Today’s mobile phones are not just phones, they are much more! The iPhone is certainly a lot more than a basic cell phone. It is a phone, an MP3 player, a digital camera, a video capture device, a gaming device, a GPS device to name a few. It’s basically a cool multimedia communication tool.

This miracle device has everything but an FM radio. Long before all this technology, people listened to their radios and portable transistors, followed by those big boom-boxes. Then came the little Sony Walkman, and people got used to listening to their audio without disturbing those around, and these were easy to take to all places like the mall, the beach etc. Gone were the days of carrying those boom boxes around. Small was good, and so was the personal device.  The radio still continues to have a big following, in spite of CDs and MP3 players.

Why not have a FM radio on the iPhone. We carry it everywhere; hook the car stereo to it too, so why not have radio on the iPhone! Guess the users for this might not be as many.

Mobile phones are probably the most popular devices of communication in today’s very connected world.  Customizing the cell phones to personalize it and create a more fun and entertaining experience. The demand for custom elements among mobile device users is very high. Users are enjoying many more state-of-the-art technologies in all the great features available since the introduction of the iPhone.

The iPhone GUI allows the use of customized themes and icons. The development of such themes and icons is increasing rapidly due to the high demand from millions of iPhone users. There are probably thousands available to download on the internet, the drive to create your own custom icons and themes is more exiting to many iPhone users. This is a growing number of iPhone developers who satisfy their creative side by developing custom themes and icons.

Gifted and accomplished graphic developers are in great demand due to the large number of growing iPhone addicted population. These graphic designers come up with wide range of themes and icons for the millions of users out there who want to make their iPhone different and unique compared to the millions out there. Some themes are more tuned to specific requirements while others are quiet generic. For business folk the themes are more business oriented while for others it might be related to their interests and favorite hobbies. Multitude of web development organiztions are cropping up, redy to satisfy the need of the iPhone users.

The release of the iPhone SDK by Apple, opened a whole new world for developers all over the world over to create professional iPhone applications. The software development kit (SDK) make it easy to design and create great new themes, icons , games etc. for the iPhone. The SDK provides standards and specifications to create iPhone applications in a cost effective and professional manner. The world wide development community can now provide new iPhone applications customized to the needs of the highly demanding needs of millions of iPhone users out there.

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Ever since the Palm Pilot, there has been a drive to combine the organizing powers of a device like the palm pilot with communications technology. Thus the evolution of the first smartphones in the late 90s'.

Spin forward a few more years and you get the gigantic surge of digital music (mp3) and digital cameras and the whole slew of  digital stuff.  Somewhere during that momentous times came the ipod and changed the music space forever.

Spin forward a few more years and you get the popularity of GPS devices that enables anyone to roam freely without getting lost. 

Spin forward a year or 2, and you get the launch of the iphone.  A truly revolutionary gadget that combines all of the things mentioned above!!  So thats really what you get with the iphone. And then shortly afterwards, the iPhone 3G which literally surfs on the digital waves of the 3G network that the phone companies have spent years putting in place.

So in short, take everything that I described above, and compress it into the space of a device slightly bigger than a pack of cards and you get the iPhone 3G.

- A Phone
- A Music Player
- A Digital Camera
- A Digital Video Camera
- An Organizer (Contacts, Meetings)
- An Email Device
- A Web Browser
- A GPS device (with a built in GPS chip!)
- An Instant Messaging device (including Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Messenger)
- A Texting device (SMS)

Add to this list scores of third party applications on the iPhone and you can put the iPhone to almost any use you can imagine.
Not that there are no other devices that do most of the things mentioned above. But the Iphone does it way better and with  STYLE !

Bluetooth is a wireless communication device or a protocol that enables connecting various devices like laptops, mobile phones and PDAs through short-range radio frequency. Devices that are enabled through Bluetooth can connect and communicate with each other and have the ability to handle both voice and data transmissions at the same time. There are a wide variety of Bluetooth accessories like hands-free headsets, speakers, PC related GPS, enhancements, car kits, adapters, keyboard and digital camera and digital pen.

Headsets: Different types of headsets have different features and audio quality. Headset and hands free are the two types of Bluetooth profiles that decide the capability of the accessory. Hands free profile has more features than the headset profile. Some Bluetooth wireless headsets may support the headset profile alone as against the hands free profile.

Bluetooth headsets come in a wide variety of colors and are sleek and small and they give comfortable hands free communication. Bluetooth stereo headphones have a three-button control of music playback, volume and phone functions with a built in microphone.

Wireless printer: A Bluetooth printer can print from the smart phone photos, business cards, memos and schedules.

USB power adapter: This is a compact and convenient adapter to charge iPhone or iPod at home or wherever it is connected to the computer. It also allows a safe wireless connection through devices like mobile phones, laptops and PDAs and thus creates a wireless mobile office. The latest Bluetooth adaptors have a range of 100 meters.

Bluetooth car kit: Rearview mirror hands free car kit uses Bluetooth technology to communicate with the compatible phone, which is within a range of 10 meters. A rearview hands free Bluetooth car kit is a wireless device connected to the Bluetooth phone without any cable or phone holder. Just clipping this unit on the rearview mirror will enable to answer, reject or place calls by simply pushing a button. The phone is automatically connected when the engine is started.
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Bluetooth speakers: Bluetooth speakers come with both batteries and a charger so that they can be charged in both the ways. The speakers can be connected to compatible device through Bluetooth and music can be heard or pod casts stored on the device. It can also be used as a speakerphone.

Bluetooth keyboard: The interesting fact is that keyboard and headphones can be connected at the same time. Once the USB Bluetooth is connected to the PC and phone, the phone can be used to its maximum functionality.

An all in one product that combines the utility of Bluetooth telephone earpieces with fun and functionality of mp3 player allows consumers to hear high quality stereo sound with a Bluetooth headset. It has eight hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time.

Another bonus is that the incoming call can be known Due to this convenience, a person is able to listen to music, attend a phone call and manage tunes just with the touch of a well-located, multi function button.