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Apple has announced iPhone 3G

Jun 10, 2008
Advertisers made a good campaign on the next generation of the iPhone. Two guys carrying a meal box into a locked room to get the iPhone 3G out; very neat isn't it? However, what are the main changes they have made to make the iPhone 3G better than the old iPhone? As they said they have made a better GPS service and this is not it and here is the new iPhone 3G review.

It has a 320 x 480 pixels Screen made of harden glass as usual with a very good multi-touch technology built in. "Two times faster and two times cheaper." - The voice in the video says. It is really thinner than the old iPhone and it is better inside. GPS receiver has become much better. It can now gather the information from the cellular towers, Wi-Fi, and GPS itself. With all these possibilities it can now give the drivers directions on the road.

In addition to that it should be twice as fast in web browsing as the old iPhone is. It supports Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, EDGE, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, UMTS connectivity and that's what they are proud about. One of the biggest news: it will be able to give you 3G video talks with your friends.

One other big news is that Apple is going to allow third party applications on their iPhone but only those that are approved by them. Not sure how popular that will be. Apple has done a pretty good job on the user interface. And the question I have is: "Will the third party applications be free or they are going to charge the customers for that?" The platform it is running on is Mac OS X Mobile which should bring the customers best experiences.

In the rest of features the iPhone 3G will be just as its predecessor (one of the best phones out there.) It will roll out on July the 11th in 70 countries of the world. The 8GB version will cost $199 and the 16GB version will cost $299.

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» posted by: Bob / Jul 10, 2008 07:40 AM
So 2 people with iphones could have a video call, but without the video? Very handy....
The GPS only allows you to find your position on Google maps, but TomTom might be allowed to sell their software in the Apps Store, but it'll cost you. And so will any other decent software.
» posted by: iYou / Jul 09, 2008 10:00 AM
iPhone 3G will rip the heads off any other smartphone! Just because it is so cool!!! It is much better than Instinct! There is another review about it on this website.
» posted by: ram / Jul 03, 2008 05:46 AM
yaa.... iain collins you are write.... how it's possible to take a video talk......
» posted by: Dr. Anurag Benawri / Jun 24, 2008 01:01 AM
It still can't record video. Wierd. And so no multimedia messaging.
» posted by: iMe / Jun 19, 2008 08:21 PM
the one who wrote this should watch the wwdc 2008 again...
» posted by: Iain Collins / Jun 17, 2008 07:38 PM
You can't use the new iPhone for two way 3G video calls because it doesn't have a camera on the same side of the device as the screen.

They confirmed during the announcement that free software will be available to download via iTunes and you will be able to make software available for it for download by other means (e.g. by hosting it on your own website - as they showed during the keynote).

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