someday i'll find someone i want to talk to on the phone
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bhairitu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The iPhone > 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." > Looks like it does about the same thing as Palm Treos and Windows Mobile > phones have done for years. > > Their Apple TV box is nothing new either as I've been doing that in > hi-def for 2 years. > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
