Apple iPhone To Launch In The UK
Author: Steven Balfour

Excitement is building with just over a week to wait until the
launch of the Apple iPhone in the UK. O2 have signed a deal with
Apple which guarantees the network exclusive rights to provide
contract deals for the iPhone and will surely produce a huge
surge in customers. Other retailers such as The Carphone
Warehouse are already providing customers with a preview of the
handset price and O2 tariff options.

The Apple iPhone looks fantastic. If fact it is looks and works
so good that Apple has decided to base future iPod designs on
the iPhone. The touch screen interface is revolutionary in the
world of mobile phones. Although it has been done before on
other mobile phones and PDA's, it has never been quite in the
same style or manner that the iPhone offers. The Apple iPhone
brings all the capabilities you would expect from a top of the
range iPod including music and video, a 3.5-inch widescreen
display, an 8GB flash drive and allows you to connect to your
iTunes library. The battery life is far better than a normal
mobile phone and allows up to 8 hours talk time. WiFi and GPRS
connectivity allow for fast email and Internet browsing within
the simple and easy to use Safari browser.

But the Apple iPhone is more about the experience. Apple has
spent a lot of time getting their user interface just right and
the result is sublime. For starters the iPhone automatically
recognises whether you are holding and viewing the phone
horizontally or vertically and adjusts the screen accordingly.
The touch screen does not only respond to simple button touches
but also to finger movements. For example to scroll through your
contacts or play lists you simply slide your finger across the
screen and the iPhone responds as a computer software program
would when you use the scroll bar. There are also certain finger
actions which allow you to zoom in and out when viewing web
pages or photos. Even the keypad lock is operated by sliding
your finger across the phone to prevent you from mistakingly
using the iPhone's touch screen buttons. There is one single
traditional button at the bottom of the iPhone which allows you
to quickly return to the mail menu.

The Apple iPhone only includes a 2 megapixel camera which is
far behind the current technology supplied through other mobile
phone manufacturers. Surprisingly there is no option to capture
video through the iPhone camera which, when you consider that
Apple products focus a lot on allowing users to watch video,
seems very peculiar. This gives you the feeling that the camera
was a last minute add-on and was not entirely thought through
properly.

The iPhone breaks the mold and has created a huge jump in
mobile phone user interface displays which other mobile phone
manufacturers must be scurrying around to try and catch up with
Apple. Although there are currently some other fantastic phones
on the market, such as the Nokia N95 which offers greater
technology, the Apple iPhone is about to become the best selling
mobile phone of the year, partly though the hype it has received
but mainly because it is such a fantastic revolutionary product.


About The Author: Steven Balfour is the owner of the
http://www.tvmobileshop.co.uk/ website which compares phone
prices from several retailers.