Apple reinvents the phone

Apple today intro­duced the iPhone, per­haps your ulti­mate work/life dig­i­tal assis­tant. Because it com­bines three prod­ucts — a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and an “inter­net com­mu­ni­ca­tions device with desktop-class email, Web brows­ing, search­ing and maps” — into one swanky and light­weight device, you won’t ever be caught unpre­pared again when away from the office, on loca­tion, or maybe just hang­ing at home.

A 2-megapixel cam­era means you can zing off a con­cept or style idea in just a cou­ple of clicks. The quad-band GSM phone means you have great cov­er­age. The built-in EDGE and WiFi means you get online most any­where with abun­dant speed.

It has a gor­geous screen and a dynamic touch inter­face — no but­tons or sty­lus! It actu­ally runs OS X so you get real email, real web surf­ing, real Wid­gets, iPhoto, iTunes, Address Book, Cal­en­dar synch­ing, visual voice­mail, con­fer­ence call­ing, etc, all in a super-sleek pow­er­ful multi-tasking environment.

The (slight) draw­back? It won’t be out until June for $499 or $599 and only on Cin­gu­lar. But you can sign up now to be noti­fied of its release!