Depth of field with iPhone 4 camera

Hi,
Anyone having any luck getting a shallow depth of field with the iPhone 4 camera?
In Apple's ads they show a demo shifting the focus from the background to the foreground and the background softens nicely.
The system is working meaning I can choose different things to focus on and the blue square moves and the exposure changes.
Just wondering if it is possible to create a more dramatic soft background effect. Thanks.

Yes I have noticed that seems to work. It's pretty good for q phone camera. I took sme shots at a concert last night and they came out quite well.
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