Holy Shit, an iPhone!

I've been wondering why there aren't any gadget that I'll look up to in 2007. Enter, the iPhone. Apple just announced it on their website and I just read Time's exclusive about it 5 minutes ago. Steve Jobs also introduced it at the MacWorld Expo 2007 in Frisco. As a certified nerd, these kind of news always wakes me up.

With no keyboard in sight, the iPhone mimics most PDA-phones in the market. But it's not an Apple product if it doesn't offer something different. Jobs said that the phone will revolutionize the way we use our cellphones today. The most important aspect of the iPhone is that it's designed to work effortlessly and still retain the stylish Apple forte. The menu bar at the bottom of the main menu, as you can see above, consists of several icons representing the most basic functions (phone, mail, web, iPod). You might also be able to change the other icons of the main menu (similar to the dock in OS X). When you touch one of those icons, the phone not only opens the corresponding application, it actually transforms the 320 x 420 screen to the application.

Not only that, the iPhone has built in sensors that will adjust the screen when you rotate the phone from portrait to landscape (a la the first Sony MP3 walkman). There are also proximity sensors that can detect when you put your ear to the speaker. This way you won't accidentally touch the icons on the display when you're taking a call (smart!).

Apple also develops the multi touch feature. Similar to the way you use the mouse on the macbook touchpad, you can use one finger to move around the menu, but you can also use two fingers to zoom in or out and scroll through pages. This is a very ingenious interface system. This way, you'll only have to use your fingers (two fingers max, to be exact) to control the device.


The iPhone itself has similar dimensions to the iPod, 61mm x115mm x 11.6mm, and weights about 135 grams. It has a 2 MP camera and a 4 GB and 8 GB storage with an aproximate price of $499 and $599, respectively. The iPhone will be available in the US in June, Europe by the end of this year, and it'll find it's way to Asia and the rest of the world next year (damnit!).

Bless you, Steve Jobs, for reminding me how it feels like to drool over new technology all over again. Can't wait for 2008!