iPhone(2007)

I PHONE ADDS CAPABILITIES TO THE CELL PHONE

Announced in January 2007 and eagerly awaited, the apple iphone could play music, play movies, take photographs, send e mail, Browses the internet and store up to 8 gigabytes of information. It also had Wi-Fi capabilities, calendar, notepad, a calculator operated via a nifty touch screen mechanisms. And it could make a telephone call.

The difference between the iphone and smartphone is that the iphone runs the IOS  operating software or OS where, the operating system in smartphone is blackberry, windows android and Symbian. In 1998 steves jobs break down that what the “i” iMac stands for beside internet .apple prefix is also stood for individual, instruct, inform and inspire since then, the “i” has moved beyond its internet Centric meaning. 

With its large screen, lack of buttons, and sleek appearance, the iphone stood out in design terms alone unlike its competitors, it did not look like a phone. What is more, the touch screen was designed to be operate by a finger, so it was no longer necessary to find the style required by other modes.

However, the iphone did not perform as well as expected, with apple taking only a 5 percent share of the worldwide market. This was in large part due to initial price of $599, later reduced to $399, much to the annoyance of early purchasers.

In July 2008 apple released its new, improve, and cheaper iphone 3G, which could exploit the faster 3G network .as for the inventor of iphone, apple’s CEO Steve jobs heads the author list of the patent, although many apple employees were involved.