I'm not buying a phone until they invent one that can be implanted into the side of my head, and activated by thought alone.
OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > >
