Sales Guide Reveals iPhone Details

The upcoming iPhone is a mystery to all. Apple boasts about the iPhone's main features (widescreen iPod, phone, touch screen controls, Internet capabilities), but a recent sales guide leak suggests the iPhone is still lacking other more common features. MacRumors, claims to have obtained a copy of the full iPhone training manual given to AT&T employees, and published scans of the first 15 pages of a 33-page manual.

If these instructions are authentic, it means the iPhone will not include the following:

• No GPS or TeleNav applications
• No MMS (multimedia messaging), but emailing photos is still possible
• No IM (instant messaging)
• No Media Net, MobiTV, or Cellular Video
• MEdia Mail won't be used for ringtone or answertone downloads

On the other other hand, here are a few features that will be nice to have:

• Carry phone conversations while you surf the Web or send email
• Sync contact information from Mac's Address Book or Window's Outlook or Outlook Express
• Using two fingers to stretch or shrink an image, or double-tap to zoom in on photos
• Photos taken with iPhone camera can be moved to computer using iTunes
• Has predictive text entry and error prevention (spell check)
• Supports POP3 and IMAP
• Displays full versions of websites, no WAP sites needed
• Bookmarks will be transferred from your computer to iPhone

On an interesting note, the first page mentions "Apple's new, remarkably compact Bluetooth headsets," which means we can expect a few cool headsets to be released around the same time. There's no mention of video capture capabilities either, so I wonder if one can create podcasts with the iPhone. The good news is Steve Jobs is encouraging the development of third-party widgets for the iPhone, but with only 4GB or 8GB of onboard memory, I'm not sure widgets will appeal to customers who would rather save more music or photos on their iPhone. Looks like Walt Mossberg already got his hands on the iPhone, so we'll find out in a couple of weeks (hopefully days) more about the iPhone's capabilities.

Are you getting one on June 29 or are you waiting for the second-generation iPhone?

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