Manufacturer Apple Inc. Carrier USA · AT&T Mobility UK · O2 Germany · T-Mobile France · Orange Available USA · June 29, 2007 UK · November 9, 2007 Germany · November 9, 2007 France · November 29, 2007 Screen 320?480 px, 3.5 in, color LCD Camera 2.0 megapixel Operating system OS X (1.1.2) Input Multi-touch touchscreen CPU 620 MHz ARM 1176[1] Ringtone iTunes Store via iTunes (U.S. only), custom creation using GarageBand 4.1.1[2] Memory Flash memory from 4 to 8 GB Currently 8 GB Networks Quad band GSM GPRS/EDGE Data speeds up to 220 kbit/s Connectivity Dock connector Headphone jack USB FireWire (charging only) Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) Bluetooth Battery Lithium-ion polymer battery[3] Physical size 4.5?2.4?0.46 in (115?61?11.6 mm) Weight 4.8 oz (135 g) Form factor Candybar Smartphone Media capabilities iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store iPod H.264 (YouTube) iPhone is a multimedia, Internet-enabled mobile phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone's functions include those of a camera phone and a portable media player ("iPod"), in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity. It is a quad-band mobile phone that uses the GSM standard, hence has international capability. It supports the Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data technology. Following the success of iPod, Apple announced the iPhone in January 2007. The announcement was preceded by rumors and speculations that circulated for several months. The iPhone was introduced, first in the United States on June 29, 2007 with much media frenzy and then in the United Kingdom, Germany and France in November 2007. It was named Time magazine's Invention of the Year in 2007.[4]A new version of Apple's iPhone is expected to be introduced in 2008 that is capable of operating on faster 3G cellular networks.[5]