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FACTBOX-Key facts on Apple's new iPhone
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the company's long-awaited mobile phone on Tuesday.
Following are five facts on the device, dubbed the iPhone.
* The phone is 11.6 millimeters thick with a 3.5-inch-wide touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, and integrates functions of Apple's popular iPod music and video players.
* The iPhone will cost $499 for a version with 4 gigabytes of flash memory, and $599 for an 8-gigabyte version. It will be available in the United States in June, in Europe in the fourth quarter, and in Asia in 2008.
* It runs a version of OS X, the same operating system that powers the company's Mac computers. It also has Apple's Safari browser for Internet surfing.
* The phone will operate exclusively in the United States on the network of AT&T's cellular unit, Cingular Wireless, as part of a multiyear agreement.
* The iPhone can also connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi wireless technology, and has Bluetooth, the short-range wireless technology used to support wireless headsets or link to other devices such as printers.
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