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At last, the Apple iPhone for those who are interested

This from Engadget, who follow CES and Apple developments far more closely than I. I know the iPhone speculation has fueled a lot of discussion. I personally don't think it has any impact on the enterprise, on VoIP, or on unified communications. It's another iDevice that will get consumer popularity. Because it's a "phone" it's worth mention here, but it isn't something I really expect to pay much attention to myself.

The Apple iPhone runs OS X


Capping literally years of speculation on perhaps the most intensely followed unconfirmed product in Apple's history -- and that's saying a lot
-- the iPhone has been announced today. Yeah, we said it: "iPhone," the
name the entire free world had all but unanimously christened it from
the time it'd been nothing more than a twinkle in Stevie J's eye (comments, Cisco?).
Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that's frickin'
thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with
multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when
it's close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage,
Bluetooth with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in
range, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly,
though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and
Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the gate. A
partnership with Yahoo will allow all iPhone customers to hook up with
free push IMAP email. Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or
video, with a full 16 hours in music mode -- no word on standby time
yet. In a twisted way, this is one rumor mill we're almost sad to see
grind to a halt; after all, when is the next time we're going to have
an opportunity to run this picture?
The 4GB iPhone will go out the door in the US as a Cingular exclusive
for $499 on a two-year contract, 8GB for $599. Ships Stateside in June,
Europe in fourth quarter, Asia in 2008.


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Ken Camp has more than 25 years of experience in information technology. Ken spent 17 years with AT&T and Lucent Technologies successfully designing and implementing voice and data networks. He later worked in the security marketplace and played a key role in early IPSec VPN deployments. As an independent consultant, Ken's primary focal areas include network performance improvement, security practices and the design and deployment of integrated voice and data solutions. He may be contacted at: ken_camp@realtimepublishers.net

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