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January 9th, 2007

iPhone blows away expectations

Posted by Ed Burnette @ 9:55 am

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Some specs:

  • 11.6mm thick
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Speaker
  • Mic input
  • iPod connector
  • Quad band GSM+EDGE phone
  • Accelerometer (detects how you're holding it and adjusts screen)
  • Ambient light sensor (auto-dimming)
  • Proximity sensor (when you bring it to ear, turns off display and sound)
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0

The first supported carrier will be Cingular.

What's the killer app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before — sync your iPhone with your PC or Mac. Visual voicemail — wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to listen to five of them to list to the sixth? Just like email you can go directly to the voicemails that interest you.

Multi-touch gestures are used for common operations. For example, Steve demonstrated pinching two fingers together and moving them apart to make a picture larger.

 iPhone multi-touch (image credit: engadget.com)

Of course the iPhone also includes a web browser, Safari, and support for email (regular and push-style).

We have widgets, it communicates with the internet over WiFi and EDGE — you don't have to do anything, it connects to the WiFi seamlessly. It connects to any POP3 or IMAP email. Today we are announcing Yahoo will offer free push-IMAP email to iPhone customers. This isn't just IMAP, this is push-email, same as a BlackBerry.

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Ed BurnetteEd Burnette is a professional developer and author of several articles and books about computing including Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform, 2nd Edition. For disclosure of Ed's industry affiliations, click here or to view his full profile click here.

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Apple and the Lemmings  dantheman123 | 01/09/07
not an Apple fan but  dragosani | 01/09/07
Lots  Pavlov | 01/09/07
Yes, it uses a stylus  dragosani | 01/09/07
What did you expect?  sooku | 01/09/07
I have a treo and it sucks! - IPhone here I come  menk | 01/09/07
cost cost cost cost cost- boring. So what, do you wear $10 trousers, or do  hirez | 01/09/07
Please get a new story...  BitTwiddler | 01/09/07
Old story? How?  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
Apple is just Apple  sooku | 01/09/07
at least it will work  neil909@... | 01/09/07
I agree, looks good BUT  KrazyGuy | 01/09/07
Won't be obsolete that fast  Ken_z | 01/09/07
And...  Graham Fluet | 01/09/07
iPhone blows away expectations  lmntary | 01/09/07
Just a silly perspective; Apple is, Apple innovates  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
huh??  magwa101@... | 01/09/07
some truth- but generally Apples stuff actually  hirez | 01/09/07
"nowadays, there really is no apple left . . ."  brian ansorge | 01/09/07
Dantheman, your comments are good for a laugh...  pbromelkamp | 01/10/07
Apples in the 80s  brian.smith@... | 02/09/07
Rumor has it the carrier will be Cingular...  BitTwiddler | 01/09/07
Ditto  PCCRomeo | 01/09/07
Double ditto!!  techboy_z | 01/09/07
GSM  Roger Ramjet | 01/09/07
It's a quad band radio ...  FallGuy7254 | 01/09/07
Yes...  cashaww | 01/11/07
Cingular only for several years  tic swayback | 01/09/07
Cingular is a bad move.  bibble13 | 01/09/07
Intersting toy horrable cellular service  zbeast | 01/09/07
World phone  tic swayback | 01/09/07
You're aware you're rating based on regional exp?  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
Actually, check consumer reports  maldain | 01/09/07
The phone can make all the difference....  bathswife | 01/09/07
Wow...  gtdworak | 01/09/07
Gorgeous, but....  tic swayback | 01/09/07
Size  tic swayback | 01/09/07
About the same as an iPod?  Spoon Jabber | 01/09/07
small unit  shraven | 01/09/07
That may not be a bad thing . . .  jlhenry62 | 01/09/07
nudge nudge  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
No crippling as far as I can tell  tic swayback | 01/09/07
That is a nice feature.  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
Wi-fi  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/09/07
Thanks. That is one awesome phone.  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
That is one UGLY phone  Tigertank | 01/10/07
Regular WiFi networking, not an Apple gimmick  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
Yes, but  xuniL_z | 01/10/07
Why does it have to be innovative?  tic swayback | 01/10/07
Innovative? Who buys only those?  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
just checked apple's stock...  Arm A. Geddon | 01/09/07
Revolutionary? Hardly  ejhonda | 01/09/07
How about this....  tic swayback | 01/09/07
Perhaps - but I'll wait until I see it  ejhonda | 01/10/07
And I bet you think Windows is the greatest thing out there too.  usc1801 | 01/09/07
Nonsense -- Apple has a new thing, doesn't infect  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
Yeah- I dont care what they say- I am sticking  hirez | 01/09/07
And boy do they trespass on Neonode's Neno patent  javlariminlada | 01/09/07
How do you know?  DemonX | 01/09/07
Silly -- patent pending means NOTHING  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
sure you can get an mp3 phone, some even with HTML browsing  stevey_d | 01/09/07
Service Charges  VexoFP@... | 01/09/07
$100/month? Bull. Unlimited MediaNet costs $20  V-Train | 01/09/07
Why cost anything different?  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
So what, it's a "new" phone...  omdguy | 01/09/07
Combination and style  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/09/07
Don't dis design  tic swayback | 01/09/07
Overlooked?  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
Have you used a Motorola phone?  tic swayback | 01/10/07
Had an O2 Atom for over a year has more than these features NT  TonyMcS | 01/09/07
O2 Atom featureless  nigelme | 01/10/07
Nonsense; Atoms not even CLOSE to this  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
You just gave me one.  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
Is there a GSM Samsung?  tic swayback | 01/10/07
Smaller in every respect, though --  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
Finally the real Smartphone  aaggarwal | 01/09/07
Only a Soft Keyboard?  tim@... | 01/09/07
Keyboard would add a lot of bulk  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/09/07
That's what I don't get....  xuniL_z | 01/09/07
iMate Keyboard Rules  Rowdy19Naval | 01/10/07
repackaging  caseypenk | 01/10/07
It has an iPod 30 pin connector  Len Rooney | 01/10/07
Um.. UMTS and HSDPA support?  dlemus@... | 01/09/07
Agreed... how could they not support 3G?  V-Train | 01/09/07
Streaming video  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/09/07
The iPhone looks great  dave95. | 01/09/07
naysayers...  superfunkomatic@... | 01/09/07
agree  hillman.d@... | 01/10/07
There are other devices, still very cool!  stanb3 | 01/09/07
Ya...but....  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 01/12/07
How can this phone (PC) be used while driving?  radolan@... | 01/09/07
Not supposed to use phones AT ALL when driving!  maxsnorkel | 01/09/07
Exactly!!  jlhenry62 | 01/09/07
Iphone still is a problem in a car  radolan@... | 01/12/07
Agreed, but they look away...  maxsnorkel | 01/12/07
Idea for safety feature  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/13/07
whaaaat? Maybe it might survive the crash  hirez | 01/09/07
Bluetooth provides wireless hands-free in car  artifice | 01/09/07
If you think this is just another smartphone ...  FallGuy7254 | 01/09/07
I will pay $499.99 for a cell phone...........  joe6pack_z | 01/09/07
You have a lot of companies to tell this to.  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
Another Apple fanboy  TonyMcS | 01/09/07
Cute attempt, but sorry, no points  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
2 MB camera?  James Dean_z | 01/09/07
Reactions  jtd3rd | 01/09/07
iMOBILE Phone  Techpert | 01/09/07
I don't think people see the tree for the forest  dudervision@... | 01/09/07
I Phone features  hemav | 01/09/07
Email with no keyboard - ugh!  zd@... | 01/10/07
When Sre A Fool And His Money....  Mr_Wizard | 01/10/07
How many fools?  gregry | 01/10/07
See Microsoft market share  MacCanuck | 01/10/07
Looks pretty good, actually  gregry | 01/10/07
Tooooooo Expensive  gmallen@... | 01/10/07
No shortage problems for iPhone  alevek | 01/10/07
Won't sell in Europe..  BuxtonMarauder | 01/10/07
It's not a CDMA phone  tic swayback | 01/10/07
I think you are missing the point.  B.O.F.H. | 01/11/07
You're ready to convince the makers of all?  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
Apple is the new Polaroid  GrizzledGeezer | 01/10/07
You're probably righter than you are thinking  gregry | 01/10/07
missed the point...  GrizzledGeezer | 01/10/07
Evolutionary not revolutionary  Rowdy19Naval | 01/10/07
as did you  gregry | 01/11/07
The point of Polaroid  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
sorta  gregry | 01/12/07
What about instant-developing pictures?  maxsnorkel | 01/12/07
Right absolutely.  gregry | 01/12/07
Mac ads  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/10/07
This is NOT a phone!  Reverend MacFellow | 01/10/07
iPhone: The Newton for 2007  SteveMak | 01/10/07
Oragami: the newton of 2007  TWRX | 01/10/07
Clever?  maxsnorkel | 01/11/07
Wow  Rowdy19Naval | 01/11/07
Me  gregry | 01/12/07
Duide, you must have very low expectations...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/07
machooked  guitargal@... | 02/09/07
RE: iPhone blows away expectations  joanlatchford@... | 12/27/07
is it just me...  kcandow@... | 12/27/07
Why send an 11 month old story out?  jmp_omaha@... | 12/27/07
Year-end review  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 01/03/08
RE: iPhone blows away expectations  jjmacey@... | 12/27/07
RE: iPhone blows away expectations  telamarine@... | 12/27/07

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