iPhone

Priced from $500 (£250), the iPhone will be sold from AT&T and Apple stores from 6pm local time.

The Network

The iPhone is ambidextrous, able to connect to the Net via Wi-Fi or
AT&T's (Cingular's) Edge network. iPhone may boost AT&T subscribers
by nearly 1 million in 07. iPhone users will likely not be able to stream
their videos across the mobile network as EDGE is often too slow to support
higher-quality full motion video. To set up your iPhone, you'll need an
account with Apple's iTunes Store.

Availability

Apple intends to make the phone available in Europe in Q4 2007 and in Asia
in 2008. Apple has released a Guided Tour video explaining all of iPhone's
features through a series of simple demonstrations. Apple has confirmed an
optimized version of the Mac OS X operating system (without unnecessary
components) will run on the iPhone, although differences between the operating
system (OS X) running on Macs and the iPhone have not been formally explained.
Apple intends to offer a smooth method for updating the iPhone's operating
system, in a similar fashion to the way that Mac OS X and iPods are updated,
and touts this as an advantage compared to other cell phones. Apple also
announced that its goal is to capture 1% of the global mobile phone market,
which would be approximately 10 million units being sold in the first full
calendar year of iPhone availability. Apple's posted a twenty-minute guided
tour of iPhone features on its website.

Cost of an iPhone could be a major stumbling block

The battery
A fresh charge of an iPhone battery may last up to two days according to early estimates. Apple itself said that the battery power will diminish after 300 charges.

Up Front Costs