The iPhone :

The iPhone has been a game-changing device in mobile telephony - why?

Can you account for its success?

How have other new media institutions reacted to Apple's dominance in the sectort?

How might iPhone and Ipod Touch applications transform our social and working habits?

Compare the iPhone to other smart phones like the Blackberry, Android, Pre, etc.

Speed-wise, all the above-mentioned Android phones run on speedy 1GHz processors, except the Milestone XT720, which runs on a 550MHz chip. Apple on the other hand, took its speedy A4 chip found on the iPad and put it in the iPhone 4 (no surprise here). With this, the iPhone 4 comes in line with the top-notch Android phone, but given the OS and app differences, a proper speed comparison would be quite subjective.

Moreover the iPhone four has the smallest display in comparison to the Android phones but the Retina Display technology in the iPhone 4 rivals even the huge 4.3-inch screen on the Evo 4G, packing in more pixels per inch. The camera on the iPhone 4 is now on the par with the Samsung Galaxy S, and still below the Incredible, Evo 4G or Milestone in terms of megapixels. All five phones can record 720p HD video though - yet only the iPhone will have the Apple-designed iMovies app, and nothing out today is remotely comparable to this in terms of mobile video editing.