Is the New iPhone 4 for You?
As you may know, iPhone 4 has been something a must for people who love smart phones. From the oldest iPhone to iPhone 4, a lot of people have experienced the magic of Steve Jobs. Some people found that this kind of phone is not suitable for them and they quit. But [...]
The New Aplle iPhone
Why is Apple able to do things most other companies can’t? Partly by charging for it: The iPhone will cost $499 for a 4GB model, $599 for 8GB, which makes it expensive, but not a luxury item. And partly because the company has highly diverse talent who are good at hardware, [...]
Apple’s New Calling: The iPhone
The iPhone developed the way a lot of cool things do: with a notion. A few years ago Jobs noticed how many development dollars were being spent—particularly in the greater Seattle metropolitan area—on what are called tablet PCs: flat, portable computers that work with a touchscreen instead of a mouse and [...]
The Multimedia Of iPhone Software
The layout of the music library is similar to that of an iPod or current Symbian S60 phones. The iPhone can sort its media library by songs, artists, albums, videos, playlists, genres, composers, podcasts, audiobooks, and compilations. Options are always presented alphabetically, except in playlists, which retain their [...]
The Software Of iPhone
The iPhone (and iPod Touch) run an operating system known as iPhone OS. It is based on a variant of the same Darwin operating system core that is found in Mac OS X. Also included is the “Core Animation” software component from Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. Together with the PowerVR hardware [...]
Troubleshooting iPhone apps that quit unexpectedly
Are you having problems with apps that close unexpectedly on your iPhone or iPod Touch, returning you repeatedly to the device’s Home screen? Apple has detailed both the cause and the suggested cures in a new knowledge base article.
According to Apple, the primary cause for apps closing unexpectedly is a device [...]
The Touch Screen and Input Of iPhone
A highlighted view of the proximity and ambient light sensors on the first-generation iPhone.
Rear view of the original iPhone (left) made of aluminum and plastic, and the iPhone 3G, made completely from a hard plastic material.[38]
Screen and input
The touchscreen is a 9 cm (3.5 in) liquid crystal display (320×480 px at 6.3 px/mm, 160 ppi, HVGA) with [...]
The Audio and Output Of iPhone Hardware
One loudspeaker is located above the screen as an earpiece, and another is located on the left side of the bottom of the unit, opposite a microphone on the bottom-right. Volume controls are located on the left side of the unit and as a slider in the iPod application. Both speakers [...]
The Present iPhone Competitor or a Patent Infringement Opportunity
Sony Corporation is currently planning to release a line of products to compete for a share of the Apple-dominated smartphone market. The word is that they are working on a smartphone that can support the downloading and playing of video games. Additionally, it seems they may be working on a device [...]