Review of Apple iPhone Features

What is one of the hottest new products to hit the market recently? Why, it's the Apple iPhone, of course! We've been hearing about the iPhone for months, even before it actually became available for sale. But hey, that's Apple's marketing for you. Now that some of the hype and mania have calmed down, let's take a look at this cool new product and some of its more important features.

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The Apple iPhone is an internet-capable, multimedia 2.75G quad-band GSM mobile phone. This new phone features an integrated 2.0 megapixel camera, text messaging (SMS) capabilities, a web browsing feature, Wi-Fi connection capabilities, and visual voicemail features.

The Apple iPhone comes available in both 4 and 8 gigabyte models, which makes the Apple iPhone an impressive smartphone with superb storage features. It’s built in 2.0 megapixel camera is ideal for snapshots, which can then easily be accessed through iPhoto. iPhoto is a bundled software which interacts with the Apple iPhone and a Mac desktop or laptop. The camera feature includes zoom in and zoom out capabilities, available through the intuitive user control system of the Apple iPhone.

The Apple iPhone comes with a 320×480 pixel HVGA 3.5 inch LCD (liquid crystal display) screen and is designed with a touch screen feature. No stylus is required, as the optical-quality glass topping the Apple iPhone’s screen functions with the physical properties of bare skin to operate successfully. A virtual keypad works as the Apple iPhone’s main “mobile phone input feature”, which is quite an impressive feature in a mobile phone.

Basically, a “more for mobile phone”, optimized version of Mac OS X runs the Apple iPhone. As the Apple iPhone’s central processing unit is an ARM processor, it differs from the regular Mac OS X on Apple desktops and laptops, as these run on x86 and PowerPC ISA systems. The Apple iPhone’s operating system uses up about 700 megabytes. It comes with some handy built-in software such as the Apple Safari internet browser. The Apple iPhone’s Wi-Fi capabilities allow it to stream videos as well as share internet connections. These are sweet features considering the current popularity of online video sharing.

As a portable music player, the iPhone’s built in storage system, currently either 4 or 8 gigabytes depending on the model you choose, provides a decent amount of storage for your mp3’s, which is exactly what you'd expect from the creator of the iPod. Its high definition LCD screen makes it ideal as a portable movie device, for those who are more interested in movies than music. It is compatible with Apple's iTunes software, which most of us already have and are familiar with.

So is an Apple iPhone for you? If you are already a huge fan of Apple's other products, you will probably enjoy the iPhone as well. Be sure to watch this blog for more information on the Apple iPhone in the weeks to come.