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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by stimpy
Here is a nice photo...
http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...5/newsletter03

Hopefully they release soon it in other countries besides just the US. I'll buy one in SIN if I can.

Regarding the touch screen...

Steve Jobs announced the "iPhone" today, yes, he's going to call it that. The device is also an "Internet communicator" and a wide-screen video iPod all rolled into one. The iPhone will run on OS X, on Cingular's network, and have no keypad or buttons, just a large touch screen. As Jobs said "Let's not use a stylus, we're going to use the best pointing device in the world--our fingers. We have invented a new technology called multi-touch. It works like magic, you don't need a stylus, far more accurate than any interface ever shipped, it ignores touches, multi-finger gestures, and BOY have we patented it!"

The patents mean that this phone will cost a bundle. The Cingular price is with a 2-year contract, right? What will the phone cost retail?
$800-$900 wouldn't shock me. If battery life is good, I'll go for it, especially if I can run VOIP on it through wi-fi without much issue.
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