As soon as Apple fans received word that the iPhone was going to run with the Mac OS X, the hype became even more intensified. For those who do not already know, the Mac OS X is the same operating system found in all of the latest models of Apple computers. However, some disappointment aroused as soon as the fans realized that the iPhone does not contain the entire functionality of the operating system. Surely, the expectation that this small gadget was going to feature the entirety of the Mac OS X seems a little bit absurd. The full operating system is surely too big to fit the iPhone’s 4GB or 8GB internal memory. What it has is a 500 MB version of the OS X that was specifically developed for the iPhone.

This compressed feature may leave one very skeptical of the iPhone OS. Truly, you will not get the core features of the Mac OS X user interface which includes the Finder, the Dock, the Desktop, and the Mouse Pointer, the iPhone is still a breeze to use. In place of the desktop, the iPhone features a Grid Application Launch and a mini-version of the Dock. This mini-version will contain all necessary shortcuts to most commonly used applications such as the web browser, or the phone, etc. All the features are easily navigated through its multi-touch display.
Apart from these, iPhone OS X still provides so much more than any other smart phone despite its compression. While other smart phones provide limited web access, the iPhone allows unrestricted web access through its Safari web browser. Through this, the iPhone lets its user view web pages in their entire landscape form and then zoom in and out by tapping on the display.
Furthermore, the iPhone also features a rich HTML email client that manages the user’s emails from POP3 or IMAP services and display images along with the text. The iPhone OS X also extends its features to navigational devices which contains built-in Maps application and also supports Google Maps. Through this, maps and satellite images can easily be viewed and its user can also get information on direction and traffic flow.
In addition, like any other Mac running an OS X, the iPhone supports the use of Widgets or those small customizable applications that lets its users easily access information such as weather or stock reports. The iPhone OS X has even provided extra features such as a YouTube player that can easily be launched from its Grid Application Launcher. This way, YouTube videos can be access using the iPhone wherever and whenever.
In other words, the iPhone’s version of OS X includes all Mac OS X features that are applicable to mobile phones coupled with iPhone-specific features

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