The much anticipated next generation iPhone has been announced by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
The 3G device will come with location based GPS mobile services and new iPhone 2.0 software that runs hundreds of third party applications built with the iPhone SDK (Software Developers Kit).
Apple claims that the new 3G connection will be roughly 2.8 times as fast as the Edge wireless connection on the original iPhone. The company also suggested that the new iPhone would run faster than other 3G handsets, claiming that it outperformed the Nokia N95 and Treo 750 by some 36 per cent.
Apple plans to initially release the iPhone in 12 countries, included premieres in Hong Kong, India and Mexico. In later months, Apple plans to expand iPhone’s reach to some 70 countries.
The newly announced 3G iPhone will hit stores on 11 July for the knock down price of $199 (£100). [Source: vnunet.com & siliconrepublic.com]
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From the Official Gmail blog:
“We’ve just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.”
Changes that we will see in the new version:
Google decided to use AJAX (a powerful set of web development techniques that make web pages more responsive). They also implemented two of the coolest and most requested features for this release: pre-fetching and auto-complete. Now when you use Google on your iPhone, Gmail will automatically pre-load all your most recent messages for you. So when you decide to read a message it will be on your screen in a snap.
To get to Gmail on your iPhone and get the full new Google experience, just go to www.google.com in your web browser, hit the Gmail tab and sign in. Google Apps users with custom domains can also use this new Gmail interface by visiting mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com.
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