CHAPTER 3The Apple iPhone

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Perhaps the most influential mobile device to enter the market in recent years is Apple’s iPhone. Arguably the first smartphone with mass-market appeal, the iPhone combines a sleek form factor, a multitouch screen, multimedia capabilities, highly functional Internet browsing, and impressive visual effects, all while maintaining an impressive battery life.

The iPhone has changed significantly since its initial introduction, growing to become the first platform with easy-to-use centralized application distribution, thus hugely increasing the market for mobile applications.

Because of its use of Objective-C, development ...

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