Original & 3G: Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ-S v1.0 7 620&M Hz underclocked to 412&MHz 8 PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPU 9 3GS: ARM Cortex-A8 833&MHz underclocked to 600&MHz PowerVR SGX GPU 10
Storage capacity
Flash memory
Memory
Original & 3G: 128& MB DRAM 11 3GS: 256&MB 10
Display
320480& px 3.5&in 2:3 aspect ratio 262144-color LCD
Sound
Two speakers TRRS headphone jack 20&Hz to 20&kHz frequency response microphone
Input
Multi-touch display headset controls proximity and ambient light sensors 3-axis accelerometer 12 3GS also includes: digital compass 13
Camera
Original & 3G: 2.0& megapixels with geotagging 3GS: 3.0&megapixels with video geotagging and automatic focus white balance & exposure
Connectivity
Wi-Fi Bluetooth 2.0EDR USB 2.0/ Dock connector Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 GPRS/ EDGE 14 3G also includes: A-GPS; Tri band UMTS/ HSDPA 850 1900 2100 15 3GS also supports: 7.2& Mbps HSDPA
The iPhone is an Internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Since its minimal hardware interface lacks a physical keyboard the multi-touch screen renders a virtual keyboard when necessary. The iPhone functions as a camera phone a portable media player and an Internet client . The first-generation phone hardware was quad-band GSM with EDGE; the second generation added UMTS with HSDPA. 16
Apple announced the iPhone on January 9 2007 17 after months of rumors and speculation. 18 The original iPhone was introduced in the United States on June 29 2007 before being marketed worldwide. Time magazine named it the Invention of the Year in 2007. 19 Released July 11 2008 the iPhone 3G supports faster 3G data speeds and assisted GPS. 16 On March 17 2009 Apple announced version 3.0 of the iPhone OS operating system for the iPhone released on June 17 2009. 20 The iPhone 3GS was announced on June 8 2009. It was released in the U.S. Canada and some European countries on June 19 3 in Australia and Japan on June 26 21 and will see international release in July and August.
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Apple's Next Step: 3D, Wii-Like Gaming?
By Wired.com Staff May 19, 2008 | 6:25:00 PMCategories: Apple
With WWDC around the corner, the blogosphere is aflutter with talk of the 3G iPhone. But what else does the mothership have in store for us next? Try 3D gaming.
Earlier this month, AppleInsider reported that Apple had published its patent for a 3D remote-control system. The report suggests that the remote-control system will be able to detect the absolute position of the remote on an X, Y and Z axes, similar to Nintendo's Wiimote.
AppleInsider suggests that Apple TV would serve as the game console. Supporting AppleInsider's speculation, PopCap vice president of video game platforms Greg Canessa said in a Wired interview that he would be "customizing [PopCap's] user interface and display for Zune, ipod, [and] Apple TV."
Details on the 3D-gaming experience itself are scarce; when questioned about gaming in interviews, Steve Jobs has been tight-lipped as usual. But keep in mind that Apple is an overachiever and strives to be revolutionary. Jason Schwarz, a writer at Seeking Alpha, suspects that Jobs is going to blow us away with true 3D gaming: "You actually want to learn to fly a plane, to sail, to race Nascar, or to improve your golf swing? 3D Apple could bring these real life simulations to the mainstream," he wrote in a Mar. 14 blog.
Among Windows-PC enthusiasts, the most echoed criticism of Apple is its relatively diminutive grip on the gaming industry; despite the ability to run Windows on Apple's Intel machines, gaming remains a concern. Will the digital-music giant strive to conquer new territories by revolutionizing 3D gaming? Or will Apple TV just let us play crappy iPod games like The Sims Pool? We'll keep you posted.
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