iPhone coming June 29, new ads.

[Wondermonkey]

Announced in January for a June release, Apple’s iPhone finally has a street date: June 29, 2007. In a series of three commercials now found on Apple.com, and beginning to air on television, Apple announces the date while touting the phone’s versatility as an iPod, cell phone, and mobile Internet device. The commercials, “Never Been an iPod,” “How To,” and “Calamari,” show the phone switching effortlessly from feature to feature, rendering easy and straightforward transitions from media playback to e-mailing, web browsing, and Google Maps.

Each commercial ends with the disclaimer that “(u)se requires minimum new 2 year activation plan” with AT&T. No major new features are shown, but the screens now highlight the AT&T logo and include a Bluetooth icon alongside the battery life indicator at the screen’s upper right corner. Several of the icons have also changed slightly in position from their original places; consequently, it’s unclear whether you can manually rearrange the icons on the system’s home menu, or whether they’ve been permanently moved. A demonstration of email functionality now contains a bottom-of-screen “Updated” listing noting when email was last synchronized, plus two-line summaries of message content rather than the one-line summaries shown in prior demonstrations.

Additional small details are also evident. The unit’s top now clearly shows a concave headphone port, rather than the purely flat surface found on the tops of iPods; how this may impact headphone plug compatibility is unclear. Apple now also refers to its Safari web application as “Safari” on the main menu rather than as “Web,” keeping the iPhone application’s branding consistent with the OS X application.

[MadBryan]

Looks very nice. I thought it was Cingular though?

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by MadBryan

Looks very nice. I thought it was Cingular though?

Same thing now. Cingular: Part of the new AT&T

[MadBryan]

Thats awesome for me. Where do I sign up/preorder.

[Peench]

If AT&T has anything to do with it, the icons are probably locked. I won't go on an AT&T rant. Instead I'll say - super cool!! I can't wait 'til they hit the street and I can see them in live and in person. I doubt I will switch from a windows mobile device (b/c I'm used to it and want to get in on Windows Live), but the iPhone still looks like a really great device.

[BiffCo]

Is this thing going to look like a taco while people talk on it? What was that thing called? Ngear or something crazy like that?

I'm usually a fan of Apple products, especially their Macs and iPods, but I just don't see the coolness in this thing. From the pics I've seen of it, it doesn't look all that great. Just an opinion though. Don't listen to me because I don't like Halo!

-Brad

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by Big Brad

Don't listen to me because I don't like Halo! -Brad

Truer words have never been spoken

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Big Brad

Is this thing going to look like a taco while people talk on it?

Hmmm, I don't know, I've never seen anyone talk to a taco so I can't say.

If I had to guess though, I'd say no, since at first glance, tacos are fundamentally different:




Just a guess though, I could go for both right now!

[Peench]

Hey, with all those apps and stuff on em, how much memory is left for music?

[Quo]

Wow, Wonder! You've got a huge taco there! Really, there's enough to share...

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Quo

Wow, Wonder! You've got a huge taco there! Really, there's enough to share...

Aww, schucks, you really know how to charm a guy. Golly!

[KEEZY]

You're a taco.

[Peench]

mmmm... taco.

So is anyone gonna answer my question about storage? Or does it depend on what size iPhone you get?

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by Peench

So is anyone gonna answer my question about storage?

Jeez Peench, Its from Apple! Its super fast-never crashes and has self generating storage. It's perfect!

[Peench]

Oh yeah and probably has unlimited storage too. Sweet. My entire library as well as all of the movies ever made and all of the art in the Louvre will all fit! I'm in!

[Wondermonkey]

I don't think there has been anything released on the actual storage for music, although a few of the sites where people have actually seen it seem to think that the 4GB and 8GB allotment is dedicated to iTunes, while the OS and features run on their own set of storage. I'm not sure I buy it, although some have said the patent indicates this as well.

I think we'll have to wait and see.

I don't plan on this replacing my iPod entirely, although I do plan on filling it up with a few hundred songs rotating them out each week and not carrying my iPod unless I'm on a flight or a long Amtrak trip. Otherwise, a few hundred of my favs should suffice, and that's barely any space at all.