Apple today revealed its long-awaited iPhone, a multi-functional mobile handset that combines the iPod aesthetic with mobile phone capabilities and full Internet access. Looking more like something out of a science-fiction movie than a traditional mobile handset (it’s just 11.6 mm deep), the iPhone has a 3.5-inch widescreen, so it can be used to watch movies and TV. There’s no keyboard and only a single ‘home’ button – instead, a patented system called ‘Multi-touch’ apparently does away with the need for a traditional keypad, control nub, or even a stylus.
“It works like magic,” Apple’s legendary CEO Steve Jobs promised the audience at MacWorld 2007, the expo where the phone was finally revealed today after much speculation.
While the iPhone’s widescreen and touch interface are clearly groundbreaking, there’s plenty of revolutionary fervour hidden beneath its sleek looks, too.
The phone runs OS X – the same operating system that powers Apple’s Macintosh computers – enabling it to support fully graphical interfaces for music, movie and TV access and consumption.
Other applications revealed by Jobs included a graphical QWERTY keyboard for SMS messaging and Photos, which is software for managing the snaps you take with the phones camera.
But that’s really just the beginning. Jobs cited everything from a Safari web browser and Google Maps to the desktop Widgets familiar from Apple’s desktop computers as being supported by the device.
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