Steve jobs has finally confirmed details about the 3G iPhone, the new iPhone firmware, and official third party apps.
The 3G iPhone will have 3G (obviously) but there was no mention about whether it’s HSDPA or not, although judging by their speed comparisons, it is HSDPA. It will also have a built in GPS, which apparently is very fast to react. It will also feature improved battery time. There was no mention of cameras, however there doesn’t appear to be a front facing camera, and I would assume Apple would shout about a 3.2 or 5 MP camera.
The 8GB model will be all black, and retail at a maximum of $199, while the 16GB will be white and retail at $299 max.
Both models go on sale on 11th July across the 22 biggest markets, eventually reaching 70 countries.
Apple also invited app developers to demo their apps. Among those demoing were SEGA, ebay, TypePad and MLB.com.
There were a few impressive demos of games, including Super Monkey Ball from SEGA which rivals the graphics of the Nintendo DS. Ebay showed off an app that just makes it easy to browse, keep track of, and bid on auctions.
Apple also showed off some new stuff that is part of the 2.0 firmware upgrade. Upgrading adds many features such as push email, calender and contacts, that can all be synced over the air with their new MobileMe service. This is an online web app for desktops that lets you manage your email, contacts, calendar, photos etc., and push them to your iPhone. Screenshots of this service show a very nice looking interface that would rival many fully featured desktop programs.
A push service will also be freely available to developers, so that notifications appear on the users iPhone while the app isn’t even running. Interestingly, there was no official iChat app announced to use this feature, but IM was mentioned as something that could utilize this.
Any app that is less than 10MB in size can be downloaded over 3G, while anything bigger must be done over Wi-fi, or through iTunes. However Wi-fi does not limit you to downloading off the internet. There is also Enterprise App distribution, allowing businesses to distribute apps wirelessly to employees, while ad-hoc is intended for college use, allowing the same thing.
Handwriting recognition is there for Chinese and Japanese for easier input. Sadly there was no mention of an English version. And the calculator now has a scientific mode. Powerpoint is now supported, but no mention of an app to view transfered files.
That’s all from Steve Jobs keynote speech at WWDC. I’ll add any other details as they surface.
[via Engadget]
EDIT:
The iPhone 3G Apple store page clears up some of the unknown spec.
The camera is only 2MP. It is tri-band UMTS/HSDPA, and quad-band GSM/EDGE. It will also come with a sim tray remover tool. No more paper clips! 
