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Monday, June 9, 2008
Apple unveils 3G iPhone
Steve Jobs finally showed off what everybody at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference was hoping for: a new 3G iPhone that makes Web surfing nearly three times faster than its past iPhones and other “smart phones” The new 3G model also has built-in GPS service.
Here’s the big news: Apple’s new 3G iPhone will sell for $199 for the 8 gigabyte model and $299 for the 16 gigabyte model. That’s down from $599 for the orginal 8 GB iPhone just a year ago.
“At $199, we think i phone is affordable for everyone,” Jobs said.
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Live from Apple WWDC
I’m here at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference at San Francisco, where Steve Jobs just unveiled the new Apple iPhone 2.0 software that takes direct aim at the de facto phone-email device for business users: The Blackberry.
Jobs says the new iPhone software will offer all the goodies of previous iPhones - music and video players, a touch screen and all the rest. But the iPhone software also boasts faster speeds, better e-mail service and works seamlessly with Microsoft Corp. business software programs such as Exchange and Excel. It also supports Cisco Inc.’s VPN security system that’s standard in the business world.
Many business users have wanted get double-duty out of their iPhones, but until now, iPhones haven’t supported the standard business software programs from Microsoft, Cisco and others.
Jobs hasn’t said anything specifically yet about taking on Research In Motion’s Blackberry. But its clear his aim is RIM.
More to come….
UPDATE: Apple isn’t forgetting about the fun side of iPhone as it tries to move further into the business world.
Right now Apple and its partners are showing off new applications that will be now be available through Apple’s new iPhone 2.0 software.
Among them, a new version of Sega’s “Super Monkey Ball” game that uses the iPhone itself as a game controller; new blogging software from TypePad; a new “Mobile News Network” (MNN??) from the Associated Press that gets you local news from local sources automatically where you are, thanks to location-based services baked into the Apple software. Some of the services - like the Associated Press’s - are free. Others, like the Sega game, can be downloaded for about $10.
UPDATE: Jobs just showed off a new system that will let business users and others to create their own company-specific applications and distribute them only to their company iPhones.
He also showed off new additions to the iPhone deck, including a new parental controls feature, full compatibility with MS Office, Apple’s iWork software suite, and a scientific calculator.
Jobs’ side kick, Apple VP Phil Shiller, also is now showing off “Mobile Me,” a new $99 a year e-mail application that is he says brings all the features of Microsoft’s Exchange server software to the iPhone, using the Internet. He bills “Mobile Me” as “Exchange for the rest of us,” - playing off of one of Apple’s early marketing hooks for its computers.
Job says the new iPhone 2.0 software platform will be available beginning in early July. It will be free for exisiting iPhone users, and cost about $10 for users of Apple’s iTouch device.