Yesterday was the Apple keynote meeting and I have to say that I have never hit the refresh button so many times in my life. Apple announced the new iPhone and damn is that thing pretty. It’s thinner and just freaking pretty. Let’s just take a moment to drool at some pictures from the keynote.
The phone will have a better image quality as well, which according to Steve Jobs, no other company will be able to touch.
See? How pretty is that? You know you want one. Of course, there’s more. The camera has been upgraded from 3 megapixels to 5 with an LED flash and the video camera records in HD and has an editing program app for only $5! I AM SO EXCITED!
Aside from all these new amazing features, I think the best thing the Apple peeps could ever create with the new phone is multi-tasking. I know that I speak for more than just myself when I say that. Being able to have multiple applications and folders open at one time will be amazing. Going from one to another and having to close each out is a pain in the butt so this new feature will be nice. You can even create folders that contain all the apps you use the most or divide them into categories.
I am also really excited about the unified mail box. You have to go through 3 different screens to get to each mail box on your phone so if you have multiple email accounts set up on your phone and you need to check them all, it takes a bit of time to go through 9 screens. With the unified mail box, all messages show up in one mail box. If you don’t want that feature you can still check each mail account individually as well.
Right now, Apple’s main search engine is Google, but with the new phone you can choose which search engine you want: Google, Yahoo!, or Bing.
And as we all knew, iBooks is being added to the phone as well. This is something I figured would happen because it just makes sense.
One last thing before we wrap this up. The phone now has video calling called FaceTime. So if you go away on vacation or business for an extended period of time and miss a loved one, you can still see their face when you call iPhone to iPhone. This feature is even good for the deaf so they can sign to each other over the phone. Pretty awesome!
Just like with the existing phone, there will be a black and a white option and the pricing is about the same as it is now. Those with the 3G and 3GS phones can receive free software upgrades, which is very exciting. In case not everyone wants to drop $200 on a new phone, you can just download the new software update.
So there you have it. For those of you who missed the update yesterday, this is just a small list of the new things that are being added to the phone. The official release date is June 24. I will be in that line waiting.
The phone will have a better image quality as well, which according to Steve Jobs, no other company will be able to touch.
See? How pretty is that? You know you want one. Of course, there’s more. The camera has been upgraded from 3 megapixels to 5 with an LED flash and the video camera records in HD and has an editing program app for only $5! I AM SO EXCITED!
Aside from all these new amazing features, I think the best thing the Apple peeps could ever create with the new phone is multi-tasking. I know that I speak for more than just myself when I say that. Being able to have multiple applications and folders open at one time will be amazing. Going from one to another and having to close each out is a pain in the butt so this new feature will be nice. You can even create folders that contain all the apps you use the most or divide them into categories.
I am also really excited about the unified mail box. You have to go through 3 different screens to get to each mail box on your phone so if you have multiple email accounts set up on your phone and you need to check them all, it takes a bit of time to go through 9 screens. With the unified mail box, all messages show up in one mail box. If you don’t want that feature you can still check each mail account individually as well.
Right now, Apple’s main search engine is Google, but with the new phone you can choose which search engine you want: Google, Yahoo!, or Bing.
And as we all knew, iBooks is being added to the phone as well. This is something I figured would happen because it just makes sense.
One last thing before we wrap this up. The phone now has video calling called FaceTime. So if you go away on vacation or business for an extended period of time and miss a loved one, you can still see their face when you call iPhone to iPhone. This feature is even good for the deaf so they can sign to each other over the phone. Pretty awesome!
Just like with the existing phone, there will be a black and a white option and the pricing is about the same as it is now. Those with the 3G and 3GS phones can receive free software upgrades, which is very exciting. In case not everyone wants to drop $200 on a new phone, you can just download the new software update.
So there you have it. For those of you who missed the update yesterday, this is just a small list of the new things that are being added to the phone. The official release date is June 24. I will be in that line waiting.
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