I thought it would be a good idea to clump everything I found out about the iPhone onto one page so I wouldn’t have to go searching through dirty laundry later. How clever of me!
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What is the iPhone?
The iPhone represents the latest breed of multifunction communication devices, combining voice calls, e-mail, Internet browsing and entertainment. The iPhone includes an innovative multi-touch display screen that allows users to interact with applications using their fingers rather than a keyboard or stylus. The integration of high-quality multimedia with its novel interaction technology makes the iPhone an interesting platform for the development of new kinds of mobile applications. The goal of this studio is to try to imagine some of these possible applications and to design how they might work. 
The technical specifications for the iPhone can be found at Apple’s website. The iPhone includes a 2.0 megapixel camera, 4GB or 8GB storage, as well as GSM/EDGE/WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity. The iPhone is only currently available in the US and does not yet support 3G networks. The iPhone includes software for connecting directly to Google Maps and YouTube. The current software development model for iPhone applications is to develop Web 2.0 applications that the iPhone can connect to. This means that it will be possible for developers to produce new applications for the iPhone using standard web technologies.
Possible Applications
The iPhone is so new that there are many possibilities for thinking up completely new applications for it. Here are some questions that might start you thinking about the types of applications you might want to develop:
- Social Networking
- How could a new application for the iPhone support friends/family/colleagues stay in touch better?
- Entertainment
- What sorts of entertainment could the iPhone support beyond simply playing music/movies/games?
- Location Sensitive
- What if the iPhone could determine it’s location? How might this be combined with Google Maps?
