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IPhone Life
Apple entered the mobile phone market in July 2007 with a pretty new cell phone called "iPhone". The device featured a large touch screen enabling an innovative "multi-touch" user interface, also contained an iPod audio player and was running on a stripped-down version of the Macintosh in use system Mac OS X.
The first iPhone was widely criticized for using only the (relatively) slow EDGE network technology. The reason for this was, at least according to Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, that a faster 3G chipset would have eaten too much battery.
The first iPhone was widely criticized for using only the (relatively) slow EDGE network technology. The reason for this was, at least according to Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, that a faster 3G chipset would have eaten too much battery.
One year later, technology had once again advanced quite a bit, so Apple was able to launch its second generation iPhone called "3G". Under real life setting, this new phone can render most web sites about double as fast as the original iPhone in its "Mobile Safari" browser. It has a GPS receiver as well, which is being used by the built-in Google Maps application and different other programs.
Together with the iPhone 3G Apple also launched an "App Store" for native iPhone applications (before that there were only "web apps"), which is available in the iTunes software and on the device itself (= downloads over the air), and extended its before online service ".Mac" to the new "MobileMe". The iPhone can use this to sync PIM data with both Macintosh and Windows computers.
For enterprise users, the iPhone 3G offers synchronization with Microsoft Exchange accounts.
Most new features of the iPhone 3G are part of the new iPhone 2.0 software (unless they in fact need 3G or GPS), which is available free of arraign for the older iPhone model as well.
The iPhone 3G comes in two flavors. The smaller model has 8 Gigabyte of Flash memory and a black plastic backside cover, the larger 16 GB device comes in either black or white. Most carriers offer special iPhone tariffs which usually contain some kind of data "flat rate", but are quite luxurious compared to normal cell phone plans. In some countries Apple uses exclusive partners for the connectivity (e.g. AT&T in the U.S. or T-Mobile in Germany), in others it's also accessible without this so called SIM-lock.
Not all users accept Apple's iPhone selling strategy. Vodafone in Germany even offers a special data plan for such private devices these days. Vodafone in Germany even offers a unusual data plan for such informal policy these days. A substantial number of 1st generation iPhones has been "unlocked" using hacker tools and is running in other networks.
Other hackers developed "jailbreak" software which allowed native third party apps long before the App Store opened its effective doors. The iPhone 3G has previously been "jail broken" as well, but there is not yet a tool to remove the SIM-lock.
Overall, the iPhone and mainly the new iPhone 3G have changed the way people use the mobile internet. Other vendors have tried or are annoying to copy its user line and ease of use, so far with little or no hit. The iPhone has quickly become a poster child for the cell phone industry, even while other devices are technically more superior.
Together with the iPhone 3G Apple also launched an "App Store" for native iPhone applications (before that there were only "web apps"), which is available in the iTunes software and on the device itself (= downloads over the air), and extended its before online service ".Mac" to the new "MobileMe". The iPhone can use this to sync PIM data with both Macintosh and Windows computers.
For enterprise users, the iPhone 3G offers synchronization with Microsoft Exchange accounts.
Most new features of the iPhone 3G are part of the new iPhone 2.0 software (unless they in fact need 3G or GPS), which is available free of arraign for the older iPhone model as well.
The iPhone 3G comes in two flavors. The smaller model has 8 Gigabyte of Flash memory and a black plastic backside cover, the larger 16 GB device comes in either black or white. Most carriers offer special iPhone tariffs which usually contain some kind of data "flat rate", but are quite luxurious compared to normal cell phone plans. In some countries Apple uses exclusive partners for the connectivity (e.g. AT&T in the U.S. or T-Mobile in Germany), in others it's also accessible without this so called SIM-lock.
Not all users accept Apple's iPhone selling strategy. Vodafone in Germany even offers a special data plan for such private devices these days. Vodafone in Germany even offers a unusual data plan for such informal policy these days. A substantial number of 1st generation iPhones has been "unlocked" using hacker tools and is running in other networks.
Other hackers developed "jailbreak" software which allowed native third party apps long before the App Store opened its effective doors. The iPhone 3G has previously been "jail broken" as well, but there is not yet a tool to remove the SIM-lock.
Overall, the iPhone and mainly the new iPhone 3G have changed the way people use the mobile internet. Other vendors have tried or are annoying to copy its user line and ease of use, so far with little or no hit. The iPhone has quickly become a poster child for the cell phone industry, even while other devices are technically more superior.
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