History of Computers - iPhone

Introduction

The Apple iPhone was a touch screen smartphone designed by the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, in 2007. It revolutionized the smartphone industry with various important innovations. There have subsequently been 3 new models: the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4.

Overview

The first generation iPhone, with a 320 by 480 pixel touch screen, and a 2 megapixel camera on the back

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The original iPhone was released in the middle of 2007, with a variety of ideas generally very new to the cellphone world such as multi touch technology, the use of one main "home" button instead of a directional keypad, a 3.5 inch screen, and a gray unibody frame very different from the generic "flip" or "slide" phone designs at the time. Since then, various upgrades such as faster processors, upgraded screens, decreases in thickness from the original .47 inches, and changes in color have been administered in the last 4 years.

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The newest iPhone, the iPhone 4, released in July 2010 with a 960 by 640 pixel display, a 5 megapixel camera on the back with 720p video recording capability, and a 2 megapixel camera on the front with VGA recording capability

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Significance

There are so many tiny and large significances that resulted from this seemingly magical creation, yet it would be exhaustive and pointless to list them all; however the main innovations deserve being noted. For example, with the iPhone, Apple created the idea of a device that could work for anyone- for the average man, woman, or even teenager. While the Blackberry at the time also had integrated email and small games, the iPhone created an interface that allowed even a child to quickly take a picture of something, or let an adult easily check his emails without any real hassle- just tap the relatively large email icon. Additionally, the multi touch interface obviously had a huge effect on cell phones until now, resulting in the creation of literally hundreds of different models attempting to copy the genius design of the touch screen. Until somewhat recently, most failed, but now many smartphones have the same multi touch technology that the iPhone has, sparking healthy competition forcing companies to improve their devices and creating an even better market. Finally, it sparked the app industry. Within the first year of the iPhone's release, Apple brought about the idea of an online market for people to create and post applications of a variety of uses such as games or navigation services and so much more. It allowed people to customize their cellphone to an almost unlimited extent, and it sparked the creation of various other markets made by other companies, leading to the very developed app world we have now. The iPhone line of cellphones was a marvelous idea created by the famous Steve Jobs that resulted in an incredibly worldwide change in the communication, and entertainment industry.

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