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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008 By James Martin, CNET News.com June 10, 2008 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Apple-unveils-iPhone-3G-at-WWDC-2008/0,130061702,339289709,00.htm
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new version of Apple's popular iPhone Monday at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. New features include a faster 3G Internet connection, GPS and new apps. ![]()
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new version of Apple's popular iPhone Monday at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. New features include a faster 3G Internet connection, GPS and new apps. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Developers demonstrate new games for the iPhone, showing off the accelerometer feature, which allows the phone to be used as a controller. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The Loopt location-awareness application for the iPhone shows nearby friends and hyper-local news content. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The Band application turns the iPhone into a musical instrument, allowing you to lay down a 12-bar blues track. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
A demo of Major League Baseball's At-Bat on the iPhone showed real-time video highlights from a Yankees-Royals game. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Two of the applications demoed for the iPhone manage health information including complex digital imaging. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Jobs says Apple's new MobileMe will replace .Mac and will store information in the "cloud" and push data between all devices synched with the service. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The new iPhone supports many, many languages and will be available in more than 70 countries. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Third-party applications will only be available from the App Store, and will now be available in 63 countries. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The weeks leading up to WWDC were filled with rumors surrounding the iPhone, and many of them ended up being true. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
For a large portion of the nearly two-hour WWDC keynote, Jobs sat at the side of the stage while third-party developers showed off their creations. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The MobileMe service updates change almost instantly across multiple devices. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
A screenshot of the MobileMe interface highlights its sleek style and easy drag-and-drop usability, which Jobs described as "Web 2.0." Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The "quick reply" function within MobileMe allows a user to reply to an e-mail without even opening the message. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
On the eve of the iPhone's first birthday, Jobs said he's pleased to announce some highly welcomed changes and additions, noting that Apple learned a lot from the first incarnation of the device. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
In a side-by-side speed test, Jobs showed that the iPhone's 3G network downloads the National Geographic page in 21 seconds, while the EDGE network, which was used in the first-generation iPhone, takes 59 seconds. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
One highly anticipated addition to the iPhone is a GPS feature. "Location services is going to be a really big deal on the iPhone," Jobs said. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Jobs' keynote showcased some of the native applications developers have already been working on. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Consumers in China and Venezuela will have to wait, but residents of 70 other countries will now be able to use the iPhone. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
Twice the speed, and half the price, the new 8GB iPhone will start in the US at US$199. We are still waiting for Australian pricing. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com ![]()
The unveiling of a new ad, which plays on Apple's highly secretive nature. Credit: James Martin/CNET News.com
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