Forstall is now wrapping up the iPhone OS 3 demo. | Back with Schiller Phil Schiller is back on stage - it’s now or never for Apple to wow this audience.Ģ:44 p.m. | More Tweets Some iPod Touch owners are grumbling on Twitter about having to fork over $10 for the 3.0 update, after coughingĢ:46 p.m. ![]() Schiller is takingĪ few cracks at applications availability for other smartphone platforms.Ģ:46 p.m. ![]() When rivals catch up, the Internet will truly be mobile. | iPhone Dominance Two-thirds of all mobile browsing is done on an iPhone or iPod Touch, Mr. Steve Jobs will not be making an appearance today.Ģ:46 p.m. Schiller is bringing us the new iPhones suggests that, alas, Launching messaging and games and attachments is more than two times faster. | Now We Come to the Payoff And now - iPhone 3G S, the newest generation of the iPhone. “Whenever you have your iPhone with you, you also have a video camera,” Mr. That was an oversight Apple is nowĬorrecting. The camera also captures video, unlike the last iPhone. You can tap items that appear on the camera to switch the camera’s focus. Autofocus is includedĪnd a new feature - tap to focus. The new camera is 3 megapixels, and not 3.2 as speculated. | New Camera, Now With Video A new built-in-camera, as was heavily rumored. Philip Schiller, Apple senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, talks about the video features on the new iPhone 3G S.Ģ:50 p.m. | Big Response Booming applause for the improved camera functions suggests that iPhone photographers are more than a niche. To play more songs like the one currently playing via iTunes’s “Genius” feature.Ģ:52 p.m. In addition, voice control will make DJ’ing parties even easier - you can tell the phone The iPhone will also respond to commands - telling you for example what song is playing on the device. Lets you use spoken commands to do things like play music, call people in your address book, and pause a song that is playing. | Voice Control New voice control features in the iPhone 3G S. ThereĪre always things that Apple isn’t doing.”Ģ:54 p.m. “I, and many developers, take that as a compliment. “Apple slowly adds features from jailbreak-land to their platform,” said Mr. Users who have elected to jailbreak their phones. | From the Sidelines Jay Freeman, founder of Cydia, a third-party app store, says he’s not deterred by today’s introduction of new features and native applications popular among Developers will have access toĪPI for Compass which may lend to creative gaming ideas.Ģ:59 p.m. | New Compass There is also a new built-in digital compass - much rumored - that will help the phone get a little smarter about its location. | Battery Life iPhone 3G S about a third better than the 3G.Ģ:54 p.m. Of course, add a data and voice plan on top ofģ:01 p.m. same prices, double the memory for each model. | How Much? Price: $199 – same as the last model for 16 GB and $299 for 32 gigabytes. | From the Tweet Chorus The iPhone 3G S has some new Palm Pre owners, like second-guessing their decisions.ģ:03 p.m. This price cut is consistent with Apple’s other efforts today to expand market share.ģ:03 p.m. Never been a good smartphone yet at this price point” Mr. So the old 3G model will stick around and be priced at $99 for the 8 GB version. | Less-Expensive 8 GB Model “We want to reach even more customers,” Mr. By August, the new device will be available in more than 80 countries.ģ:05 p.m. ![]() | Release Date The new iPhone 3G S goes on sale June 19th - a bit earlier than expected. It should be noted that two-year contractsģ:06 p.m. ![]() The iPhone 3G S has some interesting additional features, but we wonder if it’sĮnough to get current 3G owners to upgrade before their contracts are over? It might be enough to keep potential Pre owners from switching over (it is priced the same). | Coming to the Close To wrap it up, Apple shows a new ad that highlights the 3G S’s video capabilities. That mystery lingers for another day.ģ:07 p.m. Schiller is wrapping it up, thanking Apple employees. Today’s Business With Brad Stone From Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conferenceģ:08 p.m.
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