Apple, by way of its mercurial frontman, announced the existence of the iPhone. Sure, it is not the only one (Cisco) on the market, but this Apple phone runs OS X for god's sake. It's a phone-cum-iPod-cum-computer.
Here's the actual live-blog link. I'd advise you scroll slowly and read it in chunks while doing something else, so that you can get the rush of having the information revealed in an exciting piece-meal fashion.
The body of the phone is just a screen w/ a home button. Picture a video iPod, flatten it, remove the scroll wheel and elongate the screen. It seems to do everything--music, movies, messaging, photos, email, web-browsing w/ Safari, Google Maps, and it's all touchscreen-based--my greatest fear about this fascinating little piece of technology is how short its battery life could be.
This thing is like a robot. Here's a quote from Jobs about the sensors it's outfitted with: "We've also got some stuff you can't see--3 advanced sensors. It's got a proximity sensor, bring the iPhone to your ear and your display shuts off and touchscreen shuts down. Ambient light sensor--adjusts brightness, saves power. Third thing is an accelerometer, it can tell whether you're in landscape and portrait." Also, if you're rawking out and you start blowing up (you know, if, like, someone calls you), the iPod function automatically fades out the music to take the phone call.
So, basically, you now have me gone all Veruca Salt over this--except I want an iPhone, not a squirrel that shells nuts perfectly. We just have to wait until June (in the US at least)--and get to the blood bank enough times to raise the $500 to $600 price tag on this doo-hickey.
Most likely, I will have to wait till my June 2008 birthday ...
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