Showcasing nearly all the features of the iPhone, including interface, maps, SMS text messages and message conversations, video, photos, iPod and music, weather, and much more, the Apple iPhone guided tour shows it all.
Check out Apple’s official site to see this slick video presentation.
Watch how this guy modified the skins of Windows CE to make it look and function nearly identical to the iPhone’s interface. Watch until the very end, where he even has the “flicking” through songs down to a tee.
Within the next little while, as we have seen in the past, individuals and companies will start immitating Apple’s great interface. Microsoft did it with OS X, numerous mp3 player manufacturers did it with the iPod, and it will happen again with the iPhone. Competition is always a good thing, however, as it drives prices down. We know that Apple will always release the highest quality product.
Just 2 weeks before the release of Apple’s new revolutionary iPhone! With the first shipment most likely to be sold out right away, there’s going to be a lot of Apple fans hungry for customization. Here’s some awesome iPhone wallpapers I designed just for you. When you’re showing it off to your friends, one of these wallpapers will make the first impression all that more exciting. Remember to tell them all where you found your iPhone wallpapers and iPhone skins! iPhoneStuff.org!
iPhone Wallpapers will all be posted on the wallpapers page, but here’s some brand new ones I made. I made cool designs with a variety of colors on each design. All are maximum quality 320 x 480 @ 180 ppi.
Enjoy!
Let’s face it - one of the main reasons you’ll want to buy an iPhone is to wow other people with it. Naturally you’ll want to customize and personalize your iPhone’s default background (which we can assume will be the clown fish wallpaper.) Here’s a few I made.
Even though the iPhone still doesn’t come out for a few months (Apple has said June will be the US release month), one can start thinking about how they might want to show off their new hot piece of sexy technology.
iPhone Wallpapers will all be posted on the wallpapers page, but here’s some brand new ones I made. I made 3 cool designs with a variety of colors on each design. All are maximum quality 320 x 480 @ 180 ppi.
Enjoy!
Since we already know the resolution of the iPhone’s screen, we can start making wallpapers for it! The iPhone’s background will be able to be customized by the user, just like your OS X wallpaper. You’ll want to make it your own! Steve Jobs has his favourite wallpaper chosen already, and we can see it on the official iPhone site.The iPhone’s screen will be measured at 3.5 inches diagonally, with a resolution of 320 pixels x 480 pixels at 180 pixels per inch (ppi). It is significant to note that computer monitor LCDs have a standard of 72 pixels per inch. The iPhone’s screen will be extremely crisp and clear in comparison, which is a good thing for a small screen which will have lots of text on it.
Here’s the famous clown fish wallpaper that will probably be packaged with every iPhone sold:
I will also add this wallpaper to the Wallpapers page, where you’ll be able to see iPhone wallpapers at the native iPhone size and resolution, as well as PC / Mac desktop wallpapers of the iPhone for use on larger screens.
I’ve compiled a list of 7 facts about the iPhone that are often overlooked, and also what they mean to me, and maybe to you too.
1. The iPhone features a built-in battery that is not intended to be user-replaceable (”we knew that,” you cry), similar to existing iPods. The battery is capable of providing five hours of video, web browsing, or talk time. HOWEVER - the battery life for music playing is 16 hours. It is unknown how long the batteries will last in sleep mode.
The fact that underneath all the gloss and music and video, it is a cell phone, here’s hoping that the sleep mode battery life will be at least 48 hours. Most cell phones can be left on in sleep mode for a few days.
2. There will be new headphones which are similar to those of current iPods, but which incorporate a microphone.
If you thought you had to hold the iPhone right up to your mouth to talk, and worry that you’ll drop it, worry no longer. Also, if it’s illegal to hold a cell phone and drive at the same time where you are, out of the box this will not be a problem for you with this corded solution.
3. Calls can be answered and ended by squeezing the microphone.
I hope you don’t have an itchy finger for squeezing, because if you squeeze twice quickly, you would have just answered and hung up on your friend. A good way to lose friends!
4. The loudspeaker is used both for handsfree operations and media playback.
That’s right - it has a built-in speaker. Well of course it does, it has MP3 ringtones doesn’t it? Annoy all of your coworkers while you watch the latest episode of Scrubs or The Office without headphones!
5. Storage: 4 or 8 GB Flash memory, storing files (music, video, contacts, photos) and operating system.
Unlike current iPods, the iPhone will use flash memory, not a hard-drive based memory storage. This is good news for a cell phone, which will more than likely get tossed around more than an mp3 player. A hard bump and you might get the sad iPod icon on an HDD based iPod, but flash memory is solid with no moving parts like the USB thumb drive sticking out the back of your computer right now.
6. Apple has announced that the slimmed-down version of OS X running on the iPhone will take up “considerably less” than 500MB.
Does this mean it will take up 495MB? Add a couple of widgets and most likely it will be close to 500MB. This means that on a 4GB model, you will be able to add only 3.5GB of your own songs, videos, and photos. Also of note is that the flash memory will not be upgradeable.
7. The iPhone has three switches on its sides: sleep/wake, volume up/down, ringer on/off. All other multimedia and phone operations are done via the touch screen.
We knew that it was basically an all-finger operation, but I for one am glad to see a manual volume control on the side. When I used to ride the public transit bus through the heart of the ghetto known as the north end in my city, I always kept my CD player in my backpack and just reached in to adjust volume. I didn’t want to pull it out. The problem with the iPhone is that if you want to change tracks without looking, you might have a tough time.
That’s my roundup of things I found interesting that haven’t been talked about to death. Anything I missed?
If you were like me and watched the oscars, you might have seen a sexy little compilation of some very famous people all picking up a phone and saying “hello.” This was Apple’s first television ad for their upcoming iPhone.
The video for this amazing ad is on the official Apple iPhone site.
A Macrumors forum user put together a list of the actors seen in the short clips, and I use this as reference for my list of actors together with still frames from the ad and of course from the original movies and shows they were taken from.
Lucille Ball
Jackie Gleason
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Jerry Lewis
Marilyn Monroe
Clark Gable
Peter Sellers
Steve McQueen
Richard Dreyfuss
Burt Reynolds
Betty Rubble
Robert Redford
Michael J. Fox
Harrison Ford
John Cusack
Audrey Tautou
Kevin Spacey
William H. Macy
Dustin Hoffman
Will Ferrell
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jeff Bridges
Billy Crystal
Cameron Diaz
Samuel L. Jackson
John Travolta
Robert DeNiro
Ben Stiller
Michael Douglas
Mr. Incredible
Hello
This was quite an amazing ad and I’m really looking forward to the forthcoming ad campaign as we get closer to the launch of the Apple iPhone!
Stanley Feinbaum wrote an interesting article about why he’s not interested in buying an iPhone. A humorous look at some of the ‘features’ of Apple’s new cell phone.
Cingular only. This makes as much sense as selling computers that can only access the internet through AOL.
Some sexy iPhone icons for your OS X desktop were released a few days ago over at INTERFACELIFT.com. This is surely only the first of many iPhone icons, as there are many versions of the popular iPod product in icon form, as well as iMac, Mac Pro, and more. Get them while they’re hot!
Although many Apple fans are complaining of the iPhone’s high pricetag, analysts have pegged Apple’s new iPhone as not a cheap piece of technology for Apple to make either.
In a recent article regarding Apple’s margin versus cost of parts, they stated that the screen itself might cost upwards of $60 to Apple. Adding the sensor technology, as well as battery, hard drive, etc. leaves Apple with a cost “well above $300 for the 4 GB model.”
Whatever the current cost is to Apple, one also has to take into account the price of advertising, marketing, commercials etc. that Apple is famous for, and add that into the cost. Apple’s margin over the iPhone may not be as high as some reports have noted.
