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iPhone Is an OSX Computer
I’m reading Jason O’Grady’s live blogging of the Jobs keynote. Jobs just introduced the iPhone saying “Today, we’re introducing three revolutionary products 1. widescreen iPod with touch controls 2. revoutionary mobile phone 3. breakthrough internet communication device” But it’s not three products, it’s one: the iPhone. It runs OS X and has a multi-touch, 160dpi wide-screen—no stylus. Jason said he was considering leaving the keynote to go buy one. Connectivity is both EDGE and Wi-Fi; it switches between them seamlessly. It features a full Safari browser and real email. Where do I get one?
Update: You can’t get one…until June. This from the Apple iPhone site: This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.
Using SizeEasy, Engadget has a comparison of the iPhone, the Q, Treo, and Pearl. About the same size as as the Q, slightly bigger, but much skinnier than the Treo.
Here’s a c|net video of the iPhone portion of the Keynote.
Posted by windley on January 9, 2007 10:56 AM
Comment from Todd Biske at January 9, 2007 11:47 AM
Phil, I'm following it on MacRumors and I'm with Jason. Steve hasn't mentioned price yet, but my wallet is already burning a hole in my pocket ready to get one of these.
Comment from David Griffin at January 10, 2007 6:21 PM
It's not true that the user doesn't care about the internals of the program. "Good" internals is what gives you reliability and maintainability, and the user definitely cares if the program crashes a lot or takes an age to get bug fixes or the next update out. Granted it's the user experience that counts, but part of that user experience is the reliability of the program.
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