Apple iPhone: The real iPod killer

Edvarcl Heng | Jan 10, 2007

To say that we were bowled over by Steve Job's iPhone keynote is an understatement. Try bamboozled, flabbergasted and astounded. Like our three choice adjectives, the iPhone will be three things: Part internet access device, part music player and certainly, part phone.

Jobs was not kidding when he said that the phone has been reinvented. With OSX, a new multi-touch interface, Safari browser, 11.6mm thickness, widgets, 8GB storage and a gorgeous design, who's kidding who? At the keynote, the sharply crisp resolution of the 3.5-inch screen during the Google Maps and New York Times demonstration also caused more than a few jaws to drop.

What's interesting is the multi-touch interface. Claiming to be able to eliminate accidental finger activations and increased accuracy, it looks set to become the holy grail of the touchscreen world and may well replace the Click Wheel when the iPod video is introduced later.

For customers in the US, the iPhone will be available by June. But unfairly, punters in Asia will have to wait till 2008 (no, it's not a typo) before they can put the iPhone through its paces. Talk about being long-awaited.

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