THE APPLE IPHONE AUSTRALIA

The Apple iPhone became available to buy from June 29, 2007 ( US release) when it sold like hot-cakes to a much anticipated audience.

The Apple iPhone represents what mobile phone users in Australia have been looking for - a mobile device that does pretty much everything you want (mobile mapping, mobile email, mobile internet, digital music, photos, video/movies, mobile calendar, stock quotes, sms texting, note taking) and much more! There is also the capability to write extra applications or widgets as the iPhone has the full Apple MacOS operating system on board! This isn't some cut/watered down version, this is the full OS, making application writing very extensive, yet easy to perform.

The iPhone, while seemingly like a high-end PDA (personal Digital Assistant), goes one significant step further in amazing usability, it does away with the stylus (the little plastic pointing device used by most PDA's) and uses a new input method called multi-touch. What multi touch represents is a new, more versatile and fluid way to interact with the iPhone by using hand / finger gestures. An example of the multi touch interaction is running your finger across the bottom of the screen to unlock the iPhone, this makes it a very simple action, yet it wont be unlocked by accident in your pocket or bag.

The iPhone also maintains all of the music and video capabilities that made the Apple iPod's so famous around the globe, yet now with the further development, polish and the multi-touch interaction.



THE IPHONE - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW MOBILE DEVICE

The Apple iPhone enables you to make mobile phone calls simply by selecting the picture (if setup) of the person you want to call from your visual address book. You can also listen to voice messages (in any order you like) similar to email.


IPHONE SMS TEXTING

The Apple iPhone includes SMS software with a predictive QWERTY software keyboard that avoids and corrects mistakes.


IPHONE CAMERA

The Apple iPhone features a 2 MP (megapixel) camera and a photo management software that surpasses anything that you have use before on a mobile phone. Synchronise photos from your PC or Mac computer.


IPHONE WIDESCREEN IPOD

The Apple iPhone is also a widescreen iPod with touch sensitive controls that allow you play all of your content; including digital music, audiobooks, videos, TV shows and movies - on a beautiful 3.5 inch colour widescreen display. It also lets you sync your content from the iTunes library on your PC or Mac. You can scroll through songs, artists, albums, and playlists with just a flick of your finger. Album artwork is colourfully presented on the large iPhone display.


IPHONE WIRELESS INTERNET

The Apple iPhone includes a rich HTML email client and Safari (the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device) - which automatically syncs from your PC or Mac computer. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. The Apple iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.


IPHONE EMAIL

The Apple iPhone uses a rich HTML email client that retrieves your email in the background from most POP3 or IMAP mail services and displays photos and images along with the text.


IPHONE MAPS

With Google Maps and iPhone's Maps application, you can view maps and satellite images, or get directions and traffic information, all from the iPhone's remarkable, easy-to-use multi-touch interface.


IPHONE WIDGETS

The Apple iPhone also has widgets: small programs that give you helpful information like stock reports, weather reports, and more in real time.


IPHONE WIRELESS

The Apple iPhone uses quad-band GSM, the world standard for wireless communications. It also supports 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, which links to Apple's new, amazingly compact Bluetooth headset.


APPLE IPHONE SENSORS

The Apple iPhone's accelerometer knows (detects) when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you see the entire width of a web page or a photo in its proper landscape aspect ratio.

The proximity sensor detects when you move the iPhone to your ear and instantly turns off the display to save power and prevent accidental touches until the iPhone is moved away.

Also, an ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the display's brightness to the best level for the current ambient light, enhancing the user experience and saving power at the same time.



APPLE IPHONE SPECIFICATIONS ( IPHONE SPECS )

These are the current specs for the current model Apple iPhone (s) -


• System requirements

  - Mac or PC
  - iTunes 7
  - Internet access is required, and a broadband connection is recommended
  - Mac: Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
  - PC: Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2)

• External Controls

  - Volume Up / Down
  - Ringer / Silent
  - Power / Lock
  - Sleep / Wake
  - Menu Button

• Dimensions

  - 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm

• Weight

- 135 grams (4.8 ounces)

• Input Method

- Multi-touch

• Operating System

- OS X

• Screen size

- 3.5 inches

• Screen resolution

- 320 x 480 at 160 ppi

• Storage

- 4GB or 8GB

• GSM

- Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)

• Wireless data

  - Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0

• Camera

- 2.0 megapixels

• Battery

  - Lithium
  - Up to 5 hours - Talk / Video / Browsing
  - Up to 16 hours - Audio playback
( Battery life varies by use)

• Connectors and other input & output

  - 30 pin iPod connector
  - 3.5mm jack includes audio and mic support
  - SIM tray
  - Built-in speaker
  - Built-in microphone



iPhone Australia Release Date

According to reports, the Apple iPhone Australian release date is believed to be aiming to be available for purchase in the Australian market as early as December 2007 (Christmas season 2007) depending upon factors such as sales and impact of the iPhone in US markets. It also depends on manufacturing, logistics and bug fixes as to whether you can buy iPhone in December or early 2008.