What the hell is the Apple iPhone and why should you run out and buy one now before they’re all sold out? I don’t know, but if you want one, you’ll just have to wait until 6:00 p.m. today, when it finally goes on sale at Apple retail stores nationwide. Why 6:00 p.m.? Um, PR stunt? So what exactly is the Apple iPhone, and what can it do for you that the iPod can’t? Well I’m guessing the “phone” in the name has something to do with it.
Here’s Wikipedia’s entry for the iPhone:
The iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled mobile phone by Apple, announced by company CEO Steve Jobs during the keynote at the Macworld Conference & Expo on 9 January 2007, that is scheduled to be released on 29 June 2007 in the U.S. at 6 p.m “local time” limit two per person.
The iPhone’s functions include those of a camera phone, a multimedia player, mobile phone, and Internet services like e-mail, text messaging, web browsing, Visual Voicemail and wireless connectivity. iPhone input is accomplished via touchscreen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone is a 2G quad-band GSM phone, though Jobs mentioned in his keynote that Apple has a “plan to make 3G phones” in the future
Got it? Now go to your local Apple retailer and wait for 6:00 p.m. like the geek that you are.
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