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06.11.08 Coming July 11th the iPhone 3G  By Glenn Letham
iPhone 3g aka. the iPhone 2 was unveiled this week by Steve Jobs at the “Apple lovefest”- iPhone 2.0 software update for existing users is coming soon. Some of the features sported by this popular device include:
• built-in GPS (A-GPS)
• support for 3G networks • additional language support • enhanced email handling • MobileMe for managing your email, calendar, contacts etc… • 3.5 inch display • 8GB or 16GB flash drive • WiFi and Bluetooth • 2 megapixel camera with photo geotagging (not sure what that means or how it will work) • and much more… 
Some notes from Job’s speech… Thinner at the edges, full plastic back, solid metal buttons, 3.5 inch display, camera, flucsh headphone jacks (applaus) improved audio (dramatically). Jobs noted in a demo that the device will open a large attachement in seconds, comparable to Wi-Fi speeds! 5Hours of talk time on the battery, 5-6 hrs of browsing, 7 hrs or video watch time, 24 hrs of audio (clap!)… great performance and great battery life. New.. GPS (huge applause)… location services is going to be a big deal.. it’s going to explode. Locastion data from cell towers, WiFi, and from GPS. Sounds cool but teh real selling point of this bad boy will be the $199 price tag (with 2 year contract) and for $100 more you get 16 GB and it comes in white too! - I’m not sure if the device will be handled by more carriers yet (like perhaps T-Mobile, but I doubt it) See http://www.apple.com/iphone/  Comments About the Author: Anything Geospatial: Tracking developments affecting GIS, geospatial technologies, location-based services, mapping, google earth and google maps. Published by the creator and editor of GISuser.com & LBSzone.com. | ||||||||
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