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What exactly is iPhone?
According
to Wikipedia,
the
iPhone
is a multimedia, Internet-enabled mobile phone designed and marketed by
Apple Inc. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and
buttons.
So, basically, the iPhone is a combination of an iPod, a
tablet PC and a cellular phone.
The most well-known feature of the iPhone is perhaps its touch-screen
capability. You can use your fingers to do a multitude of
operations like making a call, typing text messages and browsing
through music albums, to name a few. Yes, there are other touch screen
machines around but the iPhone makes the operations a whole lot easier
and fun.
The iPhone changes the way we get in touch with our contacts.
Traditionally, we have to dial the number and wait for the contact to
pick his phone up. If he picks it up, only then we know he is
available. With iPhone, you know who are available in real time using
compelling and popular Internet services like Skype and Yahoo!
Messenger with
Voice. There's no need to dial and wait to check if that particular
contact is available or otherwise.
Arguably, the major drawback of the iPhone is its lack of 3G
capability. However, a new model which would come out in 2008 (called
iPhone 2.0) should have 3G capability.
Other features it lacks includes:
- Blue Tooth
- Voice dial
- One-button turbo-dialling
- GPS for navigation
All
the above features have been available on cellphones for years.
Also you can't swap batteries yourself. You have to go to an Apple
Store or ship it to Apple just to swap a new battery.
And oh, there's no memory card slot.
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