Apple`s iPhone Competition
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Apple is hitting a new market this summer, namely the cell phone market. They hope to branch out of their iPod dominance and cash in with their new cell phone PDA, the Apple iPhone. But they're going to find plenty of competition. In this article, we take a close look at those competitors.
Apple's iPod is one of the most dominant technological products on the market. Will their PDA phone be as dominant? This summer is heating up and every company is raising the bar; who will win? Let's take a look at some of the other new phones that will be coming out this summer. The rest of the cell phone manufacturers aren't going to sit there and let Apple take over the cell phone industry. Many of them are releasing new phones with the latest and greatest gadgets.
Apple iPhone
To see how the competition stacks up, you have to first know what it is going against. I'm sure you have heard all about the iPhone, but we'll glance right over it. This isn't Apple's first attempt to get into the cell phone market. Their first attempt was putting iTunes onto phones. This was a good idea, but flopped terribly, due in part to size limitations; there were only a few phones to ever have this technology. I haven't seen anyone in the public use any of these iTunes phones. I have seen a few people use their Razrs and other phones, however but mostly on Sprint or Verizon networks. This time Apple decided to do it themselves and not mess with third party companies.
The iPhone has been in development for three years, during which we heard rumors and speculations about it. Nothing much was ever leaked, only job listings for people with cell phone experience. Lots of people speculated about it over the years; many even created mock ups in Photoshop.
Now we have a solid device soon to be in hands of the people. The iPhone looks like it is going to be a great PDA for some time to come. It has a wide screen touch screen with a built in hard drive for music and videos and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 for more functionality. The key area, Apple stressed, is what makes the iPhone so usable. It is a built in iPod Video, with a bigger, flip-style screen, with a few new improvements like album art scrolling and a touch screen.
The phone aspect is very easy to use, not that using a normal cell phone is much of a challenge, but overall it should require less button pushing than a normal phone. The last key area of the iPhone is Internet browsing. This is going to be a lot easier and quicker than a normal cell phone. Browsing on a normal cell phone is a pain, but the iPhone is supposed to give good response to the user.
Sending text messages I find really hard on a cell phone; sure, I've learned to text a lot quicker than before, but it's still a chore for long messages or when I need special characters that require 3 or 4 different buttons to get to. A built in keyboard can be found on many phones, but that is extra space on the phone that makes it bigger. The iPhone has a virtual keyboard built in. The screen is touch sensitive and everything can be done with a finger, no stylus or button pushing required.
It looks like a killer phone, but with a price tag of $599, it might be too high for many people. If you want a phone with all the bells and whistles, this should be on your list. As you'll see, however, it shouldn't be the only one.
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