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Steve Jobs keynote video and new iphone 3G advert

The first phone to beat the iPhone and it surfs the web and downloads data at twice the speed, and it costs half the price. This is the new iPhone 3G. You can see some photos on this page of the new 3G Apple iPhone and you can watch a video below of the new iPhone 3G Advert from YouTube, if you want a much clearer look at the new advertisement then see it on Apple’s site here.

The new iPhone tests where based on 3G and EDGE testing, although you would have to bare in mind that actual speeds will vary by site conditions. You may also need a new 2-year AT&T rate plan.

The second video that you can see below is of Steve Jobs Keynote at WWDC 2008 yesterday, the five-minute video explains the 3G iPhone from the man himself and this news was the first that the world officially got to confirm the iPhone.

Steve Jobs said as we have arrived at the iPhones first birthday, we are now going to take it to the next level and then he introduces the iPhone 3G. The moment he said those words, everyone took notice, as this is just what we all were waiting for. This year the show could of easily been called the WorldWide iPhone Conference.

If you want to see the all of Steve Jobs keynote address then you can do so by visiting this page on Apple’s site and you will get a nice, very clear video of Steve Jobs keynote. Have a watch of that video and also the new 3G iPhone advert below and then tell us what you think of the new iPhone. Did it meet all your expectations?

3G iPhone release date is July 11 for 22 biggest markets

We can confirm that the 3G iPhone release date is July 11 for the 22 biggest markets and it’s US price will be $399 for the 32GB, $299 for the 16GB and $199 for the 8GB iPhone 3G. We would also guess that the UK will be in that list of markets, but we cannot confirm the UK price just yet, although it is rumored to be from free on O2.

They will make versions in black and white; you can see the full specs listed on our other post here. The iPhone was the best product I bough last year and I look forward to changing to the 3G iPhone with GPS on July the 11th.

Not only is this new version getting a lot more technology like the built-in GPS, but you will also get a massive price cut, this all makes the iPhone that much more desirable. Some phone users thought the first generation iPhone was too expensive and some were waiting out for a 3G version. Now these phone users can get the best of both worlds with 3G, GPS and a lot cheaper.

The new design is also a lot sleeker with thinner edges, a flush earphone plug and a full plastic black back. Will you be upgrading to the 3G iPhone, if not what is stopping you?

Apple MobileMe at WWDC 2008: direct replacement for .Mac

Today Apple MobileMe was announced at WWDC 2008, this will be a direct replacement for the .Mac service and after a slow start to this years conference, things started to really heat up with not only MobileMe but also the 3G iPhone left the rumor world and became fact.

MobileMe will completely sync your iPhone and PC or Mac wirelessly via Me.com, this will give you a lot more control over your gallery apps, calendar, contacts and mail. The new MobileMe will also work well with the iDisk feature so you can send stuff to friends and family using your remotely accessible hard drive.

When Apple launched the Macbook Air they knew they wanted to help you store information in other places and access it wirelessly, this is one reason they left out an optical drive in the Mac Air. Now these new services like MobileMe and other products from Apple are aiming to all work together to give the user more freedom.

Apple’s MobileMe will feature 20GB of online storage, MobileMe iDisk for online document access, MobileMe Gallery for photo sharing, Web applications at me.com, Push email, push calendar and push contacts. It will cost you $99 per year and will be available from mid July.

Steve Jobs Confirms New iPhone 3G Release in keynote at WWDC 2008

This is a quick post to confirm to you that the 3G iPhone (aka iPhone 2.0) is VERY real. At the WWDC 2008 just moments ago Steve Jobs has confirmed the existence of the new iPhone and its release.

Details are still coming in, but what we know so far is not only that Al Gore and Walt Mossberg were there but also the features of iPhone 2 (3G) include faster data downloads, Flush headphone jack, Improved audio, Solid metal buttons, the same gorgeous 3.5-inch display, shame its the same camera, Black, Thinner at the edges, 3G speeds are actually approaching WiFi, Full plastic back and what we always wanted GPS.

The battery life is better with 2G talk time is up from 8 hours to 10 hours, 3G talk time at 5 hours, 5-6 hours of high speed browsing and 7 hours video and audio at 24 hours.

Compared to the nokia N95 and Treo 750 (both are 3G phones), the 3G iPhone is 36% faster. An Email attachment downloaded over 3G took five seconds and on EDGE it took eighteen seconds. The 3G iPhone is so much faster and will make all sorts of data downloading like lighting in comparison.

Everyone had the words “Apple iPhone” on their minds today while in line for the WWDC 2008 and Steve Jobs keynote, no one ever thought this years WorldWide Developer Conference would not have the second generation iPhone and the good news was it did happen, its real people…now what you going to do.

Source: Read

The Apple iPhone has Nintendo DS Graphics at WWDC 08

When you look at the Apple iPhone hardware it is pretty impressive and that’s even if you compare it to the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP, at today’s WWDC we are seeing a few games being shown on stage to give an idea of what’s possible with gaming on the iPhone. To say we are impressed would be an understatement; these new games look like Nintendo DS graphics.

On stage was long time Mac game developer Pangea Software, they had two games to demo by Brian Greenstone. Here is what Engadget has to say “Showing Enigmo — looks pretty hot, water droplets doing polygon-accurate collision tests per second. Next are Cro-Mag Rally, nine tracks, and ten cars. Porting both games took “three days to get each game up and running — totally playable.”

And as we reported a few moments ago, they showed Super Monkey Ball for the Apple iPhone and tilting the iPhone for different controls on all the different games looks great.

Will the iPhone get Nintendo DS graphics, looking at these photos, it already has. Will you be gaming on the iPhone?

The games will cost $9.99 each from the App Store and the developers are creating these games in lighting speed, so expect hundreds of games to come over this year.

Source: Read

SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball for Apple iPhone at WWDC 2008

At today’s WWDC 2008, just a few minutes ago Ethan Einhorn from SEGA has been discussing how impressed he was when they set to coding Super Monkey Ball for the Apple iPhone and now the game is complete. SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball is back and will be on the Apple iPhone for $9.99 from the official App Store, it took them just 95 days to code.

Because the development of the game was so quick, they could add lots of levels and it has over 100 of them. Ethan was seen on stage at WWDC playing a Super Monkey Ball level, tilting the iPhone to move through. This is great news for people who want to play games on the move with their iPhones.

The graphics look unbelievable compared to anything that we have seen before on any cellphone. The games graphics look like something from the Nintendo DS. Now that thousands of people are building apps for the Apple iPhone, we should see many more games like Super Monkey Ball and your iPhone might just become like a Nintendo DS.

Source: Read

First Look at Steve Jobs keynote: the iPhone 2.0 platform

This is a first Look at Steve Jobs keynote; he has started with the iPhone 2.0 platform and has said he will start this morning talking about the Apple iPhone.

Steve Jobs said at the WWDC 2008 “Let’s talk about iPhone, the place to start is our new software — the iPhone 2.0 platform, a giant step forward from where we’ve been… we started a dev program in March, which is just 95 days ago. In those 95 days we’ve had over 250k download the free SDK. We’ve had over 25k people apply to the pay developer program… unfortunately we couldn’t take everybody, so we admitted 4k people to the program…”

And went on to explain the “iPhone 2.0 software, there are three parts: enterprise support, SDK, and new end-user features. Let me start with enterprise.

Exchange… as you know, we’ve done it… push email, calendars, contacts, auto-discovery, global address lookup, remote wipe, all this stuff built in. In addition we’ve worked with Cisco to build in their VPN services… all sorts of security demanded by the enterprise. Everything they told us they wanted, we built in”.

He then goes on to explain how many companies have been involved in the beta test “We’ve had a beta going… 35% of the Fortune 500 has participated in that beta program. The top 5 banks, top 5 securities firms, 6 or 7 top airlines, 8 of 10 top pharma, and 8 of 10 top entertainment companies.

With the SDK in iPhone 2.0 we’re opening the same native APIs and tools we use internally… that means you as a dev can build apps for the iPhone the same way we do. Let’s start by talking about the APIs. The APIs and frameworks on the iPhone share extensively with OS X”.

Things are looking good with the iPhone 2.0 platform.

Read more on our dedicated WWDC category.

Source: Engadget

Will Steve Jobs reveal this 3G iPhone with WiMAX today?

We have all heard the 3G iPhone rumored specs over and over, you know the possibility of GPS, obvious 3G, better camera etc. What we do not hear often is the new Apple iPhone to feature WiMAX, but the image above clearly shows just that.

This photo was sent to French site GMP3 and although there must be thousands of fake images doing the rounds, this iPhone 2 photo looks spot on and the evidence of WiMAX is most welcomed.

Will Steve Jobs reveal this 3G iPhone with WiMAX today?

What news could make this photo seem even more real, maybe hearing that Apple has been recently advertising for a senior wireless system engineer and that very person has to have WiMAX experience. With that in mind, this photo of the iPhone could very well be the real second-generation iPhone.

None of us are even considering the possibility that Apple may not launch a new iPhone today, now wouldn’t that be something if it really happened. Now if we get back to the real world, if this spy shot of the new iPhone is real, would you welcome WiMAX technology in the iPhone?

Source: Read

Mac Fusion with Intel Core 2 Duo at WWDC 08

The photo above shows Mac Fusion that is for new developers who are on a budget and want to port their existing programs to the Mac. Mac Fusion features an Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor that starts at 2.1GHz and has an 800MHz front-side with 3MB of shared L2 cache. This device looks similar to the Apple Mac Mini and is rumored to be at WWDC 08, if this becomes reality, it will be nice to see a new Mac this year and not just products and services built around the 3G iPhone.

The aim of Mac Fusion is to make building applications for the Mac more easier than ever before and to give the developer the ability to run alternate operating systems, such as Boot Camp, Linux and Microsoft Windows, while keeping the stability of Mac OS X.

While some people will see the above photo as a fake, it may not be fake as it does fall in line with other information we have heard previously from Apple Insider. If real, we should see Mac Fusion confirmed later today at WWDC 2008.

If you do take a closer look at the photo you may see a few things that lead us in only one way when it comes to this photo being real. These include Apps being capitalized in the tag line, Xcode 3.5 is listed in the bottom right, while Xcode is currently version 3, The three logos clearly have a border, Apple does not use the Windows logo and The ad copy is found wanting.

What do you make of this photo for a new product called Mac Fusion?

Source: Read

Product Reviews WWDC 2008 Keynote and 3G iPhone Coverage

The WWDC 2008 Keynote will be today at 10AM Pacific Daylight Time and Product Reviews will be covering the lead up to this event in detail and also all the news that comes out of the Worldwide Developer Conference as it happens. We have created one area for all that is WWDC and that’s here.

Steve Jobs Keynote will bring a lot of information and we will report it as soon as we can today, so far we have spoke about Steve Jobs apparently giving the 3G Apple iPhone a flexible price that allows phone providers to set the price dependent on price plans and other factors. This will see many cheaper options to get an iPhone 2 but also either longer contracts or higher monthly payments. There should also be an explosion of iPhone software at Worldwide Developers Conference 2008, developers normally focus on Mac software but this year has seen them focus on bring innovations to the iPhone and we could see the results of these today.

We reported that its rumored Microsoft may try and shine some light their way one hour before WWDC, we have heard that there could be a Microsoft press release at 9AM Pacific Daylight Time and it could be about a Blu-ray version of the Xbox 360, this is massive news in the gaming world and could turn some people away from the WWDC news, read more on that here. We also asked the question “Do Apple stores already have the 3G iPhone in stock?” this was following many reports of the 3G iPhone being in rumored boxes that had been padlocked and to be only opened on Monday (read that post).

In the business world Apple’s share price may be affected by the worldwide developer conference and this is surly to be in a good way, read that post here. Later today we will be reporting on the Official WWDC 2008 news so remember to bookmark that category.

Apple’s share price affected by worldwide developer conference (WWDC)

The world of Apple could change in a lot of ways today, not only with the launch of new software and products around the Apple iPhone 2, but also with Apple’s share price.

The WorldWide Developer Conference is known to bring us interesting news every year but the WWDC also brings change to the path of Apple and their products. Not only will the 3G iPhone have an affect on the Apple share price, but also the many other yet-to-be-known announcements and launches. While it’s unpredictable what will happen with the price of shares, its surly got to be good news.

Analysts are trying to predict what products and services will be launched today and also what affect they will have on the shares. Today could see Apple release a new form factor for multi-touch devices at WWDC; this would see Apple’s entrance into the future of mobile Internet devices. The MID market will be massive and Apple is sure to want many devices launched in this area.

Pocket Lint reported a rumor today that Apple will show 4-inch and 7-inch touchscreen devices that are a cross between an iPod touch and a Mac, these devices are also said to be passed the prototype stage.

Whatever happens today, it would be a good guess that owners of Apple shares will do well from today’s announcements, but then the world of business is never straightforward. Do you own Apple shares and if so, are you expecting the share price to increase today?

Do Apple stores already have the 3G iPhone in stock?

We may be half a day away from the WWDC but the internet is on fire with rumors that Apple Stores already have the 3G iPhone in stock, different news sites including Apple Insider and Arstechnica are reporting that stores from Australia to London have received boxes padlocked with instructions not to open until Monday.

Now we also hear from other sources in the UK that more local O2 phone stores are having meetings around 5PM UK time, this is no secret as it would be good training for the employees to learn from Steve Jobs keynote speech that is around 6pm UK time. Instead of these employees going home to watch the possible iPhone 2 launch online, they could get the same information all together at work.

So do Apple stores already have the 3G iPhone in stock?

Looking back at the information coming out over the last few days it seems so, first hearing about ship containers and warehouses with next generation iPhones, now we hear the stores could well have them. This is either good imaginations or all leading to the launch of the new Apple iPhone today.

Arstechnica is reporting Apple Stores have some new signage that is going up today, so taking everything into account and the rumored padlocked boxes in store safes, should we now be lining up at stores ready to collect our new gadget?

What’s also very strange is the rumor that Apple Stores around the world are all getting the new iPhone at the same time, normally we would see the United States get the phone first followed by the rest of the world. The only reason I can see them give just a few stores in each country the next generation iPhone would be to create massive demand for it. If your friend has one and you do not, then this will create demand for more stock. What do you think?

1 hour before WWDC: Microsoft to announce Xbox 360 with Blu-ray

As we all know Microsoft and Apple are always trying to upstage each other, the thing is though it is always seems as if Apple come out as the winner. Well we all know that Apple are going to announce the launch of their new 3G Apple iPhone at WWDC, but Microsoft are going to try and upstage that announcement. So how could they ever upstage the announcement, well how about with a bit of Xbox 360 news. The whole Blu-ray business on the games console has not gone away and Microsoft are about to get sneaky by making an announcement just 1 hour before WWDC.

So with the world of Apple iPhone users waiting to hear Steve Jobs keynote, many gamers will now be waiting to hear if there is any truth in the rumour of a Xbox 360 Blu-Ray player, just one-hour before that keynote speech. We all know that Blu-ray won out over HD DVD, and as soon as we knew that Blu-ray was the winner many gamers were hearing rumours that the Xbox would be getting a Blu-ray player. However; Microsoft squashed them rumours right always by saying that they were not true. We all know that Microsoft would have to admit that HD DVD was the wrong choice and that they would have to come up with a Blu-ray player, so hopefully gamers will get the news that they have been waiting for.

The news of a possible Microsoft announcement comes from Crunch Gear; they say that they have someone close who works for Microsoft, from the HD DVD division in fact. He reckons that Microsoft will make an announcement at 9am PDT today, that’s right just 1 hour before the much anticipated Apple announcement.

So what announcement will you want to hear?

Explosion of iPhone software at Worldwide Developers Conference 2008

When the Apple iPhone was first released not only did iPhone users find very little software to play with on their iPhones but also there was not much around to download. Now we are in 2008 things are very different and you can get your hands on a massive amount of software and games for the iPhone.

The current amount of iPhone software could be about to leap to another level; we are hearing that an explosion of new iPhone software could be at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 this Monday. Macworld said if developer interest in iPhone sessions at WWDC is any indication, then we could see this device get an explosion of software.

Normally we would see Mac programming at WWDC, but with all the 3G iPhone hype it looks that developers have been spending all their time on iPhone applications in 2008 and this not only includes new developers but also long time Mac developers. We have all seen many innovative applications for the Mac but it now looks like many developers have innovative ideas for the iPhone and that’s what makes it a good time to be an iPhone owner.

Do you love getting new applications for your iPhone or do you just like keeping the software as standard?

If you want more proof that this years WWDC will be the best yet, then understand that 2008 is the first year that Apple has sold out a developer conference. Is this because of the iPhone? Well teams of people coming to learn about making iPhone applications and Google seeing the iPhone as the most common phone using it’s search engine is all factors that mean one thing.

Source: Read

Steve Jobs gives 3G Apple iPhone a flexible price

When the first Apple iPhone was released it had many options for consumers and phone carriers blocked, this included setting different pricing options depending on the rate you pay. With the 3G iPhone (aka second generation iPhone), these shackles have been removed and Steve Jobs is giving a lot more flexibility to the price.

We are hearing that service providers will be allowed to set just about whatever price they want with the 3G iPhone, this has let loose rumors that O2 in the UK will offer the phone from free for high-tariff users and £100 on an 18 month contract. There could even be a pay-as-you-go 3G iPhone, not sure what the price would be there but I am sure it will not be cheap.

The United States will also see AT&T determine what price to set for iPhone 2.0 and this freedom will most likely see AT&T subsidize the 3G iPhone price as well, depending on what service agreement you sign. As with all things claimed to be free, you will be certainly paying a lot more in the long term thanks to higher monthly payments but to high callers that could still work out a good deal.

The Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 starts tomorrow and while the above rumors have not been confirmed, our guess is they will be along the right lines. Check back Monday for all the breaking news coming out of the WWDC.