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Improved before it’s even new »
I know — let’s make the iPhone even more attractive, so that it’s even harder to wait for the last 11 days.
This morning, Apple posted a press release announcing that the iPhone’s specifications have actually improved since Apple’s initial statements in January.
Now, iPhone has “up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback,” in addition to an impressive “250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time.” This really puts the iPhone ahead of all of its ‘smartphone’ peers, and even a lot of MP3 players.
Even if the numbers are at the absolute top end of the possible battery life (and what company publishes the average real-world use life, anyway), it makes iPhone very attractive.
Cue the Ronco announcer… And that’s not all! The iPhone’s entire top surface has also “been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.”
Very nice!
The press release also includes an interesting table comparing the iPhone’s specs to the leading smartphones out there. Spoiler: it’s really impressive.
11 days, 9 hours to go!
The sincerest form of flattery »
Already, it seems, the iPhone interface (borne of the iPod interface, in many ways), is inspiring new ways of interacting with users in other arenas.
A post reveals that InstantGallery’s newest version will employ an iPhone-like interface for its preference panels.
An interesting idea, well worth watching in the short video clip demo. »