It’s official. The birth of the iPhone is here at last, and I want nothing more than to cuddle the warm and gooey package in my small effeminate arms. Here are some of the highlights of this new toy straight from Wikipedia, because as Michael Scott said, “Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information.”

Quote From Wikipedia:

The iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled mobile phone by Apple, announced by company CEO Steve Jobs during the keynote at the Macworld Conference & Expo on 9 January 2007, that was released on 29 June 2007 in the U.S. at 6 pm “local time”, or 6 pm Pacific time for online sales, limit two per person, although some AT&T stores are only allowing one per person for the June 29th launch.

The iPhone’s functions include those of a camera phone, a multimedia player, mobile phone, and Internet services like e-mail, text messaging, web browsing, Visual Voicemail and wireless connectivity. iPhone input is accomplished via touchscreen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone is a 2G quad-band GSM phone, though Jobs mentioned in his keynote that Apple has a “plan to make 3G phones” in the future.

The iPhone is available from the Apple Store and from AT&T Mobility, formerly Cingular Wireless, with a price of US$499 for the 4 GB model and US$599 for the 8 GB model, based on a two-year service contract. Apple intends to make the phone available in Europe in Q4 2007 and in Mexico and Asia in 2008.