After more than two years in the making, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007 announced the company’s intention to enter the mobile handset market, unveiling the new Apple iPhone.

The iPhone brings together several features of the iPod, digital camera, smart phones and even portable computing to one device, with a widescreen display and an innovative input method.

Mr Jobs praised the phone’s design and told the audience the “magical device” would “revolutionise the industry”.

 He demonstrated the phone by playing the Beatles’ Lovely Rita, Meter Maid. He added: “The iPod changed everything in 2001. We’re going to do it again with the iPhone in 2007.”

 The phone will be available on the network of US mobile firm Cingular and will run Apple’s OS X operating system.

The phone is expected to come out in June 2007 in USA, Europe in the fourth QTR and Asia in 2008 and it will be available exclusively on Cingular for $499 on a two-year contract for the 4GB version and $599 for the 8GB version.

Posted on January 10th, 2007 by admin
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