iPhone 3G & Accessories

Series Summary

Pining for the next big thing? The iPhone 3G is that next big thing. This tiny piece of electronic equipment does it all. It's a cell phone. It's a web browser. It uses Wi-Fi, Edge, and 3G networks for Internet browsing. It's an iPod. It comes with eight and 16 gigs of memory. The features go on and on! In this free video electronics series on the iPhone 3G, let a digital technology specialist explain some of the many functions this marvel does. Find out what accessories come with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G features like maps, parental controls and internet browsing with Wi-Fi, Edge and the 3G networks. Learn how to make and receive calls, use the touchpad and set up the Microsoft Exchange server for business purposes.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Rokosz, your digital lifestyle expert, and I want to share with you perhaps one of the coolest gadgets that's come across my desk in a long time. It's the iPhone 3G by Apple. And I'm going to share with you the excitement that I did when I first opened up this bad boy. So let's take a look at what's inside the box. The first thing you're to notice is how cool and sleek that the iPhone box is. It's, you know, as far as boxes and packaging goes this one is kind of first rate, but really what happens is what's inside of it. So let's open up this bad boy. Ta da. Boom. There she is. Now, I've had to take the iPhone out before, so you're not going to find the little piece of plastic that makes getting this out of the box easy. I'm just going to use this implement really quick here to just sort of pop it up. And again, on yours you're going to find a little piece of plastic that's stuck to it, and she comes right out. There's the baby. I'm going to put her aside now for a second, kind of kills me, but in here, now you've got this other very sleek packaging. Now, Apple is also known for, you know, not wasting packaging, using every little bit of space, so we got the little pull. There we go. And inside of it, is all the little gadgets that come with it. Now it's very accessory based type of thing, so you're not going to get a lot. But in here, we have got the new redesigned plug outlet receptacle, so it can go directly into the wall, and it's actually about just about half the size of the old one. It's got kind if a neat little thing protector and over on it here to keep it all nice and white and shiny, that's real important. And then the back, you're going to notice, that there's going to be a USB input. What's that for? Well, it's going to be for this little gadget right here. And this is just your basic iPhone adapter, or iPod iPhone connector up top here. And the USB. So, to assemble it, it's simply put it in here, da, da, da, da. Got to put it in the correct way though, of course. And then, you put it into the bottom of the iPhone, and then you're ready to go. Perhaps kind of the neatest thing here, are the headphones. Now, you mat be familiar with these. It's to be the type of ear buns that you had before, but if you take a look, nestled right in here, aha, that is the little tiny microphone, that when it's dangling form your head, you can actually hear what's going on, and doo, doo, doo actually the people listening to you can hear what's going on, and it's also kind of a micro, it's a micro switch. You can answer calls just by squeezing it. So get your new set of redesigned head phones, for the connector, you got your USB, and you've got your plug adapter for one ten American High Woods. And taking it out of the box is only the beginning of the fun that you're going to have with the iPhone three G by Apple. If you're anything like myself, it's going to be an indispensable part of your daily routine. Checking e-mail, seeing where you are in the world with GPS, but it all begins with taking it out of the box. I'm Rokosz, your digital lifestyle expert saying stream you later."