Apple blew everyone out of the water today, with the unexpected iPhone announcement piggybacking on the official, very expected, Apple TV. After two years of rumors about an Apple Cell Phone, a widescreen iPod, and a few here and there about the return of the old Newton, Steve Jobs took the stage in San Fran today and spent approximately an hour hyping up the new device that combines all those functions.
While the phone doesn't really bring that many new must-have features to the table when compared to, say, a Windows Smartphone, it easily jumps to the head of the pack if it can do everything Jobs said it can do (just like the iPod did with the MP3 player market). If they enjoy the amount of success they've had with the iPod, it will make the iPhone a formidable opponent in a field that has not had to field top-quality hardware or software since, well, forever.
To start off their 31st year, the company showed it's commitment to their new cell phone and home theater line by changing it's name from Apple Computers to Apple, Inc. It will be very interesting to see what happens now that this innovative company has expanded beyond being just another desktop computer manufacturer.
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