The ability to download movies to iPhone is the realization of a once considered far fetched idea that a cellular phone can have as a feature. Today, that far out idea is now becoming a reality.

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.

The consumer public is always on the look out to upgrade their cell phones. To meet this demand manufacturers also dig up new software and hardware as they become available. One notable feature is 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.

Most of these secure and legitimate sites will ask for a membership fee of not less than $50, but it will give you access to download movies to iPhone with your lifetime membership. In the long run, it will prove to be a good investment to protect your computer and your new second generation iPhone.

The only concern so far is how many movies your iPhone is able to carry. As for the moment, iPhone range storage capacity is from 8G to 16G. So far so good, but the best is yet to come in the coming years. There is no limit as to the amount of download movies to iPhone you can make.