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Apple announces IPhone (been rumored for some time) and Apple TV:

IPhone
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Consumers will finally get the chance to own an iPhone, a mobile phone
that plays iTunes and surfs the Web, electronics maker Apple said Tuesday.
The device will retail for between $499 and $599.

Company chairman Steve Jobs, speaking at the company's annual Macworld expo,
called the iPhone, which will be available in June, a "revolutionary mobile
phone" that will feature an iPod, phone and what he called an "Internet communicator."

Jobs also disclosed that Apple's iTunes will sell Paramount films, and
that the long-awaited AppleTV device to view downloaded videos will be
available beginning in February.

The phone is rectangular, and the entire front surface is a touch screen.
All of its functions are activated by touch, but when you bring your iPhone
to your face, a proximity sensor will turn off the touchscreen so you don't accidentally face dial.

The phone, which runs the Mac OS X, will come in two models --
a $499 version with 4 gigabytes of memory and a $599 one with 8 gigabytes.

"This is a day I've been looking forward to for two-and-a-half years,"
Jobs told the crowd at San Francisco's Moscone Center.

Jobs was particularly enthusiastic about the iPhone's Web-browsing
capabilities."It's bad out there today," says Jobs of mobile Web browsers.
"It's a real revolution to bring real Web browsing to a phone."

Despite all these bells and whistles, Jobs said the "killer app is making calls."
The iPhone will operate on the GSM protocol, but won't have third-generation broadband initially.
Jobs said that 3G capability is coming. It will also sync with the Mac's
Address Book application.

Cingular will be Apple's sole U.S. partner. It's an exclusive multiyear
agreement, which means no other carrier will be able to sell the iPhone
through 2009.

In a move that could hurt BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Apple will
offer free push e-mail from Yahoo on the phone device. RIM currently charges
for its e-mail service.

APPLE TV
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On Tuesday Jobs also unveiled the product formerly known as iTV, which will
now be called Apple TV. This device has a wireless connection that will let
up to five computers stream or download video content to a television.
It can connect to a large-screen high definition television, and with
40 gigabytes of memory can store 50 hours of movies and television shows.

Apple TV will ship next month, and will sell for $299. Jobs said the company
is accepting orders.

Jobs announced that there have been 2 billion iTunes sold for iPods.
He said it took 3 years to sell the first billion and ten months to
sell the second billion. He added that 1.3 million movies have been
sold for video iPods.

The company also disclosed that it is changing its name to Apple Inc.
from Apple Computer Inc. to reflect the changing nature of the company's
product list.

Apple shares surged nearly $7, or more than 8 percent, to $92.44
on the announcement.