Years ago, Apple revolutionized the way people looked at portable music with the introduction of the revolutionary Ipod. This year, Apple has once again made a bid to create a gadget that may set the standards for the next generation. Their offering is known as the Iphone. Blending the best features of the Ipod with a cellular telephone, internet browser, and some PDA functions, the Iphone may very well change the way people look at cellular telephones forever.
Simple Interface And Display Screen In One
One of the first things a user will notice about the Ipod is it's distinct lack of physical buttons. Aside from a small volume control knob and a power/standby switch, the main interface of the Ipod is interlinked with it's display. The Ipod's surface is just a 3.5 inch LCD screen with a touch sensitive over layer. The overlay is specifically designed to react to the touch of skin, so a stylus is unnecessary; your fingers are all the tools you'll need to operate the unit.
GUI Is More Like A PC Than A Cell Phone
The Iphone's menu is fairly user friendly, though it may be confusing at first for people who are used to the standard interface employed by conventional cell phones. Instead, the menu options for the Iphone are more akin to the structure of a PC, with a button for switching to phone mode, another for activating the internet browser (the Iphone is Wifi enabled), digital camera, or Ipod for playing music and videos. Scrolling through menus is also easy, as the entire surface of the screen can be manipulated with your fingers like a laptop's touchpad.
Ties In Internet Capabilities With Phone Features
The Iphone has tie ins with google and yahoo for email capability and easy internet browsing, and it's main browser program is safari. The email capability comes in handy because Iphone users don't need to rely simply on SMS and calling to contact people; they can chat online or send emails. On a related note, Iphone users can tie in their email contacts address book to the phone's memory list of phone numbers.
Integral Memory And Battery
The phones, similar to Ipods, don't utilize memory sticks or cards, instead they use a stable built in memory. The Iphones currently come in 4 and 8 gigabyte models, though later models will exceed these capacities. Also like an Ipod, the batteries of an Iphone are integral, and have much longer lives than conventional cell phone batteries. With all of these features mixed into one package, the Iphone is set to take cell phones into the next generation.
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