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So the keynote is over and by now, all of you know that Apple has announced the new 3G iPhone which will come out on July 11th. For those of you who have not read other “live blogs” – here’s a summary of the major announcements from today’s keynote at WWDC 2008.

  • Record 5200 attendees at the conference
  • OS X 10.6 is confirmed at Project “Snow Leopard”
  • 250,000+ people downloaded the iPhone SDK
  • 25,000 developers applied and 4,000 developers admitted
  • iPhone to feature Exchange support and Cisco VPN software
  • Several iPhone app were shown off including:
  • eBay Auctions
  • Super Monkey Ball game
  • Loopt
  • TypePad for mobile bloggers
  • MLB
  • Associated Press application etc..
  • Apple introduces “push notification” service for app developers in lieu of no background processes support on iPhone
  • New features introduced into iPhone software including support for iWork documents, additional support for PowerPoint (Word and Excel already supported), contact search support, support for bulk email delete, saving emailed photos to photo library, landscape mode for calculator (and scientific buttons now), parental controls, and additional language support
  • iPhone 2.0 will be released in early July. Free for iPhone users, and $9.99 for iPod touch users.
  • Apple introduced MobileMe which is basically .Mac revamped
  • MobileMe is “exchange for the rest of us” – delivers push e-mail, contacts and calendars to iPhones, Macs, or Windows PCs – essentially keeping everything in sync from one platform to another. Works for Outlook on PC; Mail, Address Book, and iCal on Mac, Mail, Contacts, and Calendar on iPhone or iPod touch. Also integrates iDisk into the mix. Price is $99 a year and storage is now 20GB.
  • Now the iPhone 3G: here’s what you need to know:
    • It’s thinner
    • Black plastic back
    • Metal buttons on the side
    • Same screen
    • Camera
    • Flush headphone jack
    • Improved audio
    • Faster web because of 3G support
    • 300 hours of standby time, 10 hours of talk time on 2G, 5 hours of talk time on 3G, 5-6 hours for web browsing, 7 hours for video, 24 hours for audio
    • GPS receiver
    • Location services will use both cell towers and GPS
    • Will be available to 70 countries around the world
    • $199 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB
    • There will also be a white model
    • Available starting on July 11th with 22 countries getting the 3G iPhone first

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