http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132515-c,cellphones/article.htmlApple's iPhone Ships June 29
Ads reveal the date for release of two models of much-anticipated Apple phone.
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
Monday, June 04, 2007 01:00 AM PDT
Apple will launch its iPhone in the U.S. on June 29, the company says in TV commercials that began airing on Sunday.
The much-talked-about iPhone combines the features of an iPod music and video player with those of a cellular telephone and will be available through AT&T Wireless Services Inc.
AT&T, which acquired Cingular Wireless, hasn't yet announced details of how it will sell the phones although long lines outside outlets are almost assured if the phone will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Two models will be available. One with 4GB of memory will cost $499 and a version with double the memory will cost $599, the companies said previously.
Unveiled in January
Announcement of the launch date ends a five-month guessing game that began on Jan. 10 when Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone during his keynote speech at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.
During the keynote Jobs touted the iPhone as "revolutionary" and demonstrated its features to an enthralled audience. Chief among them is Multi-Touch, a touchscreen display system that can differentiate and react to simultaneous touches from two fingers. Typically touchpanels cannot handle input at more than one point on the screen.
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and in most of the "other" world, women are treated as chattal or beasts of burden...children die because they don't have clean water or access to 50-cent's worth of medicine...andf religious fundamentalists scheme away at how to kill more of their "enemies".:eyes: