iPhone Phenomenon

Blog #7
It is indisputable that the ipod has been a highly successful invention for Apple Computer. With such a popular product on their resume it is understandable that Cingular would want to team up with the computer company on an equally groundbreaking endeavor. The phone, which was unveiled January 9, 2007, will create some competition among other high quality mobile phone products such as the Blackberry and Treo. Cingular and Apple began negotiations for this joint venture in February 2005. While their creative process was in the works the idea of a Apple branded mobile phone was brought up but yielded to the iPhone. The extremely secretive project does have its flaws, consumers may not be eager to buy a $499 phone. Phones of equal or greater cost only represent 1% of phones sold in the US, making this a risky move for both companies. The companies will have to wait until the phone is released in June to learn the fate of its pricey invention, however if the hype is any indication, they have a hit on their hands.
One of the major phone companies of the US is AT&T, owners of Cingular. AT&T's telephones have come a long way way since the invention of the phone by Alexander Graham Bell in the 1870s. In July 1875 Bell did experiments that allowed him to transmit voices although they were not clear. By April of that year Bell had created a patent is granted, outlining the concept of multiplexed frequencies. A year later the patent for the telephone was granted.