The new iPhone is the second model out from Apple.It delivers most of the widely rumoured and hoped-for features such as fast mobile broadband, instant email delivery, GPS and a sleeker shape.
Price: The most astonishing news is the price. In the United States the new iPhone will sell for $US199 (about $210) for the 8GB and $US299 (about $315) for the 16GB models on 24-month plans.
Lust factor: The desire one shiny little object can inspire is quite disturbing. Just look at it. You know you want one.
Connectivity: The new iPhone has quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE. Doesn't matter if you don't know what all that stands for - just rest assured you'll have the best possible web, email and phone access wherever you are.
Software: The new iPhone runs on a new operating system, called iPhone 2.0. Just as thousands of applications have been created to run on your computer, developers are busily beavering away at creating "Apps" to install on your iPhone. Download them straight to your phone from Apple's new App Store. Some are likely to cost about $10 to $20 here, others will be free. App categories include games, business, news, sport, health, reference and travel.
Emails: Sounds boring, but support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync has many potential corporate customers excited. Emails will arrive instantly - not just when you check for them.
New features: GPS for real-time mapping functions, a scientific calculator, parent controls to restrict content, the ability to save images from websites and overseas roaming (iPhone 3G will work in more than 70 countries).
Old features: Same as the first iPhone: browsing the web's a breeze and so is taking and showing off photos and using the iPhone as an iPod to listen to music or watch videos on the large screen. There are easy touch gestures for expanding and shrinking images or websites, and for flicking through your photo library. Whatever's on the screen automatically orientates for vertical or horizontal viewing.
Better battery life: Apple haven't always delivered on claimed battery performance, but are promising 10 hours' talk time on 2G networks and five hours on 3G (which can be switched off to save battery life), up to five hours' web browsing, up to seven hours' video viewing and up to 24 hours for playing audio.
MobileMe: Visit http://www.me.com/ to read about how the new MobileMe service synchronises emails, contacts and calendar details between your PC or Mac and your iPhone so everything's always up to date. Very handy.
What's not so hot? With rumours flying hot and fast before the launch, expectations of the new iPhone were sky-high. Not everyone's impressed. Here's what's missing.
Videoconferencing and picture messaging: Not supported out of the box, but stay tuned for third-party apps which may add this feature.
Wi-Fi: Still 802.11b/g; no support yet for the new 802.11n standard. A user-replaceable battery: The new iPhone has a sealed, non-changeable battery. Batteries fail. Then what? Off to Apple for an expensive service call for them to replace it. How annoying.
Bluetooth: Well, it's there - but not the A2 DP profile for using it properly. Gigabyte upgrade: iPods now come in 80GB and 160GB models, yet the iPhone has only 8GB and 16GB options. The iPhone still has too little media storage space for too many music and video-file collectors.
A better camera: The quality's not great and only two megapixels is tired.
Cynical critics claim Apple's history of regularly releasing upgraded models boils down to shortening a gizmo's lifespan so customers make repeat purchases in the same product category.
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Price: The most astonishing news is the price. In the United States the new iPhone will sell for $US199 (about $210) for the 8GB and $US299 (about $315) for the 16GB models on 24-month plans.
Lust factor: The desire one shiny little object can inspire is quite disturbing. Just look at it. You know you want one.
Connectivity: The new iPhone has quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE. Doesn't matter if you don't know what all that stands for - just rest assured you'll have the best possible web, email and phone access wherever you are.
Software: The new iPhone runs on a new operating system, called iPhone 2.0. Just as thousands of applications have been created to run on your computer, developers are busily beavering away at creating "Apps" to install on your iPhone. Download them straight to your phone from Apple's new App Store. Some are likely to cost about $10 to $20 here, others will be free. App categories include games, business, news, sport, health, reference and travel.
Emails: Sounds boring, but support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync has many potential corporate customers excited. Emails will arrive instantly - not just when you check for them.
New features: GPS for real-time mapping functions, a scientific calculator, parent controls to restrict content, the ability to save images from websites and overseas roaming (iPhone 3G will work in more than 70 countries).
Old features: Same as the first iPhone: browsing the web's a breeze and so is taking and showing off photos and using the iPhone as an iPod to listen to music or watch videos on the large screen. There are easy touch gestures for expanding and shrinking images or websites, and for flicking through your photo library. Whatever's on the screen automatically orientates for vertical or horizontal viewing.
Better battery life: Apple haven't always delivered on claimed battery performance, but are promising 10 hours' talk time on 2G networks and five hours on 3G (which can be switched off to save battery life), up to five hours' web browsing, up to seven hours' video viewing and up to 24 hours for playing audio.
MobileMe: Visit http://www.me.com/ to read about how the new MobileMe service synchronises emails, contacts and calendar details between your PC or Mac and your iPhone so everything's always up to date. Very handy.
What's not so hot? With rumours flying hot and fast before the launch, expectations of the new iPhone were sky-high. Not everyone's impressed. Here's what's missing.
Videoconferencing and picture messaging: Not supported out of the box, but stay tuned for third-party apps which may add this feature.
Wi-Fi: Still 802.11b/g; no support yet for the new 802.11n standard. A user-replaceable battery: The new iPhone has a sealed, non-changeable battery. Batteries fail. Then what? Off to Apple for an expensive service call for them to replace it. How annoying.
Bluetooth: Well, it's there - but not the A2 DP profile for using it properly. Gigabyte upgrade: iPods now come in 80GB and 160GB models, yet the iPhone has only 8GB and 16GB options. The iPhone still has too little media storage space for too many music and video-file collectors.
A better camera: The quality's not great and only two megapixels is tired.
Cynical critics claim Apple's history of regularly releasing upgraded models boils down to shortening a gizmo's lifespan so customers make repeat purchases in the same product category.
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