Does it live up to the hype?
Apple's new iPhone 4, announced with great fanfare earlier this month, hits stores Thursday. Does it live up to the hype? Without a doubt, writes USA TODAY's Ed Baig. "The new iPhone 4 I've been testing for about a week and a half - along with the major refresh of the mobile operating system software at the core of recent models - demonstrates once again why Apple's handset is the one to beat, even as it faces fierce competition from phones based on Google's Android platform, among others." Ref. Source 8
Review: Apple makes all the right calls on iPhone 4
The iPhone has had an enormous impact in the three years since Apple's original smartphone exploded onto the scene. Its fancy touch-screen established that a physical keypad or keyboard were no longer de rigueur for cellphones. Its dazzling browser proved you don't have to compromise the way you experience the Web on a mobile device. And the App Store popularized third-party add-on programs on a handheld computer, to the tune of more than 225,000 apps and more than 5 billion downloads. Ref. Source 7