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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 unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

Developers demonstrate new games for the iPhone, showing off the accelerometer feature, which allows the phone to be used as a controller.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The Loopt location-awareness application for the iPhone shows nearby friends and hyper-local news content.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The Band application turns the iPhone into a musical instrument, allowing you to lay down a 12-bar blues track.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

A demo of Major League Baseball's At-Bat on the iPhone showed real-time video highlights from a Yankees-Royals game.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

Two of the applications demoed for the iPhone manage health information including complex digital imaging.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The new iPhone supports many, many languages and will be available in more than 70 countries.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

Third-party applications will only be available from the App Store, and will now be available in 63 countries.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The weeks leading up to WWDC were filled with rumors surrounding the iPhone, and many of them ended up being true.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The MobileMe service updates change almost instantly across multiple devices.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

A screenshot of the MobileMe interface highlights its sleek style and easy drag-and-drop usability, which Jobs described as "Web 2.0."

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The "quick reply" function within MobileMe allows a user to reply to an e-mail without even opening the message.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

Jobs' keynote showcased some of the native applications developers have already been working on.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

Consumers in China and Venezuela will have to wait, but residents of 70 other countries will now be able to use the iPhone.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

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.

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Apple unveils iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008

The unveiling of a new ad, which plays on Apple's highly secretive nature.

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