Apple officially announced its launch of the next generation iPhone 3G. Key take-aways from Job’s speech at the Worldwide Developer Conference meeting..

· The new, 3G iPhone will sell for $199 for 8GB of storage, $299 for 16GB

· Launch delayed by 6 weeks (July 11) L

· Support for full location based GPS service

· 3G iPhone will 300 hours of standby time, improved from 8 hours to 10 hours on 2G talk time, and he’s quoting 5 hours of 3G talk time. Browsing should give you 5-6 hours, video 7 hours, and audio 24 hours of continuous operation.

· The 3G speeds are close to Wi-Fi

· Enterprise e-mail support (sorry Crackberry fans)

· 22 countries will get 3G iPhones first

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Apple’s upcoming iMac has made a tentative appearance in US retail channel systems. Meanwhile, one rumor has the 3G iPhone receiving both GPS and a significant visual update, an analyst calls WWDC’s opening “D-Day” for new iPhone models, and the latest SDK for the handset may allow background apps.
* AT&T is cut the price of new iPhone to $200

http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/29/att-to-cut-the-price-of-apples-new-iphone/

* Apple announced there are no more iPhones left in its U.S. and U.K. online stores.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_9234243?nclick_check=1

* Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says the devices are in short supply at many of the retail outlets as well.

* AT&T’s product listing includes a new option — “iPhone Black,” the rumored color of the 3G model.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/12/att_now_showing_iphone_black_model_in_device_listing.html

* Apple has confirmed to Fortune that Steve Jobs will deliver a keynote address on June 9, the first day of Apple’s World Wide Developers conference.

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/12/3g-iphone-steve-jobs-to-deliver-keynote-june-9/

* AT&T told retail employees not to schedule any vacation between June 15 and July 12 to ensure sufficient staffing for “an exciting Summer Promotional Launch.”

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/05/06/apple-and-att-to-launch-iphone-3g-a-lot-sooner-than-we-think/

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