iPhone details surface

Additional details have surfaced on Apple's iPhone, which the company's CEO Steve Jobs debuted during his keynote speech at Macworld in San Francisco yesterday morning. The iPhone's operating system is a closed non-standard version of Mac OS X, featuring a custom user-interface layer to operate the device. No plans yet exist to provide iTunes Music Store access to the phone, but a Cingular representative revealed that Apple is likely working toward releasing other iPhones in the future. "Think in terms of Nano vs. Video vs. Shuffle. It will happen," the Cingular rep said. The device currently 'side-loads' music via a USB cable, but Apple hasn't ruled out the possibility of syncing wirelessly in the future. The new device also features auto type-correction which considers adjacent keys when users accidentally hit the wrong 'keys' as displayed on the touchscreen, correcting the typo automatically.

The cellular handset/iPod includes the same polycarbonate LCD screen as the company's iPod coupled with a touch element, and is purposely black (the device is unavailable in white) to ensure that the screen's colors show up against the dark background, according to Gizmodo. Cingular also expects to receive billions in revenue, as well as a "shot in the arm after a number of slow years" from its deal with Apple, according to CrunchGear.com. The phone's speaker rests on the bottom edge to prevent muffling when it is set down, and the optional Bluetooth wireless earpiece has its own charging hole in the iPhone's charging dock that snaps in magnetically, according to the New York Times.

Thanks to Markmsf for the photographs.

by MacNN Staff