3G iPhone announcement at Apple conference
June 9, 2008
Steve Jobs of Apple announced today the availability and details of 3G iPhone. It is available in the US from July 11 for $199. Not sure if if AT&T is discounting it or Apple is willing to sell it at a lower price (compared to $399 for the previous iPhone version). The new iPhone is a 3G device with GPS Mapping, a loaded App Store which houses some cool iPhone apps, MS-Exchange integration (attack on RIM turf – the enterprise?), and GPS. Apparently it is a 8GB device at $199. There is a $16 GB version at $299.
GPS is cool – it will drive Location Based Services and related applications like advertising, finder services and social networking.
MS-Exchange support is cool too as it will help in more enterprise adoption and cause some headaches to the folks at Research in Motion (Blackberry manufacturer).
The price is great too for cost-conscious customers.
Apparently 3G iPhone will be released in 20 countries.
We are excited and cannot wait to lay our hands on the new 3G iPhone.
MT
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