The iPhone has long been the stuff of legends. For years rumors have consistantly popped up saying that Apple was making an iPod with cell phone function. Years had went past and the iPhone remained vaporware. That was until today when Apples main man Steve Jobs anounced the that the Apple iPhone had become reality.

Jobs went on stage today at Macworld and reveiled the media player/cellphone. Here’s the details:

* Cingular, quad-band GSM/EDGE phone
* Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but no 3G
* 11.6mm thick: apparently thinner than all those other anorexic smartphones
* 2-megapixel camera
* iPod connector, mic input, and speaker jack
* Proximity sensor: when it’s close to your ear, the touchscreen and display shut down
* “Smart” screen knows which way to orient images depending on how you hold it–widescreen playback for videos
* Highest-res Apple screen of all time
* Mac OS X operating system
* Touch-screen interface, no stylus
* Full-on applications–more PC-like than mobile device-like
* “Visual voicemail”
* Safari Web browser
* Google Maps–including satellite and traffic data
* POP3 and IMAP e-mail capabilities–”real” e-mail, not mobile
* Widgets!
* Seamless integration between EDGE and Wi-Fi

Word is that Cingular will be the only service provider with the iPhone. However, Apple is a very smart company and I don’t think it will be long before the iPhone is availible for all major cell phone providers.

**UPDATE – found a nice video that demostrates the features of the iPhone. very impressive