Zaprudering the iPhone Commercials: Maps

Let's clear this this up once and for all (I wish!).
All new US mobile phones DO NOT have to have GPS built in. They do have to conform to a specification which allows them to be located by the phone company - this is done through triangulation of the phone signal from cell towers (i.e. not GPS in which the phone receives signals from satellites and works out it's own position.
What Apple MAY have done differently (and this is pure speculation) is to work with AT&T so that the phone network sends info on the handset location to the iPhone itself, thus allowing the map widget to know where the phone is. I guess we won't know until June 29th.

Stupid european question,.... I thought all new cellphones in the US have to have gps ?!

Whoa people... slow down!

Do you really think that Apple would "forget" to mention an important feature such as GPS built in?
Have none of you ever used Google maps? You know, put in your address and "poof"! here are your directions. Same here with a start address or "favorite" (we have been doing this on palm with google maps for quite a while now, sadly not new "from apple" lol)

While i must admit that i am also panting at the utter beauty of this new ipod, it still lacks in many ways as a smartphone. No GPS, no GSM (sim chip), no 3G, no additional battery for power users / music fans.
Honestly i think waiting for the second version is the only way to go if you are a current smartphone user.

But the GUI is STUNNING!

did anyone care to notice that the icon for maps is of apples hq, Infinite loop?

The Zapruder is actually widely available both online and on disc. Theres a remastered edition dvd that allows frame by frame and even shows the edges of the film where the guides are usually cutout.

Come on. Is it that hard to figure it out? The first one is signal Strength. Then AT&T and the next one is wireless connection. Volume is not shown.

Well, assuming that these are real screenshots, I'm impressed by the screen brightness and resolution.

Yeah, I think that's cell strength, not volume and wifi, not cell strength. If that made sense!

Zaprudering is an awesome word and if you've got a problem with it, I'll gladly Oswald you.

Where's the "Contacts" button?