Unveiling the new iPhone and more: WWDC 2008

So after hundreds of rumors and insider stories all over the wonderland (www), here we have the faster & cheaper - 3G iPhone. The new iPhone comes in two colours Black and White.

Here is the quick Specs:

• 3G - Apple claims 3G is faster than Nokia and Treo.
• Same camera - NO improvements
• The 3.5mm headphone jack is normal. So no fussy adapters required. Plugin your favourite earphones freely
• Better battery life
• 8GB version $199 and 16GB version $299
• Weight goes down by 2gms, thicker by 2mm. But thinner edges.

Looks like Apple has been keen on making the iPhone affordable and being powered by iPhone Firmware V 2.0, the loads of software’s and games (official this time!) makes the package much more interesting. Many of thee software are Free. Mobile Blogging Apps, Sega Games (Amazing Graphics) and more have been demoed. Also this time the New iPhone’s will launch in multiple countries simultaneously.

More on the iPhone 2.0:

1. Contacts search now available. So the conventional style of looking up contacts by typing the initial few letters is IN.

2. The new iPhone 2.0 firmware is free for the iPhone and leaves the iPod Touch users with a charge of 9.95$.

3. Ms office is not supported fully by iWork docs.

4. The Apple App Store now in 62 countries (up from 22 earlier)

5. Mobileme service: Syncs all your info across your PC, Mac and the iPhone over the air. keeping all of them up to date and synced. (www.me.com)

iPhone 2 aka 3G iPhone Review

Though we can’t speak much without having the device in hand, there is a lot that we can sense. Using the 1st Gen iPhone for such a long period helps me visualize the changes that are needed. Apple has taken the feedback on its original iPhone quite seriously.

Looks: Great finishing. Apple always steals the show with the looks. To make up for the added weight of the GPS, 3G etc etc, the back of the new iPhone is plastic instead of Aluminum. Result the weight of the new iPhone is 2gms less than the original one.

3G: The obvious and much needed upgrade to the original EDGE iPhone. Add to that the Apple claims of faster loading compared to the Nokia N95 and the Treo.

GPS: A-GPS, this is good. This would drain the battery but then to handle that there is a upgraded battery from Apple. And with all this added the device still manages to remain as slim as the original iPhone.

iPhone 2.0: The 2.0 firmware is awesome. Checkout the cool upcoming games and apps. Many of these would be free!!

Camera: The same camera! This is bad. So wait untill 2009 for the 3rd Gen iPhones. lol

Battery: Wow, Now this is probably the best part. 5hrs 3G internet surfing, 24Hrs Mp3 playback, 7 hrs video playback, 5hrs 3G talktime, 10hrs 2G talk-time.

MobileMe subscription provides seamless integration of all your data between your PC/Mac and the iPhone.

Also not to forget Photo geotagging, iWork supports Ms Office (Word, Excel & Powerpoint), Contacts search and more.

Apple forbids navigation apps on iPhone 3G (except its own)

The Internets are abuzz with the announcement of an all-new iPhone, and with features like 3G data connections, new applications and GPS navigation, we're excited too. If you've been making plans to produce your own navigation app for iPhone 2.0, however, you may not be all that thrilled. A closer look at the iPhone SDK agreement shows that creating software for "real-time route guidance" is forbidden. This may mean that the creative kids at Cupertino aren't going to let anyone compete with the the Google maps solution it's already settled on. If true, companies like Garmin and TomTom, the latter of which has already confirmed that it's created a navigation app, would be unable to create salable navigation software for the popular touch-screen phone. Then again, you also can't do automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other mechanical devices; dispatch or fleet management software; or use the iPhone for emergency or life-saving purposes.

Our friends over at Engadget may be on to something, however, when they note that Apple may just be covering its rear-quarters in the event people start suing for bad directions. Lets hope it's just a liability thing, because competition is always a good thing when it comes to new technology, and we want some TomTom on our new iPhone.

3G iPhone ‘Real’ Photos

We have showed you so far a bunch of so called 3G iPhone designs. They were black, they were white, they were slim and curvy. We even had some of AT&T choice menu for the new iPhone 2. All these proved to be misleading rumors or human errors.

That’s why I though I’d show you some more ingenious edited photos. This isn’t the 3G version although that’s what they pretend it its. They say the new iPhone will be available in red, white and black and they try to hint some changes like the camera placement or design. For starters they were showed on a greek iPhone site, which is hardly the place they will be released first.

Moving on then. We have almost two weeks for others to deliver more iPhone 3G designs.