Iphone

In January 2007, Apple announced to the world the plans for their new product: The iphone.

By June 2007 the iphone (the internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone with multi-touch screen, virtual keyboard and buttons, built-in camera, portable media player, text messaging and visual voicemail, internet services such as email, web browsing and local wi-fi connectivity, has international capability AND supports the Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data technology) was available in the states on the network AT&T and by November was available in the UK on the network provider O2.

"The layout of the music library differs from previous iPods, with the sections divided more clearly alphabetically, and with a larger font. Similar to previous iPods, the iPhone can sort its media library by songs, artists, albums, videos, playlists, genres, composers, podcasts, audiobooks, and compilations. Cover Flow, like that on iTunes, shows the different album covers in a scroll-through photo library. Scrolling is achieved by swiping a finger across the screen.

Like the fifth generation iPods introduced in 2005, the iPhone can play video, allowing users to watch TV shows and films. Unlike other image-related content, video on the iPhone plays only in the landscape orientation, when the phone is turned sideways. Double tapping switches between wide-screen and fullscreen video playback.

The iPhone allows users to purchase and download songs from the iTunes Store directly to their iPhone over Wi-Fi, but not over the cellular data network."