New iPhone 3G s Features
6/15/2009 11:59:00 AM - 2 comments
Deciding between the cheap $99 and so last year iPhone 3G and the latest $199 or $299 iPhone 3GS. Thankfully, you can decide with this iPhone 3G vs iPhone 3GS feature chart.All speculations and rumors have been put to rest as Apple® introduced to the world the new iPhone™ 3G S. Connoted as the fastest and the most powerful iPhone ever, the device also comes with incredibly new and improved features including enhanced speed and performance—up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G—with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 mega pixel auto focus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control, etc to name a few.
3 megapixel autofocus camera: This new feature is an asset that takes amazing pictures and video, with easy capture, editing and photo sharing functions. You can consider this new autofocus camera to adjust focus, color, contrast and exposure, for excellent image quality. It also includes an automatic macro focus for extra close up shots. All you need to do with the new ‘Tap to focus’ feature is just tap the display to select an object/ area of interest. The camera will automatically re-adjust focus and exposure.
You can also record very high-quality video clips and edit them right on your iPhone 3G S by just trimming the start and stop points. Moreover, the iPhone 3G S also helps you send photos and video by email or MMS and even post them to MobileMe™ or YouTube with just one tap.
Voice control: Voice control feature in iPhone 3G S offers hands free operation for the functioning of both the iPhone and the iPod. You just need to simply speak the appropriate commands into the built-in microphone or headset microphone to dial by name or number. This feature also follows instructions to the iPhone like ‘pause the music’, ‘play the next track’, ‘turn on shuffle or even ask, ‘What’s playing right now?’ With this voice control feature, you can play your favorite music by artist, album or playlist and activate the Genius feature by saying “play more songs like this.”
Digital compass: Digital compass is the new built-in feature in iPhone 3G S. This feature can be used for instant navigation. The Compass app show direction in which you are moving and promptly rotates as you change your path/direction. This feature is also integrated within Maps, so it automatically orients any map to the direction you are facing. Moreover, the iPhone’s built-in GPS also help in automatically displaying the coordinates of your current location.
VoiceOver: The latest accessibility feature from iPhone included in the iPhone 3G S is VoiceOver, which is a screen reader that speaks what appears on the iPhone 3G S display. This is a revolutionary feature that enables visually impaired iPhone users to read email, browse web pages, make calls, play music and even run applications. The iPhone 3G S also has feature like Mono Audio catering to those with hearing loss in one ear. It functions by combining left and right audio channels so that they can be heard in both earbuds.
Advance mobile OS iPhone OS 3.0 for iPhone 3G S
Most importantly, the new iPhone 3G S comes with the world’s most advanced mobile operating system iPhone OS 3.0, which again comes with over 100 new features. A few of these includes:• Cut, Copy and Paste
• MMS
• Spotlight Search to search across iPhone or within Mail
• Contacts, Calendar and iPod
• Landscape keyboard for Mail
• Messages, Notes and Safari®
• Expanded parental controls for TV shows
• Movies and apps from the App Store
• Ability to capture and send audio recordings on the go with the new Voice Memo app.
• New iTunes features like downloading movies wirelessly, TV and audio programs as well as iTunes U, for students to download learning materials on the go.
The iPhone 3G now Available at $99 – Unbelievable but True!
Following the announcement and release of the new iPhone 3G S, the iPhone 3G 8GB model will be made available at $99 much to the delight of consumers worldwide. Apple’s senior vice president Philip Schiller of Worldwide Product Marketing considers this as a celebration and a win-win situation for both Apple and all the people who would like to own this incredible smartphone from Apple - the iPhone 3G.
What's gonna be the monthly fee for the new 3G and 3G S?
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