Steve Jobs unveils the Apple iPhone
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs confirmed yesterday that the company has created an iPod smart phone, a device that will make calls, surf the Internet, send and receive e-mail, and — naturally — play music and video downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Store
The iPhone — which should be available through Cingular Wireless in June, pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission — will be priced at $499 for a 4-gigabyte model and $599 for an 8-gigabyte model. The device will run the Mac OS X operating system and a full version of Apple’s Web browser, Safari.
I’m not on Cingular, and have no plans to change anytime soon, so this won’t be an option for me, at least not right way. Crap.
[...] During his speech at MacWorld, where he announced the impending release of the iPhone, Steve Jobs made this statement about the ubiquity of iTunes which was actually pretty stunning: Apple said iTunes has sold 2 billion songs. The iTunes movie section, with a collection of 250 films, has sold 1.3 million movies in its first four months. Apple also announced that Paramount was now a partner in the iTunes Store and would offer such movies as “The Italian Job,” “Chinatown” and “School of Rock” through the service. [...]
When my Cingular plan is ready for an upgraded phone, I might have to get one of these
[...] Less than 24 hours after Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, there’s already a lawsuit: SAN FRANCISCO — Cisco Systems sued Apple Inc. in federal court Wednesday, saying the computer maker’s new iPhone violates its trademark. [...]