--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jobs also announced they are taking the word "computer" out of their > names so instead of Apple Computer it will be Apple Inc. Wonder how long before they take computers out their product line?>>>
Not long I hope ! I have to teach graphic design on that sh!t. They keep freezing and glitching. PC's work great. (And I used nothing but Macs for over a decade) OffWorld > Vaj wrote: > > Steve Job's announced earlier today. > > > > > > > > The iPhone > > > > "This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and a half years," > > said Jobs. "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along > > that changes everything." > > > > In 1984, said Jobs, Apple introduced the Macintosh, and changed the > > computer industry. In 2001, Apple introduced the iPod, and changed the > > entire music industry. > > > > "Well, today, we're introducing three revolutionary products of this > > class," said Jobs. "The first one is a widescreen iPod with touch > > controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. The third is a > > breakthrough Internet communications device." > > > > "These are not three separate devices," said Jobs. "This is one > > device. And we are calling it iPhone. Today Apple is going to reinvent > > the phone." > > > > Jobs explained that smartphones provide phone and e-mail and what he > > called "the baby Internet. They're not so smart and not so easy to use." > > > > "We don't want to do these," he said. "We want to do a leapfrog > > product that's way smarter than these phones and much easier to use. > > So we're going to reinvent the phone." > > > > The iPhone does not use a keyboard, nor does it use a stylus, as many > > smartphones do today. The device uses new technology called "Multitouch." > > > > "We're going to use the best pointing device in our world," said Jobs. > > "We're born with 10 of them, our fingers." > > > > Multitouch is far more accurate than any touch display, according to > > Jobs. It ignores unintended touches, supports multi-fingers gesture. > > "And boy, have we patented it," he added. > > > > The iPhone runs Mac OS X, said Jobs. "We start with a solid > > foundation," he explained. > > > > "Why would we run such a sophisticated operating system on a mobile > > device? It's got everything we need," he said. "It's got multitasking, > > networking, power management, awesome security and the right apps. > > It's got all the stuff we want. And it's built right in to iPhone. And > > has let us create desktop-class applications and networking. > > > > iPhone also synchronizes through iTunes. It syncs media, contact > > information, calendars, photos, notes, bookmarks, e-mail accounts. > > "All that stuff can be moved over the iPhone completely > > automatically," said Jobs. > > > > The iPhone features a 3.5-inch, 160 dot-per-inch color screen. There's > > a small "Home" button it. It's also remarkably thin -- 11.6 > > millimeters, thinner than any smartphone out there, according to Jobs. > > > > On one side, the iPhone sports a ring/silent switch, volume up and > > down controls. On its silver back side is a 2 megapixel digital > > camera. The bottom features a speaker, microphone and iPod dock > > connector. > > > > The iPhone also incorporates a proximity sensor that automatically > > deactivates the screen and turns off the touch sensor when you raise > > the device to your face. An ambient light sensor will sense lighting > > conditions and adjust brightness levels accordingly. And an > > accelerometer can tell when you switch from portrait to landscape mode. > > > > Jobs' demonstration of the iPhone began with iPod-related features. An > > iPod icon along the bottom of the screen brings up a list of music, > > and Jobs flicked his finger to scroll up and down. He flipped the > > iPhone on its side and it reoriented to landscape mode, displaying > > album art in iTunes' "Cover Flow" mode. Jobs also showed video on the > > device. > > > > "We want to reinvent the phone," he reiterated. "What's the killer > > app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to > > make calls on phones. We want you to use contacts like never before." > > > > The iPhone can synchronize contacts from a PC or Mac, and features > > "Visual Voicemail." He described it as "random access voicemail" that > > lets you navigate directly to the voice messages you're interested in. > > > > iPhone is a quad-band phone that operated on GSM and EDGE networks. > > That's the most popular international standard, said Jobs, though > > Apple plans to make 3G phones in the future. It also integrates Wi-Fi > > and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, and will automatically switch from a > > cell phone data network to Wi-Fi when it gets in range. > > > > Demonstrating the phone's ability to make calls, he touched the > > screen's phone icon and scrolled through his contact list, pulling up > > Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design. Phil > > Schiller then called Jobs -- visible through call waiting. Jobs > > pressed a "merge calls" button and then created a three way conference > > calling. > > > > The iPhone's text messaging interface looks similar to iChat -- user > > dialogue is encased in bubbles, and a touch keyboard appears below. > > And the phone's photo management software enables you to use a > > "pinching" motion to zoom in and out of pictures. > > > > The iPhone's Internet connectivity includes HTML-capable e-mail that > > works with any IMAP or POP-based e-mail service. Apple has also > > included its Safari Web browser. Jobs called it the "first fully > > usable HTML browser on a phone." > > > > The same finger-pinching trick also works with Safari, to zoom in and > > out of images on Web pages. > > > > Jobs said that Yahoo will offer free "push" e-mail capabilities using > > IMAP to all Yahoo! Mail users. "When you get a message, it'll push it > > right out to the phone for you," he said. > > > > The iPhone also supports Dashboard widgets, starting off with weather > > and stocks. > > > > "This a breakthrough Internet communicator," said Jobs. "It's the > > Internet in your pocket." >
