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In January of 2007, Apple announced that it was entering into the portable phone market with the development and launch of the iPhone. Scheduled for release in June of 2007, the Apple iPhone will be able to play music like an iPod, surf and browse the web, take pictures, showcase videos, send text messages and emails, and, maybe, make or take a phone call or two.

Big deal.

For every new cell phone or cell phone company that introduces itself to the market, proclaiming that their particular model of cell phone can, say, play music, there are dozens of other names and brands, some popular, some not, that can do exactly the same thing. What’s the catch? What’s the hook? Where’s the innovative technological design that’s supposed to make the public stand up and take notice?

Now, the Apple iPhone does have complete virtual touch-screen. There are no raised buttons to press and push, and everything is operated with the sense of a finger. Now, that actually is a cool feature, but, it might not be completely practical. Why? Simply because when I look at my hands, I see chubby fingers that are not going to be able to accurately press any button on a small touch screen. Now, unless that screen is 6″ across, which, if that were the case, might defeat the entire mobility purpose of the phone.

Why does Apple feel the need to develop and create their own portable phone? Could it be that they really want to revolutionize portable communication? Do they want to make the world a better place? Can they offer something that no one else can?

Look at it this way: why does Lindsay Lohan think she could sing?

Because it’s another revenue stream to be mined, that’s why? Now, there’s no doubt that the iPhone is cool, and will find a popular and receptive audience. But, like Lohan’s singing attempts, it doesn’t really improve the world and the world wouldn’t notice it if it weren’t around. It’s just there, and it will make money. Partially because of its features, partially because of curiosity seekers, and partially because of people loyal to the brand name.

No one is begrudging Apple for getting in on the portability craze. After all, Apple may have taken that craze to incredible heights with the development and release of the iPod. So, it makes sense, then, to fuse the iPod with a cellular phone. But, it’s already been done before.

Maybe the real issue is that if Apple released a phone without web, email, video player and other bells and whistles, that it simply wouldn’t sell and just sit there on the shelves. If Lindsay Lohan had to sing on her own merits, she might be joining that lonely phone. But, add some studio effects, create some stylish videos and surround her with talented musicians, and she becomes passable and tolerable.

In today’s ultra-connected world, it seems that no one will buy a cell phone for the expressed purpose of having a phone with you while on the go. You need to have everything or your will appear to be nothing.

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Jordan Dawson is a pop-culture and technology expert.

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As soon as the iPhone was launched, a lot of questions were cropped up on the adaptability of the new phone in the existing conditions. One confounding question among these was the availability of third party applications in it.

There is a widespread speculation that Apple iPhone is a first-party mobile phone, and Apple’s association with Cingular Wireless for data transfer restricts the user to follow their routes strictly ruling out all the possibilities of customizing the phone.

Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc., answered positively to the worrying question of the users and also justified the ‘closeness’ of the phone saying that an open platform would muddle up the service provider’s network. He was alluding that Cingular Wireless does not allow the users to mess up their network by allowing third party software. Cingular is the exclusive U.S. carrier of Apple iPhone.

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod marketing, too had the same opinion. He confirmed the fact that there is little scope for third party applications in iPhone. However, he added that Apple is open for third parties for designing peripherals for the iPhone. Later, Greg did not forget to defend the iPhone saying that it is not totally ‘closed’ as it has already partnered with Yahoo! and Google for accessing their selected services. Yahoo! has offered free push e-mail service to iPhone users, and Google will provide the
Integrated Google Map facility to locate local businesses and other places.

Steve Jobs’ justification sounds puny; with the mobile networks flooding with the Windows applications and similar software, the ‘security concern’ of the iPhone may not sell easily. This GPRS/EDGE phone does not support 3G. With its other limitations such as the non-expandable memory, the scope for further modifications remains a fantasy for the enthusiastic iPhone lovers.

The use of Mac OS X software adds a ray of hope for developments. It seems that Apple is planning to develop more applications on OS X’s Mach kernel and the ARM processor architecture. Hope these developments happen in the near future eliminating the ambiguity over the efficiency of the compact version of OS X software used in the present model.

Another interesting claim from the Apple is that the iPhone is loaded with a lot of applications that can invite third party participation. For example, the applications such as the motion sensors, radio networking, and the computing features, etc., have lots of scope for third party applications, according to Apple. What seems more strange is the claim that most of these applications are too advanced to run in the present conditions.

Apple iPhone is yet to reach the market. Even though the Apple iPhone is priced reasonably, there is confusion among the industrialists on how the market will react to the cute gadget. It would be great if Apple could sort out the limitations of this new multipurpose mobile and reach to the proximity of the revolutionary users by adding the appropriate applications in it.

Here is a nice 3D image of the Apple iPhone.

With the launch of the Apple iPhone with its all-new look and style, mobile users are preparing to learn the acrobatics to deal with its touch-screen feature. Will it be really cool when the handset reaches to those sensitive hands? There are a lot of talks about the success of these new features applied in the iPhone. No doubt, if it clicks, this technology will soon reach to your PC and laptop making your fingers crawl through the screen.

The touch-screen is so sensitive that the user has to be extremely careful while moving the fingers across it. What if you hold it in your hand? Will it be safe? Or, in your pocket? Oops! Have Apple got a solution for this baffling question? Of course, there is. As is the case with normal cell phones, iPhone also has got the ‘lock’ option to keep it safe while not in use. Unless you intently disturb it, it is not going to do any harm, but of course, while typing a message or dialing a number you are likely to make mistakes (probably if you have got fat fingers!) in the initial stages. However history teaches us that human being adapts very easily to any situation that he is in, so no exception to the ‘touch screen’ technology too. Moreover, the automatic spell check is ready there to help you to correct every wrong entry, though it may not work with those customized phrases that you use in your day-to-day SMS communication.

The iChat offered by the iPhone, though, does not sound very cool. To see it as the old ‘SMS’ in the new bottle is a bit depressing. As many IM services are already used in many advanced mobile phones, Apple could have updated the iPhone to the real iChat mode.

The Visual Voice Mail, however, is praiseworthy. You can relieve now being away from your mobile phone, and avoid the cumbersome task of listening to each voice mail. This is an excellent feature that Apple created to save the precious time of the user.

The one and only physical button, i.e., the home button is worthy enough to create history with its dual purpose. When pressed, the home button toggles between the standard screen option and the microphone option. The button, as you think, is not that big to perform the double action; you may not notice it at the first sight of your phone. Camouflaged within the instrument, this button is likely to make the user tizzy as and when he grabs the phone.

Another worry to the user about this phone may be its rotation from portrait to landscape mode. As seen in the demonstration videos from Apple, the iPhone is not smart enough to hide the transition from landscape to portrait and vice versa and thus delays the reorientation of the photos a little bit.

It is the testing time for Apple and the future customers. With its awaited market entry in June 2007, the buzz is in the air on whether to acquire it or not.