The iPhone and iPhone 3G are more than just fancy cell phones. With their range of features - from phone to web browser, from iPod to mobile game tool - the iPhone is more like a computer that fits in your pocket and your hand than any cell phone.

The iPhone is Apple's first Internet-enabled smartphone. It combines the features of a mobile phone, wireless Internet device, and iPod into one package.

Perhaps the iPhone's most innovative feature is its 3.5-inch multitouch screen. This screen allows an interface based on touch, rather than a keyboard, mouse, or stylus, and allows items onscreen to be manipulated by two finger touches, rather than just one. The iPhone can also be viewed in landscape or portrait mode, with the screen automatically shifting based on the angle that the phone is held at.

The iPhone runs a version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

Features
iPod/MP3 player
Video playback/widescreeen option
Wireless Internet access, using WiFi and GSM
2 megapixel digital camera
3.5-inch screen
Bluetooth

Capacity
4GB - discontinued
8GB
16GB

Colors
silver/black

Battery Life
5 hours talk/video/web browsing
16 hours audio playback
Size and Weight
4.5 inches tall x 2.4 inches wide x 0.46 inches inches deep
Weight: 4.8 ounces

Availability
Released: June 2007
Discontinued: June 2008

iPhone Features

Because the iPhone is like a mini-computer, it offers the same wide range of features and functions that a computer does. The major areas of function for the iPhone are:

Phone- The iPhone's phone features are solid, though currently missing some standard cell phone tools like voice dialing. It makes up for these shortcomings with innovative features like Visual Voicemail and standard features like text messaging.

Web browsing - The iPhone offers the best, most complete mobile browsing experience. Though it doesn't support the standard Flash browser plug in, it doesn't require dumbed-down "mobile" versions of websites, instead offering the real thing on a phone.

Email - Like all good smartphones, the iPhone has robust email features and can sync to corporate email servers running Exchange.

Calendar/PDA - The iPhone is a personal information manager, too, with calendar, address book, stock-tracking, weather update, and related features.

iPod - A shortcut description of an iPhone is a combined cell phone and iPod, so of course its music player features offer all the advantages and coolness of iPods.

Video playback - With its big, beautiful, 3.5-inch screen, the iPhone is a great choice for mobile video playback, whether using the built-in YouTube application, adding your own video, or buying or renting content from the iTunes Store.

Apps - With the addition of the App Store, iPhones can now run all kinds of third-party programs, from games (both free and paid) to Facebook and Twitter to restaurant finders and productivity apps. The App Store makes the iPhone the most useful smartphone around.