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I just watched Steve Jobs Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 keynote address from San Francisco, and although like any Apple fan, I ran for apple.com when I heard that it included the iPhone, I was shocked at how great this piece of technology actually is. This is an Apple iPod, Phone and Internet Browser all in one. And I have to say if I were any other phone right now I would be worried.

To be released in June 2007 in the USA and the fourth quarter for Europe and 2008 in Asia, the phone will take the world by storm, I do however wonder, how many changes mobile phone networks will have to make to accommodate it (there seems to be a few features that are network dependant), the only network in Ireland I can see doing this would probably be Vodafone, although I know that O2 have an apple thing going on (they sell iPods). But apple is breaking into a huge market here, their target is 1% of the market (meaning 10 million units sold) to begin with.

Apple seems to have every confidence in this phone, they have all the big wigs on board with this phone, Google and Yahoo, with Cingular (a mobile network in the US) all standing firm behind them. Apple have decided to remove the "Computer" part from Apple Computer Inc. It is a good move since their claim to fame has moved on heaps and bounds since the 1984 Mac computer. So you can check out all about this phone yourself from apple.com and watch all the keynote address here, and rather than go on about it, here is my take on what features the iPhone will have.

-Windscreen Video iPod
- Mobile Phone
- Google Maps
- SMS
- Camera Phone
- Mobile e-mail
- Wi-Fi
- 4GB and 8GB models
- Speakerphone
- Internet
- Works on OSX

The price is 499USD, not sure what it will be in Ireland, or if it will be subsised by the networks over here!