The iPhone was first announced on 9 July, 2007 by Apple Inc. Since the release of the first iPhone, two updated versions have been released as of June 2009 (the first – iPhone 3G was released in July 2008, and the second – iPhone 3G S was released in March 2009). The fourth generation iPhone was launched in the UK on 24th June 2010. The biggest improvement was the high resolution screen, making text similar to that of an actual novel. Apple also introduced an improved five megapixel camera and boosted battery life by 40%. The iPhone itself is styled as three devices in one: a camera phone (featuring text messaging and visual voicemail), a widescreen colour mp3 player, and a portable internet device (which includes wireless connectivity, web-page browsing and self updating email).
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The minimal hardware that characterises the iPhone does not account for a keyboard, as a result, the device renders a virtual keyboard on it’s screen that is touch sensitive
There are many applications iPhone users can download for use on their device, ranging from online mobile banking, to sports scores updates, to daily crosswords.
Photos can be both taken by the in-built camera and displayed on the screen in both portrait, and widescreen landscape format.
While the first two iPhones had only still-photo cameras, the iPhone 3G S has video recording capabilities, as well as the ability to cut and crop the captured video.
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