• Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the release of the iPhone 3G during his keynote address at the WWDC conference on June 9, 2008. Jobs said the iPhone 3G would be available in 22 countries starting on July 11, 2008.

  The newer generation iPhone features a faster Internet connectivity speed in comparison to the previous model.

• 1. Release date: July 11, 2008
  2. Available in 22 countries
  3. Cost: $199 for 8GB; $299 for 16GB
  4. Includes integrated GPS support, iPhone 2.0 software featuring enterprise support, iPhone SDK and several new iPhone applications
  5. Thinner than previous version with 3.5 inch display and flush headphone jack
  6. Battery life: 5 hours of talk time, 5-6 hours of high speed browsing, 7 hours of video viewing and 24 hours of audio playback

• iPhone 2.0 Software

  1. Features iPhone SDK tools
  2. Has parental controls
  3. MobileMe ActiveSync support for sharing calenders, push mail, share photo galleries
  4. Total iWork document support, Keynote, Numbers, Pages
  5. Supports Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
  6. Able to bulk delete, move e-mail
  7. Secure VPN service from Cisco
  8. Includes Typepad for blogging
  9. scientific calculator
  10. Chinese and Japanese character recognition

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