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Apple iPhone to launch

(AFP)
Updated: 2007-06-05 09:57


Apple's new iPhone, a "smart" mobile phone offering music storage and
Internet access, will be launched on June 29, according to television ads
by the high-tech group.

The iPhone, which combines the wildly popular iPod music player with
features found in other smart phones, was unveiled in January by Apple
chief executive Steve Jobs.

Jobs also promised that iPhones would be available in June. Apple delayed
the release of its new Leopard operating system for Macintosh computers
so engineers could devote their efforts to the iPhone.

A supposed internal Apple memo leaked last month indicated concerns that
iPhones might not make it to market on time.

"There have been a lot of rumors of significant problems with the
product," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.

"What Apple is trying to do is put those rumors to rest and take pressure
off stock prices."

The device, to sell at prices of 499 to 599 dollars, will be distributed
in the US market through ATT, the new name for the Cingular Wireless
brand.

It will weigh 135 grams (3.8 ounces) and have the Apple OS X operating
system and four or eight megabytes of storage. It will be able to play
videos as well as music and have a screen of 3.5 inches (nine
centimeters).

Analysts are divided on whether the iPhone will be an industry-changing
device or be too expensive to compete with other smart phones such as the
BlackBerry.

On its website, Apple said the iPhone will include "a revolutionary
mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough
Internet communications device." It will also include a two-megapixel
digital camera.

A second-generation iPhone is "already being rushed out," Enderle said.

Taiwan-based manufacturer Quanta Computer is reported to have a contract
to build millions of next-generation iPhones that are to begin shipping
before the end of the year.

"The iPhone has a number of shortcomings and now that it is in the final
phase of testing Apple can pinpoint what those are and fix them in the
second-generation," Enderle said.

"As a gen-one product, no one in the industry thought Apple was going to
hit one out of the park. Especially with this being their first phone."

Among the flaws in iPhones are built-in batteries likely to run out of
useful life in approximately a year based on common recharging patterns,
according to Enderle.

ATT has already received more than a million inquiries about iPhones.

Working with ATT lets Apple tailor iPhones to the GSM mobile network that
is common outside the United States. The iPhone is to debut in Europe by
the end of this year and in Asia in 2008.










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