Jobs Unveils Apple TV, iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO, January 9: At the Macworld Conference and
Expo in San Francisco today, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled Apple TV, a
set-top box that allows users to stream content from their computers directly
to the television set; and the iPhone, a combination mobile phone, widescreen
iPod and e-mail/web browsing device.

"iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is
literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone," said Jobs. "We
are all born with the ultimate pointing device—our fingers—and
iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the
mouse."

The device allows users to make calls by simply pointing at
a name or number. It syncs all of a user’s contacts from a PC, Mac or Internet
service such as Yahoo. The “Visual Voicemail” lets users look at a listing of
their voicemails, decide which messages to listen to, then go directly to those
messages without listening to the prior messages. It also features a full
QWERTY touch-screen keyboard. iPhone also includes a calendar application, a
2-megapixel camera, and is a quad-band GSM phone. Cingular, with over 58
million subscribers, is Apple's exclusive carrier partner for iPhone in the
U.S.

Doubling as a widescreen iPod, users can also listen to
music and watch video content on a 3.5-inch widescreen display. In addition,
iPhone features a rich HTML email client. Further, Yahoo! Mail is offering a
new free "push" IMAP email service to all iPhone users that automatically
pushes new email to a user's iPhone. iPhone will also work with most industry
standard IMAP- and POP-based email services, such as Microsoft Exchange, Apple
.Mac Mail, AOL Mail, Google Gmail and most ISP mail services. It also comes
with the Safari web browser and Google Maps.

iPhone will be available in the U.S. this June, followed by
a European rollout later this year. It will reach Asia in 2008. In the U.S., a
4GB model will retail for $499 and a 8GB model for $599.

Apple TV, meanwhile, lets users view content stored on their
computers directly on the TV. It will begin shipping in February for $299.
"Apple TV is like a DVD player for the 21st century—you connect it
to your entertainment system just like a DVD player, but it plays digital
content you get from the Internet rather than DVDs you get from a physical
store," said Jobs. "Apple TV plays the same iTunes content that users
enjoy on their computers and iPods, so now they can even watch part of a movie
in their living room, and watch the rest later on their iPod."

Apple TV has a 40GB hard drive to store up to 50 hours of
video, 9,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each.