple revelations over the years, has to admit that the iPhone is a device worth salivating over.
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