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10, 2007 Nation '(The Page 8 Wednesday, January Apple launches iPhone Warm December sets record Phone Switch from cell phone to Wi-Fi Raise phone to your ear Screen and touch sensor turn off networks range Widescreen, Take the Internet with you The Apple, Inc. iPhone promises to incorporate a media player, phone and Internet device beginning in June. Service will be provided through Cingular. touchscreen iPod Plays audio and video Internet device Surfs the Internet with Safari Web browser Camera Two megapixel camera By RACHEL KONRAD AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO First there was iPod, now there's iPhone. The next phase of Apple's plan to reinvent itself as a consumer electronics company was unveiled Tuesday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and it received a warm reception from Wall Street The touch-screen-controlled device plays music, surfs the Internet and delivers voice mail and e-mail differently than any other cell phone.

IPhone, introduced by Jobs during his keynote speech at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, was accompanied by Apple TV a set-top box that streams video from computers to television, the company is even getting a name change from Apple Computer Inc. to just Apple Inc. to better reflect its transition to a full-scale consumer electronics manufacturer and retailer. BUT IT REMAINS to be seen whether a $500 phone and some other gadgets will be enough for the company to remain a Wall Street darling and sustain the market dominance enjoyed by iPod, Apple's iconic digital music player. Others wonder whether the phone despite its slim elegance and wide-screen monitor is priced competitively.

"Prospects for the new device are positive, but it is not a given that Apple can win against a slew of wireless providers, phone manufacturers, and Microsoft, all of whom are similarly motivated to raise their flag on the same territory," said James L. McQuivey, a communications technology professor at Boston University. Even the phone's name is in contention. Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc. that makes networking equipment for the home and small businesses, unveiled its new iPhone line of Internet-enabled phones last month.

Cisco Rotate Screen moves from horizontal to vertical IE) Pinching motion Zooms i or out AP happy with that business," he said. The phones, which will operate exclusively on Inc's Cingular Wireless network, will start shipping in June. The 4 -gigabyte model will cost $499, while an 8-gigabyte iPhone will be $599. Cingular would not provide details of its financial arrangement with Apple. It's not Cingular's first foray into music-playing phones.

In 2005, the company teamed with Motorola on an iTunes-enabled phone called ROKR. But the product was widely considered a flop because it only held 100 songs and required users to buy songs through a computer and download the songs to the phone deficiencies the new Apple phone would remedy. IPhone is less than a half-inch thin slimmer than almost every other phone on the market. It comes with a built-in, 2-megapixel digital camera, as well as a slot for headphones and a SIM card. The phone automatically synchs the user's media movies, music, photos through iTunes on computers running either Mac OS or Microsoft Windows.

The device also synchs e-mail, Web bookmarks and nearly any type of digital content stored on a PC. when in largest platform for digital music playback, and Apple needed to make this move to help defend their iPod franchise as well as extend it beyond a dedicated music environment." Apple's iPod currently commands about 75 percent of the market for downloaded music and portable music players. The company's iTunes digital media store has sold more than 2 billion songs, 50 million television episodes and more than 1.3 million feature-length films, catapulting iTunes beyond Amazon.com for digital media sales. INITIAL HOPES for the iPhone are relatively modest The company hopes to sell about 10 million units in 2008, or about 1 percent of the market. About 957 million cellular phones were sold in 2006.

Apple TV which a price tag of $300, has a 40-gigabyte hard drive and stores up to 50 hours of videos, 9,000 songs or 25,000 photos. It will be available in February. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president for worldwide marketing, said Apple isn't getting out of the computer business, despite the name change. It's simply broadening its business. "We sell Macintoshes and will continue to do so and are very EZ PAY automatically debits ri.

i r- I nn UBmmum Subscribe receive 28 DAYS INDIANA WASHINGTON (AP) Last year was the warmest on record for the United States, with readings pushed over higher than normal by the unusual and unseasonably warm weather during the last half of December. Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center listed the average temperature for the 48 contiguous states last year as 55 degrees Fahrenheit. That's 2.2 degrees warmer than average and 0.07 degree warmer than 1998, the previous warmest year on record. Worldwide, the agency said, it was the sixth warmest year on record. In December the Center had predicted that 2006 would be the United States' third warmest year, but unusual readings later that month pushed the year into first place.

The Center said it is not clear how much of the warming is a result of greenhouse-gas induced climate change and how much resulted from the current El Nino warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean. El Nino conditions occur every few years in the Pacific and can affect climate around the world, including producing warmer conditions in the United States. The average U.S. and global temperature are both about 1 degree warmer than at the start of the 20th century, a change many scientists attribute to gases released into the atmosphere by industrial processes. The temperature data was collected from a network of more than 1,200 stations across the country.

Five states had their warmest December on record Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire. a savings account every 1 1 i 1 wmi me lunuwiny lerms: Weeks 53.45 We respect your privacy and will not share any of your personal information with a third party. 59.95 (mH3wffl Scorpion on plane stings Vermont man BRIEFS From Gazette wire services Oklahoma executes man who killed four McALESTER, Okla. (AP) A convicted killer was put to death Tuesday for the execution-style slayings of four workers at a Tulsa restaurant 14 years ago. Corey Duane Hamilton, 38, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m.

at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeals Monday. "I wish everyone could experience the love of God to the degree I have experienced," Hamilton said while strapped to a gurney, intravenous tubes attached to his arms. "I love everybody, and I hope to see you on the other side." The drugs began to flow at 6:08 p.m., and Hamilton appeared to stop breathing around 6:10 p.m.

He received four death sentences after he and three others were convicted of killing Joseph Gooch, 17; Theodore Kindley, 19; Senaida Lara, 27; and Steven Williams, 24. The robbers took $2,200 and forced the victims into a walk-in refrigerator at Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken Restaurant on Aug. 17, 1992. They were each shot once in the back of the head. Mother acquitted in children's murder SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A woman who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after throwing her three children into San Francisco Bay was acquitted Tuesday of first-degree murder but convicted of assault The jury continued deliberating the possibility of convicting LaShuan Harris, 24, of second-degree murder or manslaughter, but recessed at the end of the day without a decision.

The assault charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. Harris has been accused of killing 6-year-old Trayshawn Harris, 2-year-old Taronta Greely Jr. and 16-month-old Joshua Greely. She threw the boys into the chilly bay Oct. 19, 2005.

Prosecutors have said they won't seek the death penalty. Tuesday's verdicts, which came after seven days of deliberation, do not make any conclusions about the woman's sanity. If attorneys do not agree to send her to a mental hospital instead of prison, the same jury would convene to decide whether Harris was legally sane at the time of the deaths. United wins DOT contract WASHINGTON (AP) United Airlines won tentative approval on Tuesday to operate the first nonstop daily flight between Washington and Beijing, a 14-hour trip that links the countries' capitals as their economies become more intertwined. The Department of Transportation's final OK would give UAL United a route coveted by executives and government officials and potentially worth $200 million a year.

United did not immediately say how much it would charge for the flight Existing fares for travel between Washington and Beijing start at under $1,000 for economy class and can top $15,000 for first class. Dead UT pledge covered in graffiti HOUSTON (AP) The body of an 18-year-old fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning was defaced with numerous anti-gay epithets and obscene drawings, according to a medical examiner's report Phanta "Jack" Phoum-marath, a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, died after ingesting large amounts of alcohol at a pledge party at Lambda Phi Epsilon house in December 2005, authorities said. Phoumarrath's body was found the day after. A grand jury indicted three members of the fraternity last month on hazing charges following a yearlong investigation into Phoummarath's death. The Travis County medical examiner's office reported that partygoers used green and black markers to write "FAG," "I'm gay" and "I AM FAT" on Phoummarath's head, face, torso, legs and feet.

Someone also added drawings depicting naked men and women and blackened his toenails. Mi Battery 5 hours talk time; 16 hours audio has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000. Although Cisco is agitating for Apple to make a public statement clarifying use of the name, Apple executives say their cellular phone doesn't compete with Cisco's Internet phone. Despite that uncertainty and despite the fact that Apple's phone won't be available until June Wall Street has initially blessed it Apple shares jumped $7.10 to close at $92.57 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, creating about $6 billion in new shareholder wealth. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $50.16 to $93.16.

Nearly 120 million Apple shares changed hands Tuesday, more than 4 times the average daily volume. MEANWHILE, shares of other smart-phone makers slid: Treo-maker Palm dropped 5.7 percent, BlackBerry's Research In Motion Ltd. lost 7.9 percent and Motorola Inc. shed 1.8 percent. Tim Bajarin, principal analyst with Creative Strategies, said the iPhone appears poised to revolutionize the way cell phones are designed and sold.

"This goes beyond smart phones and should be given its own category called 'brilliant' phones," he said. "Cell phones are on track to become the Burlington. His wife stopped at the United counter and was told the plane they were on had flown from Houston to Chicago. The Sullivans surmised the scorpion boarded in Texas. "The airlines tell you you can't bring water or shampoo on a plane," Helena Sullivan said.

But the scorpion did make it aboard, she said. United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said the incident "is something that we will investigate and look into. We're very sorry for what happened. Our customer safety and security is our No. 1 priority." Scorpion bites are rarely fatal, except to babies or older people with health problems, said Dr.

Stephen Leffler, director of emergency services at Burlington's Fletcher Allen Health Care hospital. "We don't see many scorpion bites in Vermont," Leffler said. For a healthy adult, a scorpion bite can mean numbness or shooting pain extending out from the bite, or flu-like symptoms, which Sullivan said he had the next day. He said he hadn't seen the recent movie, "Snakes on a Plane," starring Samuel Jackson. "I'm pretty selective about what I see," Sullivan said.

"Maybe I have to see it now." Cair WorM A EXPIRES JAN. 19,2007 14 a A sao I I no irm (to MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) A scorpion stung David Sullivan on the back of his right leg, just below the knee, then crawled up and down his left leg, he thinks, before getting him again in the shin. Not what he was expecting on his flight home from Chicago to Vermont. Sullivan, a 46-year-old builder from Stowe, was aboard the United Airlines flight on the second leg of his trip home from San Francisco, where he and his wife Helena had been visiting their sons.

He awoke from a nap shortly before landing and noticed something strange. "My right leg felt like it was asleep, but that was isolated to one spot, and it felt like it was being jabbed with a sharp piece of plastic or something." The second sting came after the plane had landed and the Sullivans were waiting for their bags at the luggage carousel. Sullivan rolled up his cuff to investigate, and the scorpion fell out "It felt like a shock, a tingly thing. Someone screamed, 'It's a Sullivan recalled. Another passenger stepped on the two-inch arachnid, and someone suggested Sullivan seek medical help.

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