Don’t ask us about patents, but Stevie Jobs got up onstage and proudly crowed that Apple’s new iPod + Phone combo is called “iPhone” (Linksys/Cisco be damned, apparently). The tagline, humbly, was “Apple Reinvents The Phone.” Classy. It already has a Wiki page! Check the pics, via Engadget.
Cingular only for now, kids. Engadget also quotes Jobs on the specs, including 8GB of memory, camera, thinner than Blackjack/Motorola Q, no stylus and no buttons (touch screen? ewww), portrait/landscape view, video playback, and all the usual smartphone trappings (email, IM, calendar, yadda) — all running on OS X (a bit much for a handheld, no?), all synched via iTunes. Oh yeah, and it plays music. (During the demo, Steve picked a tune by The Beatles. Sly dog.) Check the demo at Apple. Email looks like it’ll be an absolute bitch on that thing! (Wipe the drool off your face.)
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drool.
Doesn’t look that great to me. Of course, I’m not fond of touch screens, mostly because of the icky little fingerprints that get left behind. Yeah, I’m a little OCD…lol.
Interesting that he played a Beatles song… since I’m pretty sure you still can’t buy the Beatles’ music on iTunes. Anyway, no surprise. Of course, people will have to pay out the ass to get one of these little gems. I’m sure they’ll rock, though. And I’m sure they’ll be glitchy, at first.
I still prefer Bill, though.
Holy crap. That thing looks amazing.
you don’t need to touch it. just wave your fingers near it.
i am erect.
According to macosrumors:
- iPhone is $499 for 4GB of Flash storage, $599 for 8GB. Will ship in June, due to FCC red tape.
- For now, iPhone is only available through Cingular, with a 2 year contract. Sources we talked to at the keynote suggested that iPhone will evolve rapidly in the next year, and should be available on all major carriers by mid-2008….prices will also drop fast.
- Support will be provided by Apple, not Cingular. This will make many people happy.
Damn, and I just got a Katana and a 2-year contract from Sprint. Hopefully the iPhone will kick ass in 2 years and only be $300 or less.
i, too, have a boner
it’s basically an ipod nano as well.
it runs os x too.
rumors are that it will take your dog for a walk and talk to your girlfriend while you are watching the game.
Cingular exclusive.
It was a nice try, though.
EDGE Data Only – Strike 1
Cingular – Strikes 2 & 3
I’ll buy one when its CDMA and has true 3G data capability.
all i want is a 100GB ipod or bigger….
wha happen to permalink?
hopefully its better than the ..cough..macbook…mine goes back in the shop for the 3rd time..
i should have known better than by first generation of new product
there will be bugs… though I applaud Apple…they swing for the fences
“…though I applaud Apple…they swing for the fences”
agreed. and not a backlash in sight. they’re like the ayn rand of corporations.
man, my shiny new treo 700p looks like a pile of poo, all the sudden.
Raging boner too. That thing looks bad as hell. Now if only they could drop the price….
Raging boner too. That thing looks bad as hell. Now if only they could drop the price….
I LOVE the design, but HATE the specs.
320×240 video resolution and Cingular only.
Can a playa get some wifi up in this phone, too?
Oh… and that price ($500 and $600 = Ouch to my wallet)
But, again, that design is so hawt!
bring it to verizon and i’ll buy two. that is amazing… i was watching it live on macrumorslive.com this morning and just peeing myself in excitement.
I could do without Cingular and ATT. But I will own one come June
I won’t be getting a boner til this thing has Wi-Fi (maybe it does) and unlimited downloads for a monthly fee (it doesn’t).
I think, as consumers, we should be pushing for “whatever song I want whenever I wanna hear it,” instead of paying per track.
Blake: the iPhone has WiFi.
The price isn’t too bad, actually, considering that you’re effectively paying for an iPod, but with a phone and various other things added on. And it’s said that the price will be going down, over time.
You know, I’m starting to warm up to Apple.
oh man the future has arrived
My Cingular phone contract ends in June. Karma is a hottie.
That is one of the most sexiest screens i have every seen. And i’m not even a screen guy I’m more of a butt-on man.
i’m not thrilled. i really don’t need all that shit.
blake: it does have wifi
matthew: who isnt warming up to apple?? :-p
matty ice: the screen is supposed to have this sort of super clear plastic/mat-finish to it that avoids any smudging or fingerprints.
i guess we’ll have to wait and see it in person.
I don’t know if anyone watched the entire keynote or not…
but it was AMAZING the way he slammed Microsoft’s “Zune”….
Steve Jobs is an absolute pimp.
Patents are for inventions.
Copyrights are for works fixed in a tangible medium (music, books, magazines).
Trademarks are for product names, brand names, and symbols, used in trade.
iPhone has been trademarked by Cisco, and Apple is buying the right to use it from Cisco.
OMFG! I want it!
dear steve. we’ve had ipods for how long now? 4 and 8 gig caps are a joke – don’t even tell me about this until you have 20+ version.
The screen is 320×480. The amount of GB is exactly what I’d expect for a device with flash RAM, a hard drive would kill the battery life. That shit is the easiest to change so of course it’ll be improved when technology does.
As much as I think the thing is hott, I wouldn’t buy it as-is. The price and contract are a killer, but prices will come down. The original ipod was $500 for 5GB or some shit, once this gets down to $300 or so then everyone can have giant boners over it. In the meantime we can mock the people who shelled out all that money while secretly being envious.
Yes, 4GB/8GB flash memory is perfect. I’m sure one day that’ll come out with models with 50GB, but the tech isn’t there quite yet. Plus, the first versions of most new products from Apple usually have a kink or two that gets fixed/refined in the subsequent generations, which are usually lower priced.
My jaw dropped from just watching the presentation on the Apple website. This phone is pretty much going to change everything. They’re hoping to sell 10 million units by the end of 2008. I bet they go over that mark easily, as long as they can make them fast enough for the demand.
Samsung makes a 32GB flash drive and is developing a 100GB drive currently. So, i’d say that 4-8GB drives are FAR from “perfect”.
the problem is that flash costs about $30/GB. how many cameras, minis, nanos, pdas, psps, etc. have to be sold before this shit gets more affordable?
Battery life is Up to 5 hours.. this thing is going to suck so much juice.. your phone will be dead and no photos or texting from Pitchfork after 3pm..
wait don’t buy
1. Dear Brian, This phone is obviously not for you. Smart phones are for smart people. reminder: this is a PHONE.
2. Smart phones are not for the broke college students like myself. If you have a smart phone already, you know how pricy they are. A couple hundred more should be nothing for rich folk.
3. ?whatever song I want whenever I wanna hear it?- radical concept, but crazy enough to worrrr?.nah, that would never fly, keep dreaming.
4. ?i’m not thrilled. i really don’t need all that shit.? Matty, read 1 and 2 above and then shuthefackup.
5. Boner
eddie, you fucking douchebag – the point of a combination phone/mp3 player is that you only need ONE device to do both. i wouldn’t call this integration, yet, smartypants.
The comments relating to love being evident by engorgement tells me the past expression of deep wet kisses is now passe. Ah, how culture advances.
Iphone will be the next PDA generation.
iPhone is available with Cingular ONLY!? And what if I am stuck under contract with a carrier OTHER than Cingular but still want a iPhone?
Well, the only solution I could fine was http://www.Cellswapper.com – they get you out of any cell phone contract!