The refinement of iPhone software in the three years since the first release of the device has been what has made it into the "rock star" phenomenon it has become. The first version, released in 2007, already had features that hadn't been seen in cell phones before that point. But once the Apple iPhone had the touch screen technology and the capacity for its users to download small applications that could perform desired tasks, it became something else entirely.

Those two features, the touch screen and the applications, or apps, were what put the Apple iPhone in a class by itself at the time of its first release. There were other phones that made similar internet connections, such as the BlackBerry, which served as a cell phone but also allowed email, texting and internet browsing on a small screen; however, the iPhone release brought those functions to a slightly larger screen, which people could manipulate by moving their fingers on the screen itself. And by adding all those applications, which help users to do everything from order flowers to surf YouTube to make stock trades, the iPhone became something that can hardly be described as a "phone" any longer.

The initial iPhone was released gradually in several countries around the world. Of course its first release was in its own home, the United States, in June of 2007. It was slowly rolled out in other mostly European countries in the subsequent months, as deals were reached with the companies that would have rights to be the official vendors. And everywhere the iPhone news spread, people continued lining up and paying high prices to get an iPhone of their own.

With each new iPhone release, Apple has added features that have kept the device popular and in great demand. The difference between the 3G and 3GS versions was mainly one of performance and some extra video capability, but it was the leap in function between the 2007 Apple iPhone and the 3G version in 2008 that really pushed it over the top. Even with some concern over high prices, the ability to download useful applications has taken the idea of a simple cell phone and lifted into another realm entirely.

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