3G iPhone Finally Launched

Finally. After months of endless rumor and intrigue, the 3G iPhone is finally here.

As many expected, Apple's Steve Jobs announced the 3G version of the hit mobile phone/ipod at WWDC 2008. Die hard fans of Apple's iPhone can finally rest after a long, leak-filled wait, because Apple finally took the wraps off the 3G version.

Let me offer a short summary of the events that unfolded. This piece of info is all over the web so you can easily get the long version if you prefer to read through all of it. Let's begin.

The next generation iPhone offers obviously but Apple is ensuring that it's available to international markets. This means that the company is making an effort to make the 3G version work with enterprises and run 3rd party applications for a reasonable fee.

According to Apple and Steve Jobs, The 3G iPhone speeds are superior to all the current competition. They claim that its pageloads are 36% faster when compared to other multi media devices such as the N95 and Treo 750. And the old EDGE data speeds offer no comparison to the current 3G speed of the newly introduced device.

There has been a lot of discussions over the battery life of the new iPhone because 3G is notorious when it comes to draining batteries. Apple has tackled this issue and announced that the new device will offer 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio.

The announcement at WWDC 2008 confirmed rumors that the new device from Apple will offer GPS. The new iPhone is using A-GPS, which supplements regular satellite GPS data with info from cellular towers. It also offers WiFi data is which will enable users a pretty connection in every location.

Apple also announced that they are planning to launch the 3G iPhone in 70 countries this year. The 8GB version will be sold for $199 and the white 16GB version for $299. However, both versions still require a contract. On July 11, Apple's very anticipated device will be hit 22 markets including the US. I can't wait for July 11.

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