Hot Gadget Review: Carabiner Torch Watch

Multi-functionality is the watch word of present technical era. Multifunction gadgets have tuned the modern life style in a unique note, and have been taking the markets by storm. While just scrambling around the web, looking for some multi-functional gadgets, I chanced to stumble upon something quite fashionable, really interesting and a great combo that have been merchandised by many retailers online.

Whatever name you call it by… a “torch watch carabiner tool” or “Carabiner Torch Watch”, this is really one of the hot gadgets that has greatly been admired by the sportsmen across the globe. This innovative handy gadget from True Utility is one of the most vital trekking or camping accessories. It’s not all that a hi-tech gadget that can do miracles… rather a simple watch-cum-torch, the basic loop characteristic of which makes it a versatile gadget for usage. Be it your pants or your backpack, you can cling it where ever it looks stylized! The Carabiner Torch Watch owes its sturdiness and durability to the metal alloy carcass. Moreover the maker added another enticing addition to its feature-list by making it water-resistant. Just cling it to your waist liner loop and walk out in rain in style. The manufacturer claims that this really interesting gadget combo is one of the must have items for the survivalists! Besides it’s multifunctional features, it’s trendy look will surely add spice to your style. The contoured shape and smooth line of this hot gadget will impress any watch lover!

More Information about Carabiner Torch Watch

• Launch date: 2008, 2nd half
• Availability: Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Japan, Romania... demand is on rise.
• Carabiner Torch Watch from True Utility
• Lightweight alloy body
• Japanese Quartz watch movement
• Alarm/clock
• 2 x Button cell batteries
  
• Water Resistance: 8.3cm long
• Bright white LED light
• Dimensions: L80 x W40 x D14mm
• Top 10 Online Purchases:
  

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A Review on Fragrances and Perfumes - Fragrance Family

If you are confused while selecting the right fragrance for yourself, you are not alone. Millions of people find themselves gripped in confusions while picking the right fragrance for themselves. Here’s a brief review on the fragrance families and perfume categories, understanding of which may make it easier for you choose what suits your personality.

Perfumes and fragrances are categorized into number of families based on the notes and the odor they have been layered. Almost all fragrances have refreshing aromatic fougère base, but some are still in the queue with certain other unique bases.

Here are some basic fragrance categories:

Fragrances of Citrus Family: The fragrances falling under the citrus family have the aesthetic notes of fruit oils. Some Iranian and French perfume brands that have marked their name in the global market, use lime, oranges, grapes, lemon, bergamot, tangerine and apricots as basic notes. Some leaders in the industry are known for aesthetically using the predominant notes of peaches too. Example includes: The first Eaux de Cologne. Known for its lingering effect Chypre by Coty earned high degree of popularity in 1917.

Fragrances of Drywoods Family: The drywoods bases are chiefly for men’s use. Perfumes falling under drywoods family spread unique woody fragrances when dried up, along side the additional notes of leather or tobacco or cedar or burnt woods. Some leading brands apply a dash of citrus note to slightly fade off the intensity of the masculine woody notes. This gives the fragrance a special effect too!

Fragrances of Floral Family: Floral base, being another unique family of fragrance have awesome soft notes. The perfumes falling under this fragrance family are chiefly for hers. Appeared in 1900’s for the first time, the oriental floral base of fragrances been admired by the women afflicted to fashion in vogue. With sweetness of exotic floral fragrances the perfumes with floral base are the hottest picks for women of all age globally. Examples include: Givenchy Amariage Mariage, Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Chanel Chance Badgley Mischka and Donna Karan DKNY Be Delicious

Fragrances of Fougère base: Fougère, which means “Fern” in French is another unique fragrance category. Derived from the oils of some harmless forest herbs and grasses this family of fragrance has easily marked a presence in the industry. Having superb oriental notes of fragrances with spicy bases of citrus or softwoods or even selective floral base, the Fougère fragrance family has enticed the huge section of the fashionable male population. Examples include: Joop Homme, Hugo Boss Boss in Motion Gaultier Le Male and Prada Pour Homme.

Fragrances falling under Chypre Family: With very refreshing notes of citrus, blended with inconspicuous fragrances of woody tones of oakmoss or patchouli, the Chypre family of fragrances have revolutionized the aroma world. Statistics show that a big section of men’s population of modern fashion, are more inclined to Chypre fragrance family.

Fragrances falling under Rustic Base: The very dominant aromatic accord has come up with rustic notes with a motive of aromatic enhancement. Such notes carry scents of countryside including new-mown hay or hers or grass. Examples include: Aramis New West for Men, Hugo Boss Hugo, Ralph Lauren Polo Sport, Calvin Klein Escape for Men and Kenneth Cole Reaction

Fragrances falling under Spicy Base: A dominant dash of spicy notes that enlivens the amber accord with spices like cloves nutmeg, cardamom or cinnamon have desperately entered into the market and earned a great deal of admirations. Examples include: Hugo Boss, Hugo Dark Blue, Armani Code, Burberry London for Men, Cartier Must for men and Yves Saint Laurent Body Kouros, Hermes Terre d’Hermes, Old Spice Original.

Fragrances falling under Water Base: This newest family of fragrance, which came into being around 1991, is the lightest of all the categories. Alike some others in the industry, the water base fragrance family are subcategorized into two distinctive notes: males and females. Predominated by the water bases with the refreshing notes of citrus family of aroma and water herbs, the water base fragrances are the smartest picks for summer. Examples include: Cerruti 1881 Pour Homme, Azzaro Pure Vetiver, Lacoste Pour Homme, Calvin Klein Euphoria Men, Yves Saint Laurent Jazz, Guerlain Vetiver, Lalique Encre Noire, Kenneth Cole Black for Him and Ralph Lauren Safari for Men.

Apple Ignited a Spark in iPhone Application Revolution

Sparks flew all around with Apple spearheading the iPhone revolution! The first launch of iPhone made unexpectedly amazing blast in the global market, but the fire storm cooled down with the spread out of the iPhone virus news.

Apple engineers started to burn their midnight oil to upgrade their revolutionary iPhone. After nights of hard work Apple declared that iPhone will run the third-party application only if they are designed according to the Web 2.0 Internet standards. That's really a great news, which made some people raise their eyebrows with shriek of surprises! Yes, developers can now create web 2.0 applications that can be run on iPhone, just as smoothly as iPhone's built-in applications. Good news is that even with the third-part app installed the users can seamlessly access their iPhone’s services, such as making phone calls, accessing Google map and sending emails. Apple claimed that users won't have to compromise security and reliability while using the third-party application on their iPhones, provided the app is created using Web 2.0 standards. “Developers and users alike are going to be very surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple. He continued, “our innovative approach, using Web 2.0-based standards, lets developers create amazing new applications while keeping the iPhone secure and reliable.”

What's the difference between the application that people have been using and the ones that are programmed using web 2.0 standards? To put it in the simplest way, the applications based on web 2.0 standards are more responsive, interactive, and user-friendly as compared to the web application that we have traditionally been using. Moreover, web 2.0-based applications can easily be distributed across the web without technical hassles.

iPhone Virus Warrants Caution to Third-Part Applications Installers

iPhone craze is gradually putting an end to the cell phone generation by kicking of a boom in the hi-tech world. The iPhone madness all over the world have affected people irrespective of age and gender. But money is the name of the game - beyond all doubts! Had the price been within the range of affordability of the general mass, iphone craze would have eradicated what we call cell phone by now. With amazing applications designed for iPhone, it's one of the path breaking technology such as Multi-Touch interface, GPS, 3D positional audio, real-time 3D graphics and the accelerometer. All you need to do is to tap into the App Store and pick from thousands of enticing apps that you want to download.

Along side all these boons, iPhone has spread the fear of virus - iPhone virus! Whatever name you give to it - a virus or a technical fault, the program meticulously screws you by ceasing the software to work for you. Cnet says: It’s called "iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep", which according to them is "an important system update." The program isn't a menace as it only displays the message "shoes"; it doesn't do any harm other than refraining certain third-party applications from working well on iPhone. The program messes with applications like Launcer, Doom, Erica’s Utilities and OpenSSH, However, it's original apps work like magic! It may also happen that all the host sites may be shut down abruptly. It's just a result of bad programming... it seems.

A report of the discovery of first Trojan for the iPhone was documented by the major iPhone enthusiast site: iPhone enthusiast site Modmyifone.com, followed by a confirmation from the security research organization F-Secure. Technical experts says that the so-called iPhone virus doesn't pose any big risk for the general iPhone users. The Trojan actually attacks the third-party apps only and hence robs off the excitement of users who tend to modify their iPhones for installation of third-party applications in to their hi-tech device. According to Modmyifone.com all the app does is displays "shoes". But once you uninstall the application, it removes the files from /bin directory on the iPhone. This consequently breaks off the valid applications like "Erica's Utilities" and "Sendfile". On its website, F-Secure said: "Hopefully this serves as a warning for those who have opened their iPhones using a security hole in the system and then installing unverified software without a second thought to what they are doing". Most amazingly, it was an 11-year-old child playing with XML files who created the Trojan, reported F-Secure! F-Secure said, "Next time it might be someone else with more skills and with specific target".

Global Economy Review: Economic Depression or Economic Recession

The severe blow to the global economic made it lose it's balance. Economy's most of the strongest pillars - the giant organizations have been afflicted to what I call "Recession Virus". Candidly speaking, there's a whole lot of confusion the web is abuzz with. The period we are on is the period of recession. Is it true? Or should we call it a period of economic depression? If we ask this to 500 different economists across the globe, I am sure we will get at least 500 different views regarding global economic recession or may be economic depression. Apparently economic recession and economic depression are almost the same, because under both situations the economic activities approach a phase of transitory cessation. My review on the economic depression and a period of recession might give you how far we are from what we were when we were happy.

A well known prang among economists states, "a recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose your job." This might be a reason to depict the present situation as both an economic recession and economic depression. Have you ever heard of a time when there had a period of recession but not depression? Well, both these situation are like two demon sisters, walking hand in hand together most of the times.


Economic Depression vs Economic Recession

It reminds me of the great economic depression that had been in scene before 1930s. Economic activities had an abrupt downturn. It wasn't until this period that the term economic recession was developed to visualize a difference in economic conditions during 1930s and that during 1910 and 1913. This implies that an economic depression is an economic recession with a prolonged effect, ending up with a bigger downturn of economic activities. It's not the general brain's cup of tea to chalk out a distinction between economic depression and a recession. Best yardstick is to study the GDP. A situation when the economic downturn is due to over 10 percent decline in GDP is a depression. An economic downturn that affects less severely is a recession.


Period of Recession, as depicted by BCDC

The Business Cycle Dating Committee (BCDC) at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) have come up with more lucid definition of economic recession. BCDC defines a period of recession as a time when business activities reach the highest limit and then starts declining until when business bottoms out. According to them an average recession doesn't last more than a year or so.


US Economic Recession - Fast Facts

• The United States last suffered an economic depression during a period ranging between May 1937 and June 1938. The real GDP declined by 18.2%.
• 1930s depression was Great Economic Depression that existed through out a period ranging between August 1929 and March 1933. The GDP declined by 33.0%.
• The recovery Great Economic Depression in USA was followed by an economic recession during 1937-38.
• In the last 60 years, the worst recession existed between November 1973 and March 1975. The real GDP declined by 4.9%

Cat in the Hat - 50th Birthday

It's 50th Birthday of Cat in the Hat! Almost all the children in US are attached to every single words of the Cat in the Hat composed by Dr. Seuss long back. The Cat in the Hat was first published in 1957 that featured a cheerful cat that brought a bountiful harvest of happiness to a houshold of a couple of little children on rainy day, when their mom left them unattended. With some of the Beginner Books that The Cat inaugurated, the creator of Cat in the Hat, Dr Seuss promoted it as a mojor component of elementary literacy all across the United States.

On Saturday, Feb 26th 2009, on Read Across America Day Dr. Seuss’ Birthday Celebration the youth specialist at the Ashtabula Library Barb Tack, put together a costume that focused the kids on the story at Ashtabula Towne Square. Ashtabula Towne Square was waved by an insane mob of chuildren and adults. Debbie Tressler, an instructor with the Adult Basic Literacy Education Coalition said: “I can’t believe how many people came”. Even today when the world is run by mouse clicks and key strokes, Cat in the Hat still have a sensational effect in the market in USA. Tressler and her partner, Kathy found their bookstore at Kent State University-Ashtabula Campus being swamped with over 160 children. Kathy said, “Kids are getting to read early. You can tell they are excited”. Becky Wayman, program coordinator/recruiter for the Ashtabula County Adult Basic and Literacy Education Coalition, said that she had increased her publicity for that event and it paid off! This time it was a bit different, with fliers posted at the local elementary schools. Around 100 children, between kindergarten and grade fourth, got a free book each. The event had been sponsored by the Ashtabula County Literacy Coalition.

Review Your Nutritional Plan During Pregnancy - Nutrition During Pregnancy

It's beyond all doubts that healthy food is one of the most essential components for healthy life. Nutrition during pregnancy is one most sought after topic by the pregnant and lactating women world wide. Well planned diet is a of prime significance when it comes to the most crucial phase of life - especially pregnancy. Doctors advice to review your nutritional plan before conception because the first few weeks are the most important phase of pregnancy for the development of fetus. The most important thing in reviewing your nutritional plan is that it should be according to your medical status, body weight and not to be forgotten the eating habits. While poor eating habit during pregnancy may be harmful, taking self decision and selecting high protein diet can bring harm either! Balanced diet is what you should go for. Remember your eating habit has a great impact on your baby. Keeping in regular touch with your medical adviser is very important. It's prudent to make the nutritional changes for pregnancy according to the doctor's advice.

Although severe weight gain during pregnancy is not desired, but it's appreciated to certain extent. Body weight tend to shoot up during this phase because of multiple growth spurts of many organs, which is essential. Remember obesity is something that's entirely different and shouldn't be confused with required weight gain. According to experts' reviews on pregnancy, these are the approximate clinical stat:

• Average placenta weights at term 1 1/2 lbs.
• Amniotic fluid 2 lbs.
• Breast enlargement 2 lbs.
• Uterine mass 2 lbs.
• Blood volume 3 lbs.
• Fat deposit 6 lbs.
• Fluids 4 lbs.,
• Normal sized baby 7 lbs-8 lbs.
  

All these merge up together and the recommended overall weight gain of 25-30 lbs. is appreciated, which means there should be an increase in caloric need per day. This is where the nutritional plan during pregnancy is of utmost importance. When transformed into the nutritional requirement chart, the additional weight gain of 25-30 lbs. comes up with an consumption chart that suggests an additional intake of around 200-300 calories per 24 hours is necessary. The right way to approach a healthy eating habit during pregnancy is to follow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Guide. In the year 2005 USDA amended the pyramid because to come up with better suggestions for Americans to be healthy. USDA's experts suggest that increase in caloric need during pregnancy shouldn't be made by consuming fatty foods, but by increasing the quantity and quality of fruits, veggies, dairy, grains, and foods containing protein. This way weight gain should be achieved in a gradual mode throughout the entire pregnancy period, which is desired rather than having a rapid and abrupt growth. Reviewing the nutritional plan during pregnancy doesn't mean consuming more than you can, but consuming the right kind of food. Right kind of food means the well balanced diet. Food is categorized into four distinctive categories:

• Protein - Protein is important during pregnancy for growth of organs like breasts and uterus. It also acts as the major building block of the fetal body. Major sources of protein are fish, lean meat, milk and beans.
• Fats - Fat is important for development of nervous system of the fetus and for certain vitamin absorption. But the overall fat consumption should be not more than 30% of the total calories. Saturated and hydrogenated oils should be excluded from your diet chart during pregnancy. Monounsaturated oils such as canola and olive oils are often recomended.
• Carbohydrate - Carbohydrate is the main energy source. Major sources of carbohydrates are milk, cereals, grains, cereals, veggies and fruits.
• Micronutrients - Pregnant and lactating women require essential micronutrients. The micronutrient list inclides components like Folic acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Iron, Calcium and Zinc.
  

So construct a healthy future for your baby by taking the right kind of steps toady. This article is not a thumb rule for the nutritional review plan for pregnant women, but a healthy hints of dos and don'ts. Remember your medical adviser is the right person to guide you with right tips. So consult a doctor prior to taking any decision regarding your nutritional program during pregnancy. Happy motherhood ahead... Good Luck!

Perfume Review - Top US Fragrances

Science of blending essential oils, fixatives and aroma compounds have been on the scene since time immemorial. Spanning back to history, documentations state that perfumery was introduced during the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization; later refined by Persians and romans. Today it has become an interwoven component of fashion. Starting from Albert Nipon to Yves Saint Laurent there are many classy perfume brands that has been contributing to the modern fashion priented community world wide. While modern women are inclined to brands like Armani, Angel, Calvin Klein, , Ghost, Gucci, Chanel, Burberry etc, men invest more on Jean Paul Gaultier, Pheromone, Masaki Matsushima, Calvin Klein, Fleur Du Male, Hugo Boss, Le Male for men etc. Statistics shows that Hugo Boss and Calvin Klein are the hottest picks for male population in UK. For women in UK Jean Paul Gautier's 'Classique' and Chanel's 'No. 5' tend to top the list.

When it comes to perfumes, American these days prove to be the world's leading perfume buyers. Although until 1960s, the French fragrances had been the most sought after ones in America, but the scenario has greatly differed today. American designer brands have mastered the art of making perfumes and has come up with some of the world's classiest fragrances that delivered a hard blow to many French notes.


Some Top Perfume Brands in USA

Tommy Hilfiger - Although one of the most recent perfume brands in the world of perfumes, Tommy Hilfiger has created a buzz around the country and even abroad. After the pop star Beyonce Knowles endorsed, Tommy Hilfiger's "True Star" gave the company's overall sales a stiff hike. True Star's notes come both in male and female versions and can be purchased in not more than $53 or so.

Estée Lauder - With sensational fragrance of top notes, Estée Lauder has created a sheer magic amidst the fashionable American women mob! "Beautiful" and "Pleasures" are a couple of latest craze in the country. A bit higher than the others in the market, the prices of these fragrances range between $43 to $63.

American Fragrances - This is again another most searched name in USA. "Arabian Night" by American Fragrances is another hot cake for American women these days. Just at the cost of $16, the American young women are chaging their signature note of fashion with a flick of finger. Arabian Night Cologne for Men has also created a sensation amidst the US men fragrance lover mob.

Ralph Lauren - Who doesn't heard about this name? Being one of the largest designer in the perfume industry, Ralph Lauren's products are most sought after ones not in USA, but abroad too! Ralph Lauren's "Pure Turquoise" has revolutionized the US fashion in vogue. The super fresh note of "Pure Turquoise" made it a hottest shot for the modern US women.

If you are looking for a new way to spread the aura of your presence any of the above names is what your pick should be. Let your presence be identified by your signature fragrance. Party freak outs will now be even more special for you with these sensational notes.

Safety Baby Bottle – A Baby Feeder That Smiles at Right Temperature

Nerve-wrecking work loads at offices and business places have been a menace to the peace of life! Especially the present generation's moms and dads are stressed out with all the cacophony of the marketing campaigns and chasing the targets. Professional life is no more a peace these day; nor the personal life! Here’s an innovative solution especially for the modern stressed-out parents to help their baby in cases of baby screaming for milk. It is a very common scenario that you need to jump off your rag at three o’clock in the morning to prepare milk for your baby. The situation seems to worsen a bit more when you are done with the milk preparation, but can't give it to your baby because it's too hot.

The Safety Baby Bottle has been designed keeping in mind these unpleasant situations at midnight. The Safety bottle is like a granny taking care of your baby even at midnight. Just at a glance the Safety Baby Bottle tells you whether the milk is at the right temperature and can be given to your baby. The Safety Baby Bottle design involves a normal baby bottle with a face printed on it with thermochromic anti-forgery ink. The most interesting part of the bottle is that, when the milk is just at the right temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, the face starts smiling in green. In case if the milk is too hot for your baby’s little mouth, say at 45 degrees Celsius or even hotter, the face automatically turns red and into a crying one. So this Safety Baby Bottle that frowns on unsafe milk temperature is an amazing invention that puts a bright curve not only on the tired faces of moms but on the faces of the little heroes and heroins too.

Now, it is a true sense injustice if I do not mention the inventor of this amazing baby product. Well, the Safety Baby Bottle has been designed by Huang Tzu-Yu, Cheng Hung, Wang Tzu-Wei, and Xiang Yu-Wei. However, the bottle is not yet in production, but once up in the market, parents are sure to queue up in the line.

Childhood Trauma can be a major cause of alteration of your DNA

A group of scientists from McGill University and Douglas Institute has been burning their midnight oil with a medical research, studying how childhood trauma affects DNA. The study opened up a new horizon in the medical science. The research results in the fact that childhood trauma can play a major role in altering your DNA and in turn shapes exactly the way one’s genes works. Fund for the research was jointly offered by Canadian Institutes for Health Research and National Institute of Child Health and Development, USA. The samples of brain used in that research work were taken from Quebec Suicide Brain Bank, which is administered by Dr. Gustavo Turecki, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and also practices at Douglas Mental Health University Institute. This Brain Bank was actually developed with an intention to prevent people from suffering mental distress and committing suicide.

A total sample of 36 brains was used in the research – 12 of abused suicide victims, 12 of non-abused suicide victims and 12 controls. During the research process, various epigenetic marks in the brains of a number of abused victims were brought into close observation. These marks play an active role in influencing a stress response factor, which increases the suicidal tendency. The clinical or scientific term of this stress response factor is hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function. The research also confirms that maternal care also plays a vital role in influencing the genes that are responsible for controlling the stress-response factor. Some of the world-renowned scientists have put forward their revolutionary work on epigenetics. This work uncovers how the parental care influenced the DNA in the brains of some Quebec male suicide victims, who were abused in childhood.

Said Dr.Turecki, “We know from clinical experience that a difficult childhood can have an impact on the course of a person’s life”. Further, Dr.Moshe Szyf, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics added, “now we are starting to understand the biological implications of such psychological abuse”. Dr. Michael Meaney, a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurosurgery and also at Douglas said in his reports, “the function of our DNA is not as fixed as previously believed. He also added, “the interaction between the environment and the DNA plays a crucial role in determining our resistance to stress thus the risk for suicide and epigenetic marks are the product of this interaction”. The all-McGill study report has been set to publish in the February 22’s issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience.

iPhones Reviews - Apple's iPhone to Revolutionize The Cell Phone Generation

Here's another amazing creation of Apple. Yes... iPhone that created a buzz across the web. This is again a struggle for Apple to inject the iphone virus amidst the cell phone user mob. Steve Jobs - the Apple founder once stated that he would be happy if the iPhone could manage to engulf as negligible as only 1% of the 1 billion mobile phone users in the global market during its first year. Shortly after this smart gadget stepped in to the market, the US-based market research firm Markitecture published a report showing that only 6% of 1300 mobile phone users were likely to skip to iPhone, keeping aside their traditional cell phones in the next one year.

The biggest hurdle for Apple to promote iPhone is not only it's high price, but also the carrier issues, i.e. Cingular in US. Yet, it seems the iPhone virus is still spreading wide across the globe. So what's there in the iPhone that creates a whole lot of craze all around? Putting it in the simplest way, iPhone is a revolutionary mobile phone that facilitates you by allowing you to make a call just by tapping a number or a name in your call log, address book or favorites list. This technically engineered hi-tech device automatically syncs all the contacts from your Personal Computer, Mac, or even Internet services. This internet-connected multimedia smartphone has been designed with classy flush multi-touch screen, without a physical keyboard. With a minimal hardware interface, the virtual keyboard is rendered on the touch screen instead of pressing buttons like the regular mobile phones. Apple's iPhone has a wide range of functionality. Starting from a camera phone (including visual voicemail and text messaging), it functions almost like an ipod with a hi-tech portable media player. You can use it as a mobile Internet client to access your email, and/or web browsing. Local Wi-Fi connectivity adds flavor to the usability of this internet-connected multimedia smartphone.

Till date, there have been two generations of iPhone. The first generation iPhone was built with quad-band GSM with EDGE hardware, and the second generation have been upgraded with the addition of UMTS with HSDPA, making the device technically smarter.

Fast Facts about iPhone:

• Development of iPhone started with the direction of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who leaded the Apple engineers in the investigation of touchscreen technology.
• It wasn't until January 9, 2007 that Apple publicly announced iPhone, although there was a bunch rumors about the announcement of the device much before the release was officially announced.
• The iPhone was primarily introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007 and thereafter the worldwide.
• On June 29, 2007 Apple shut down its store at 2:00 pm local time to prepare for the iPhone launch at 6:00 pm.
• On weekend of the launch, Apple sold an incredible number 270,000 iPhones during the first thirty hours.
• In the year 2007 iPhone was declared to be Time magazine's "Invention of theYear".
• The iPhone 3G was released on July 11, 2008 that supports much faster 3G data speeds accompanied with Assisted GPS.
• It was not until November 2007 that the iPhone was released in the United Kingdom, German and France, and Austria and Ireland in spring 2008
• On October 21, 2008 Apple announced an incredible sales volume of 6.89 million iPhone 3Gs in the fourth quarter of 2008. With this the sales of iPhones was reckoned till the date was 13 millions.
• Apple Inc. has filed over 200 patents related to the iPhone technology.

Features of iPhone:

• Screen size - Liquid Crystal Display Screen 3.5 in (89 mm)
• Screen resolution - 480×320 pixels at 163 ppi (Pixels Per Inch), with 3:2 aspect ratio
• Input devices - Multi-touch screen interface plus a "Home" button and "Sleep/Wake" located on the top of the iPhone.
• Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery
• Camera - 2 megapixel
• Location finding - By the way of detecting the cell towers and Wi-Fi network system
• Processor - Samsung S5L8900 (412 MHz ARM 1176 processor, PowerVR MBX 3D graphics co-processor)
• Memory - 128 MB DRAM
• Storage - 8 GB or 16 GB flash memory
• Operating System - iPhone OS
• Hardware - Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Wireless System - Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
• Frequency response - 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response (both internal and headset)
• Battery Backup - Up to 8 hours of talk, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video, and up to 24 hours of audio, lasts over 250 hours on standby, not user-replaceable
• Headphone jack (recessed)

iPhone3G Model Features:

• Color - Black (8 GB or 16 GB) or white (16 GB)
• Size - 4.5 inches (115.5 mm) (h) × 2.4 inches (62.1 mm) (w) × 0.48 inch (12.3 mm) (d)
• Weight of iPhone3G - 133 g (4.7 oz)
• Headphone - Jack (non-recessed)
• Battery Backup of iPhone3G - Up to 10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 5 (3G) or 6 (Wi-Fi) hours of Internet usage, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio and lasts over 300 hours on standby.
• Broadband - 3G for broadband data speeds (Tri band UMTS / HSDPA: UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100)
• Assisted GPS - According to the preference of location based on Wi-Fi or cell towers
• Digital SAR Rating - 1.38 W/kg

While loads of other features are there that the iPhone has been blessed with, these are just some of the features that have made iPhone all more enticing to the general mass. By default, the home screen contains the the list of icons that includes Text messaging (SMS), Photos, YouTube, Camera, Calendar, Google Maps, Weather, Stocks, Clock, Notes, Settings, Calculator, iTunes, and App Store. This home screen can be customized at any moment by a hardware button right below the screen, closing the application that is opened.