Apple does it again with the amazing iPhone 4!

As many know, the iPhone 4 was announced recently.  What an object of beauty! Apple sure knows how to make really sexy hardware, and this time, they got the software right with regard to additional features.  The iPhones 1,2 and 3 were dearly loved but had some fundamental things missing.  Most of these have been rectified in the iPhone 4.

What’s new in iPhone 4?

• The screen is unbelievable! Apple used what they call a “retina display” which means that this screen has the best resolution on any phone in the world.
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  Crystal clarity

  The front facing camera allows for video calling.  Apple uses a service called “Face Time” which only enables video calling over wi-fi.  This is a bit of a downer because you’d think they would have enabled video calling over the mobile network.  For South Africa, this might not be such a big drawcard.  MTN and Vodacom both offer video calling (at the same price as a regular call) but both phones must be in a 3G area.  With iPhone, both phones would have to be connected to a wi-fi (wireless) network.

  

  Video calling

  One of my biggest irritations with the previous iPhones was that they could not multitask.  This means that I couldn’t have instant messaging running in the background while I was doing something else.  The previous iPhones only allowed for one application at a time.  With iPhone 4, multitasking is enabled!

• The primary camera at the back of the iPhone 4 has 5Meg, flash, touch focus and geo-tagging (this is where location information is added to digital media like photos).
• The video feature on the new iPhone allows for you to shoot video, edit video and share video – all in HIGH definition!
• Music lovers will be happy to know that the new iPhone allows you to use mp3 ringtones.
• The HSDPA data is super fast so internet browsing and email will be an absolute pleasure.
• Memory capacity is still limited to 16 or 32 Gigs

I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!  For more information see here.