To be able to download movies to iPhone is the present hype at the moment. A decade ago, this idea is not viable, but as nano technology has become evident with the coming of smaller mobile phones and iPod and microchips getting smaller and more efficient, today, we are enjoying these new features offered before us through iPhone 3G.

Let’s not forget the heyday of mobile phones. Its simple usage is a phone you can carry on the go. As technology evolved in the most interesting and fast paced manner, a few years back we saw the introduction of specialized cell phones aimed to cater to its target market. There were cell phones with a built-in camera, with walkman, with multi-media functions, and internet enabled PDA. With these technologies emerging in the market a genius idea moved Apple to bundle the latest software, hardware and services and the emerging multi-touch technology. As a result Apple has created an ultimate mobile phone so far and to compete against the existing smartphones in the market.

Since the consumer public is already bored with ringtones and cameraphones as well as walkman phones, here comes another feature that young consumers are excited to get their hands on, the ability to download movies to iPhone.

There are two avenues in order to download movies to iPhone. The first step can be done by ripping a DVD movie of your choice to your computer. You need to save it in a format MP4 that could sync with the iPhones format to be able to view it.

Second, download directly from the internet. It is still not possible to download movies to iPhone at this time. To download a movie from the internet to your iPhone, you must first do the downloading via computer and with a fast internet connection. Once it’s done, save it to MP4 format and transfer them to your iPhone.

Be careful in choosing the sites to get your movies on the net. Some websites are offering it for free. But there are some legal issues concerning about it. Aside from that, these P2P kind of websites put your computer in big risks of being infected with a virus. So be very careful when you decide to download from free sites.

A smart move on your part should be to find websites that offer a lifetime membership and will ask for a minimum fee to be able to download movies to iPhone. Apple also offers movie downloads, although it is much more expensive compared to registering for a membership sites.

So far, iPhone has storage capacity ranging from 8Gibabyte to 16Gibabyte.You can download movies to iPhone as often as you like, the only limitation is the number of movies your new gadget can able to carry.