Video roundup: Meet the next-generation iPhone
As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs used his time on stage at the Worldwide Developers Conference to announce a new version of the iPhone.
We've pulled together our video clips of his introduction, along with demos of some of its new features, including GPS, the faster 3G wireless technology, and MobileMe, a service that syncs users' e-mail and calendar info on every device they register. Follow the jump for all those videos. And go here to see a roundup of all the third-party apps shown off Monday.
Did Apple fans get all they wanted?
Will Apple fans be pleased with Monday's announcements? CNET's Molly Wood offers an overview of Jobs' keynote address.
iPhone 3G makes its debut
Steve Jobs revealed the
iPhone 3G with faster download speeds, longer battery life, GPS, a lower price, and a near worldwide release beginning July 11.
Jobs unveils GPS for the 3G iPhone
Steve Jobs demonstrated GPS on the new iPhone 3G. Jobs showed how an iPhone traveling in a
car going down San Francisco's famously crooked Lombard Street can be tracked as its user navigates the curves.
Apple unveils MobileMe at WWDC
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, unveiled MobileMe, the company's new cloud computing service that will connect all of your devices and push information up and down to keep everything up to date.
Daily Debrief: iPhone 3G's unveiling
Following Steve Jobs' announcement Monday of the new iPhone at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Tom Krazit discuss features the smartphone both boasts and lacks.
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Apple will dominate the mobile phone market, it is inevitable, and as was mentioned, it's all about the ecosystem they're creating around it - and, of course, their ability to constantly meet the needs of the consumer with an elegant product that is extremely functional and very well engineered.
There is no doubt in my mind that the beginning of the end for Microsoft happened way back with the introduction of the iPod, and iTunes for Windows - this gave Windows users a peek at how good Apple software is, even on a Windows PC. And the quality of the iPod, it's beautiful design, coupled with the iTunes software was tempting enough for a lot of people to finally consider getting a Mac.
The iPhone is picking up it's own heavy stream of income and, of course, will further saturate the market with awesome products that will result in even more market share for Mac computers.
Just wait, I say Apple goes over $500 by the end of the next 2 years unless it splits before that. Microsoft is sinking, fast. Switch now while you can, everything Windows is already obsolete and will never even remotely come close to touching the future Apple holds.
Poetic Justice? Indeed. Cheers to everyone who's thought differently through all the years, and congratulations to everyone still suffering through Windows - the end is near and you'll finally see the light.
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- by benjaminstraight July 30, 2008 3:31 PM PDT
- Awesome. Now the wait begins.
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