Available July 11th, across 22 of the 70 announced countries (for Asia Pacific - Aus, NZ, HK, Japan). That leaves Singapore, India and Philippines (can't believe Phil gets it too) later this year.
There's a new pricing too. It's set at a maximum of $199 (with contract ofcoz, which won't be cheap) for the 8GB. But... this is how Steve Jobs worded it :
"... And in almost every one of these countries, the price is a maximum of $199, all around the world..."
Yeah, nice contradiction. And even then, i think he's talking about those lucky 22 countries only. bzzz...
Of all big rumors turned facts are... - Slightly bigger in all dimensions and heavier
(115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 / 133g -vs- 115 x 61 x 11.6 / 135g ) - 3G
(i just can't believe how much Jobs touted about 3G's speed while other phones have 3G for years already...
) - GPS
(this is gonna be really useful with iPhone's huge display)
Those hopping Apple would at least upgrade to a 3MP camera (me), it's the same shitty 2.0MP cam, but now with geo-tagging (no mention of video recording yet). And despite having 3G, there's also no front camera.
>> http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
16GB, $299, available in black or white
8GB, $199, only in black
Oh yeah, iPhone 3G will really rock on your table.
On the software side, there's iPhone 2.0, which the old iPhone can upgrade to for free, while for the iPod touch it's $9.95 (at this point, i strongly recommend against getting an iPod touch).Amongst the known new stuffs are App Store (to download legal 3rd party iPhone softwares), Mobile Me service (synchronize data between the iPhone, PC or Mac), syncing with Microsoft Exchange (to appeal business users), opening Microsoft Office files, additional full language support (Chinese and Japanese comes to mind here), handwriting recognition, and 3G button/switch (seriously).
One important thing the iPhone lacked is Chinese writing capability (though you can dl 3rd party apps that does this if it's jailbroken). iPhone 2.0 officially brings Chinese and Japanese writing support. Either pinyin...
...or handwirting recognition (if it's the same one as Mac OSX, it's gonna suck). Or numpad arrangement for Japanese (this language is very suitable for use on a numpad, believe it). These are old images actually, and are known capabilities even before WWDC 2008 .
For more information on what Apple wants you to know...
>> http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Images from Apple, Engadget and some Chinese website without permission.
Oh, not to forget, the next OSX is Snow Leopard. In one years time.
Keynote highlights :
(He harped on the 3G speeds much more if you watch the full video on Apple.com)
