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WWDC 2008: Steve Jobs announces… 3G iPhone

June 9, 2008 on 1:47 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

It is finally official, Apple CEO Steve Jobs just announced a 3G version of the iPhone.

3G, Built-in GPS, 5 hours of talk time on 3G, 8GB for $199, 16GB for $299

Launching July 11th. Read more for other announcements from Apple.

You can watch the entire keynote here.

Thanks Engadget.

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Ben

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Other things announced today:

iPhone 2.0 software update will be released in early July.

Features:

• Exchange capabilities
• Contact search
• iWork support
• Microsoft Office support
• Bulk delete/move for documents
• Ability to save images from emails
• Scientific Calculator (<sarcasm>woohoo!</sarcasm>)
• Parental Controls
• New languages supported

MobileMe

A service that pushes email, contacts, calendar and keeps your Macbook, Outlook, iPhone, and a web-based platform synchronized. You will get 20GB of storage for $100/year.

Apple Push Notification Service

A tool for developers to be able to push information (i.e. Instant Messaging) to an iPhone without having to run the application in the background.