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Hello iPhone

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. The use of hello as a telephone greeting has been credited to Thomas Edison; according to one source, he expressed his surprise with a misheard Hullo. Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy (as used on ships) as a telephone greeting.

The iPhone is the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple. It is the first generation of iPhone that was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumors and speculation. It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007, and it featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.

A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.

A mobile phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.

A smartphone is a mobile personal computer with a mobile operating system with features useful for mobile or handheld use.

A touchscreen is an input and output device normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The touchscreen enables the user to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or any other such device (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touchscreens).

You Like Your Macintosh Better Than Me, Don’t You Dave

Super Bowl XXXIII was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1998 season. The game was played on January 31, 1999, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami (now part of the suburb of Miami Gardens, which became a separate city in 2003).

The Year 2000 problem is also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or Y2K. Problems arose because programmers represented the four-digit year with only the final two digits. This made the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900. The assumption that a twentieth-century date was always understood caused various errors, such as the incorrect display of dates, and the inaccurate ordering of automated dated records or real-time events.

The Macintosh (branded as Mac since 1998) is a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.

HAL 9000 is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. First appearing in 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial general intelligence) that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship’s astronaut crew.

Dr. David “Dave” Bowman serves as the protagonist of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

TBWA\Chiat\Day is the American division of the advertising agency TBWA Worldwide.

Shot on iPhone – Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

iPhone 6S features a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera, upgraded from the 8-megapixel unit on previous models, as well as a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It can also record 4K video, as well as 1080p video at 60 frames per second.

[The iPhone SE] features the same 12 megapixel, 1.22µ pixel, iSight camera as iPhone 6S with the ability to record 720p at 24 fps, 1080p at 120 or 60 fps, and 4K at 30 fps, as well as faster focus, better ISP and Live Photos. Despite the iSight camera being shared from iPhone 6S, iPhone SE has a 1.2 megapixel FaceTime camera with f/2.4 aperture, compared to the 5 megapixel FaceTime camera with f/2.2 aperture in the 6S, although it does benefit from the improved image signal processor in the A9 chip and Retina Flash.

Yes, Santa has an iPod and Playlists

Switch was an advertising campaign launched by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) on June 10, 2002. It featured what the company referred to as “real people” who had “switched” from the Microsoft Windows platform to the Mac. The Switch campaign, while distinctive, was not very effective, and was gradually phased out in 2003.

“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” is an American Christmas song with music and lyrics by Tommie Connor. The original recording by Jimmy Boyd on 15 July 1952 when he was 13 reached #1 on the Billboard charts in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year.

The iPod is a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first line was released on November 10, 2001.

In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order.

John William “Will” Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. One winter, he even served as a mall Santa Claus.

iPhone 5 Thumb

The [iPhone 5] display is 1,136 × 640 pixels with an aspect ratio of almost exactly 16:9. With a diagonal of 4″ it has a display size of 1.96 square inches, compared to 1.94 in iPhone 4 and 4S.

The thumb is the first digit of the hand. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outer-most digit.

Common sense is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts.” Thus, “common sense” (in this view) equates to the knowledge and experience which most people already have, or which the person using the term believes that they do or should have. The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as, “the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way”.

The New iPad is This Good

The iPad (announced as The new iPad, colloquially known as iPad 3 or iPad HD) is the third and current generation of the iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the device at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012.

[Apple Inc. was] established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was named Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years.

A tablet computer, or a tablet, is a mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen rather than using a physical keyboard.

The vertebrate retina (from Latin rēte, meaning “net”) is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye.