| This article covers Apple and the new iPhone | | | | 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV - Frequency |
| including general market information as well as | | | | response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Video - Video |
| technical specifics. Apple has always positioned | | | | formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, |
| itself as the underdog computer company | | | | 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, |
| standing alone against the overpowering corporate | | | | Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline |
| giant Microsoft. This stance was further | | | | Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, |
| strengthened by early marketing campaigns | | | | stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; |
| positioning Apple as a way to break out of the | | | | H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, |
| "clone" mentality that was supposedly being | | | | 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level |
| brought into being by other computer firms. With | | | | 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, |
| customer satisfaction, reliability, and ease of use | | | | stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; |
| leading the charge, Apple created what many | | | | MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, |
| would consider a better mousetrap. In the 1980's | | | | 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with |
| the Macintosh computer was the rave of schools | | | | AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo |
| and the creative community, and most recently | | | | audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. Those |
| the phenomenon known as the iPhone is keeping | | | | stats certainly don't read like a phone. But what |
| Apple on the bleeding edge of electronic devices. | | | | about the traditional problems that are inherent |
| The little underdog has gotten very very big. On | | | | with traditional PDAs or other wireless Internet |
| June 29th the iPhone became available to the | | | | devices such as tiny keypads and endless function |
| public, and people were ready. At prices ranging | | | | screens, or the stylus that would never actually |
| up to $599.00 the iPhone was an enormous | | | | input the correct information? All gone. The iPhone |
| success. The iPhone is attempting to change how | | | | is accessed via a touch screen with a virtual |
| cell phones and cell phone accessories are being | | | | keypad that changes depending on the function |
| used, and from the reception the market is giving | | | | the user is attempting to access. So it looks like a |
| it this may actually come to pass. So what does | | | | phone when you are making a call, and it looks |
| Apple want to turn the cell phone into? A portable | | | | like a keyboard when you access the Internet or |
| media device and communications center that fits | | | | send an email. The iPhone uses the Safari |
| in your pocket. Now in a single device you can | | | | browser, so current Apple users will already be |
| listen to your favorite song, call your friends, read | | | | familiar with the look and feel. Also, don't worry |
| a web page, send an email, or watch a movie. | | | | about spelling errors in your email as the iPhone |
| Yes, watch a movie. Specifically the iPhone is: | | | | will auto-correct just like you are accustomed too. |
| Operating System - OS X Display - | | | | With a price tag between $499.00 and $599.00 |
| 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 160 dpi - 3.5-inch | | | | the iPhone isn't cheap. The vast majority of the |
| (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display - Support | | | | marketplace will be unable or unwilling to pay this |
| for display of multiple languages and characters | | | | amount for a "phone". As the word gets out |
| simultaneously Wireless data - Bluetooth 2.0+EDR | | | | however the market will slowly become aware |
| - Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) - EDGE Camera - 2.0 | | | | that although this is called an "iPhone", it isn't a |
| megapixels Storage - 4GB or 8GB flash drive1 | | | | phone. This is something new altogether, and |
| Audio - Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected | | | | from a holistic standpoint the price is right. |
| AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and | | | | |