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A member of the MacRumors Forums, cindynjgirl79, scanned pages of what looks like a sales training workbook on the iPhone for AT&T’s employees.
Some highlights, quoted from the MacRumors story:
Revolutionary Mobile Phone (scan 1, scan 2)- Dial any telephone number with the touch of a finger
- Create and manage a list of telephone numbers you call most
- If you choose to answer the call, the video will pause and resume once the call ends
- iPhone syncs contact information from the computer to iPhone (from Address Book on a Mac or Outlook or Outlook Express on a Windows PC).
- Built-in speakerphone
- iPhone lets you carry on a phone conversation while you simultaneously browse the Internet or send an email.
- There is a vibrate mode.- Sync photos from Mac or PC
SMS Text Messaging (scan 1)
- SMS text message button shows how many new messages are waiting
- Threaded conversations
- Hear an audio alert for new messages
- Error correction and prevention in the keyboard. Only displayed when you need it.
- iPhone users will not be able to conduct IM conversations with instant messaging users
- Does not support MMS messaging for photos or videosMusic and Video (scan 1, scan 2)
- All videos play in landscape mode
- If you prefer your widescreen content to take up the entire screen, you can double tap the video and iPhone will automatically scale the video to take up the entire screen
- Sync music with iTunes just like any other iPod
- Select how to display music: by playlist, artist, songs or more.
- Media Net, MobiTV, or Cellular Video are not available on iPhone- Rich formatting
- Support for IMAP and POP3
- Yahoo! Push Mail
- Automatic address completion- Double tap an object to make it fill the screen, and double tap to zoom out
- Can have multiple websites open at once and switch between them
- Websites you have bookmarked on your computer will be transfered to your iPhone from your Mac or PCWidgets (scan 1)
- iPhone will not support the TeleNav solutions currently offered by other AT*T devices
- GPS is not part of the iPhone feature set.
It’s worth noting that at least half of the pages from the training manual are missing. AT&T also said in the workbook that Apple may reveal additional features on the release date.
The lack of 3G, MMS messaging and Instant Messaging support in particular have caused a bit of a stir on the Engadget comments board.
Some commenters noted, though, that Apple may intend to keep the iPhone feature-light at first, after which firmware updates (perhaps via the iTunes store) will add in-demand features.
In fact, Apple said earlier this week that it will be able to add additional features to already-purchased iPhones.
Will any of this new information affect your decision on whether or not to purchase the iPhone?
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