Apple iPhone 4 – the new iPhone. iPhone Tech Specs published.

Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone 4. You may review our wwdc 2010 keynote online translation.

Here are the Tech Specs for the new iPhone

Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote Online Translation

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11:55 Thanks for being with iPhonity.com today. The 2010 WWDC translation is over. Follow us on Twitter!

11:54 He lists team meambers… And it’s over. “Thanks for coming!”.

11:53 Jobs describes integrated work with camera and FaceTime software and iMovie. He’s proud of the teams of camera, FaceTime and iMovie.

11:50 Showing the video about iPhone production. Nice commercial (in a way).

11:47 Picture from engadget:

11:45 iOS 4 upgrade for 3GS, 3G (with no multitasking), iPod touch (except 1st generation). Free on 21st of June.

11:434 countries in June. 18 in July, 24 more in August, 88 total in september. Fastest rollout ever.

11:42 iPhone 3GS 8GB with iOS 4 on sale June 24. $99.

11:41 Black and White. Upgrade eligibility offer from AT&T.

11:41$199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB.

11:40 People speaking sign language on the iPhone.

11:39 Very impressive ad.

11:37Video call is only through WiFi in 2010. Cell operators later. Can use front or rear camera and switch between them. Portrait or landscape. Great audio and video quality.

11:36iPhone 4 can connect to iPhone 4. No setup needed. WiFi required.

11:34 Steve is in a small box, Jon is on the rest of the screen.

11:33 FaceTime – picture-in-picture video call with Jon Ive. Jobs tells him about pocket WiFi’s.

11:32 Showing video call.

11:31 That’s it for the new iOS features. Now – The One More Thing.

11:29 Showed a Nissan ad for an electric car. Video loads with navigation spinner. Nissan Leaf. Blah-blah-blah. Jobs says that iAd attracted some exciting brands committed to over $60 million over the 2nd half of 2010.

11:25 iAd is built into iOS4. 60% of revenue will go to developers, 8 weeks of ads selling. Nissan, Unilever, Citibank, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, GEICO, Campbell soup, Sears, JC Penny, Best Buy, Target, DirectTV, TBS, Disney


11:22 iAd demo.

11:21 8ths feature. iAd. Jobs tells that iAd is to let developers earn money on free apps.

11:20 Pinch and zoom into PDFs, highlight text in various colors, etc (the same as for iPad iBooks update)

11:18 Wireless to iPhone, iPad and iPod. Download the same book to all our devices for no extra charge.

11:17 Shows Winnie-the-Pooh first page.

11:16 iBooks updates. Now in iPhone.

11:14 100 millonth iOS device was sold this month.

11:14 Google is default search. Yahoo and Bing are available to switch.
11:13 BTW, new iPhone OS is renamed to iOS 4.

11:12 Shows folder. Folder are being automatically named as you drag the apps to them. Drags one sports app, second and the folder get its name ’sports’.

11:10 Shows multitasking. Plays music, checking email. Tries to load a webpage, returns back to mail.

11:09 There are some big features. The first is multitasking.

11:08 Next feature (6th) iPhone OS 4!

11:05 Asks to turn off WiFi devices, too much WiFi devices in the hall.

11:04 iMovie in the AppStore already has 13 ratings (screenshot is shown)

11:04 Showing edited video, shot and edited on iPhone. $4.99 for the app.

11:03 Can export in multiple resolutions.

11:00 Shows the iMovie. Transitions, direct record into the timeline, titles. Camera records geolocation, puts in the clip. Possible to add music from iTunes or add supplied theme music.

10:58 FCP developer showing.

10:57 Tap to focus when recording video. Built-in trim, one click sharing, LED flash for video. iMovie for iPhone!!!

10:56 5MP camera. Backlit sensor, same size pixels, 5x digital zoom, tap to focus, showing great samples. LED flash. Records HD video, 720p@30fps

10:55 New camera system. Talks about megapixels. Mentions small sensors that it’s all about capturing photons and low light.

10:53 New Core Motion API for the gyro.

10:52Gyro allows pitch, roll & yaw.

10:51 Provides 3 axis motion detection. Shows gyro demo.

10:51 Feature #4. Gyroscope.

10:50Impoved battery life up to 7 hours talk, 6 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours wifi, 300 hours standby time. Quad band HSDPA/HSUPA 7.2/5.8 up. 802.11n WiFi

10:49 Shows the iPhone 4 internals.

10:48 Next. A4 chip.

10:47 This will set the standard for displays for the next years. Jobs thinks computers will come close. Best on planet, he says.

10:45 3.5 inch display, 960×640 pixels, 326 per inch, 800:1 contrast ratio, IPS technology for superb color and wide viewing angle.

10:44 Showing photos. WiFi that Jobs uses, failed. Jobs hopes to get it fixed.

10:43 Error baloon over the dock connector )))))

10:42 NYT site on the iPhone 4 is not loading due to some technical problem… Or it’s a part of the show ))))

10:41 They get a special projector to show the differences in the displays. Looks fantastic.

10:40 Comparing iPhone 3GS with 4.

10:38 Human retina can recognize 300ppi. The iPhone’s display has 326 ppi. This is f***ing amazing!!!!

10:36 This is was all about #1. #2 – the display. 4x the pixels.
10:35 Three seams in the device structure. One antenna for BT, WiFi, GPS. The other for UMTS/GSM.

10:34 External features, mute, front camera, LED flash for back camera, second mic for noise cancelation.

10:33 9,3mm thin, 24% thinner then iPhone 3GS. Thinnest smartphone on the planet.

10:33 All new design.

10:32 over 100 new features. Will describe 8.

10:31 2010: iPhone 4!!!!

10:30 iPhone reinvented the phone.


10:29 Talks about statistics, market shate, blah-blah-blah.

10:28 iPhone…..

10:28 Jobs says that AppStore has paid 70% of revenue to the developers. It’s about $1 billion.

10:26Available now for $2.99

10:24Activision SVP shows Guitar Hero.

10:22Farmville – in the App Store in the end of June.

10:21 Shows farm created in Facebook Flash app, playing on the iPhone.

10:20 Mark Pincus, Zynga CEO introduces Farmville for iPhone.

10:19Full Netflix on the iPhone and iPad. Start films from an iPad, resume from other devices. Wow.

10:18 Reed Hastings (Netflix SEO) mentioned the new iPhone. Feature request for the netflix – to be free on the upcoming iPhone.

10:1610 million downloads of Ebay app. $1.5-2 billion this year revenue.

10:14 #1 rejection reason: doesn’t function as advertised. #2 – is the private API usage. #3 – unexpected crashes.

10:13 Second is the AppStore.
225000 apps. Most vibrand app community on the planet. 30 languages. 15000 apps every week (both new and updates), 95% get approve in first 7 days.

10:12 Now regarding the iPhone App Store. Two platforms: first is HTML5.

10:10 New iBook features: PDF support (wow), text highlighting notes, bookmarks for pages, list of bookmarks in table of contents.

10:08 iBooks update announced.

10:07 Shows the top iPad apps.

10:06 iPad success story is being shown on screen.

10:06 He says that he got an email from a guy who attracted a girl by an iPad.

10:05 He says that the iPad has changed how people interact with internet and media.

10:03 He quickly started to introduce new things. Some updates to iPad.

10:03 The screen shows the golden gate bridge.

10:02 He greeted the crowd. Someone yelled that they love Steve. No idea who it was.
10:01 JOBS APPEARED ON STAGE!!!

10:01 The lights are dimming. Applause.

10:00 They’re playing “What a wonderful world”
10:00 Something happens!

09:58They’re asking to switch the cellphones and PDA’s off!

09:55 It’s only 5 minutes! But you have enough time to follow us on twitter! Don’t forget to come back!

09:50 10 minutes to go!

09:40 About 20 minutes to go. The screen shows the white apple.

09:31 Less than half an hour before The Kickoff!

09:16 One more picture related to folders ))

09:14 Just a reminder – refresh the page to see the news. We’ll try to keep posting at least every ten minutes before and one post a minute during the keynote.

09:06 Here’s a picture from engadget

09:01 It’s about one hour till the Keynote begin. It’s a bit crowdy near the entrance. Stay tuned and we’ll show you the whole Stevenote live, on www.iphonity.com

09:12 We suppose that there will be something about folders on an iPhone

Skype on the iPhone Goes 3G … Finally

Skype, a leading provider of inexpensive phone calls over the Internet, has finally completed a long-awaited move to make its service available over AT&T’s 3G network.

Before, you could only make Skype calls from an iPhone when it was connected to the Internet through Wi-Fi.

Now people can make low-cost Skype calls any time their phone has a connection, whether it is to AT&T’s 3G network or through Wi-Fi.

AT&T had announced that it would allow phone calls over the Internet, known as voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, phoning as far back as October of 2009. But Apple first had to make some changes in terms of service to allow that to happen. Those changes came last February.

An app called iCall went live almost immediately, becoming the first app for Internet calls out of the gate. But Skype remained the 800 pound gorilla of low cost VoIP services, saying it has 23 million users online at peak calling hours.

There is no charge for the Skype app, and through the end of the year calls placed to other Skype users through the service over 3G will be free. There is a charge for calls to people who are not on Skype. Those charges vary by country.

Skype said it was delayed in releasing its 3G service because it was refining the product. “Skype spent the last few months ensuring the user experience was a great one by integrating its SILK audio codec into the app in order to deliver CD-quality audio,” said Chaim Haas, a spokesman for Skype.

With the release of the iPhone’s new operating system, OS 4.0, Skype will run in the background, the same way the phone does now, so that you will be able to use other apps while making a call over Skype.

by gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com

White House Announces iPhone Application

Timed for the State of the Union speech next week, TheWhiteHouse is a free application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users stream video, browse photos, and read text from President Barack Obama’s White House.

According to the White House blog, this is just the first step for the WhiteHouse.gov mobile platform. “In the coming weeks, we’ll also launch mobile.WhiteHouse.gov, a mobile-ready version of WhiteHouse.gov that is optimized for any internet-enabled mobile device, including many other phones,” the blog entry said.

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Analyst: Apple considering iPhone tie with Verizon

Bloomberg News is reporting that Apple Inc. may offer an iPhone through Verizon Wireless this year. The story is based on comments from an analyst with Canaccord Adams.

According to the Bloomberg story, the phone would be introduced by Verizon in June, analyst Peter Misek said in a note to investors. A newer iPhone, running on fourth-generation network technology, which makes Web browsing and downloads faster, may come in 2011, he said.

Expanding the reach of a phone now available exclusively through AT&T Inc. will contribute to 37 million iPhones sold this year, up from an estimated 27 million in 2009, Misek said. The device is the second most popular phone among U.S. consumers, after Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Curve, and helped AT&T add about 2 million wireless customers in the third quarter.

Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris didn’t immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment before regular business hours. Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney declined to comment.

GTA. Grand Theft Auto. On the iPhone.

Grand Theft Auto, the pedestrian-punching, car-stealing, ho-beating video game, has arrived – cursing and swearing like a dock-worker with Tourette’s – on the iPhone.

The GTA franchise is best known, perhaps, for scandal and controversy. The infamous “Hot Coffee Mod”, for instance, saw the game enter a rather adult realm. But behind the whines of the do-gooder public moralists hides an excellent set of games, and at first look, GTA Chinatown Wars lives up to the reputation.

Chinatown Wars is pretty much a straight port of the Nintendo DS Lite version and, despite having had to pass the prudish App Store censors, survives with all of its gameplay (and f-bombs) intact. I had a quick play with it in bed this morning and I love it (and I’m no gamer). The controls consist of an on-screen virtual joystick, which works by moving a thumb around in the bottom left corner. The buttons for kick, punch and so on are also virtual, and while the joystick works great, the “buttons” are easier to miss in a panic. The DS’ mini-games also make it in, as the consoles share a touch-screen. You can break into a car by hitting the screen and start it by twisting a screwdriver in the ignition. Neat.

The animation is incredible, especially considering it is happening on an iPod. For those who haven’t seen the DS version, Chinatown Wars is a hybrid of the original top-down GTA and the full 3D environments of the console games: a camera flies above you and swoops around to follow the action. Ignore the jagged lines on the screenshot – you don’t see those in the game.

Chinatown Wars is $10. That’s a lot by App Store standards, but half the price of the DS cart. Watch out Nintendo.

AT&T will finally provide MMS for iPhone on September 25.

AT&T said it would finally be providing iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS customers with multimedia messaging capabilities via a software upgrade Sept. 25.

The MMS capabilities were one of the most-heralded features of the iPhone 3.0 software because it plugged a nagging hole in Apple’s mobile platform. Rivals like Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM)’s BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and many entry-level phones have been able to send MMS messages for years.

AT&T didn’t offer this messaging capability when the 3.0 software was released in June because it wanted to ensure its network could adequately handle the traffic. This has garnered ill feelings from some iPhone owners, as well as a class-action lawsuit that alleges the second-largest U.S. carrier misrepresented the iPhone’s capabilities.

“The unique capabilities and high usage of the iPhone’s multimedia capabilities required us to work on our network MMS architecture to carry the expected record volumes of MMS traffic and ensure an excellent experience from day one,” AT&T said in a statement. “We appreciate your patience as we work toward that end.”

While AT&T technically will miss their “end of summer” deadline by a few days, the move may help it squash growing complaints about the carrier’s quality of service from a small, but vocal, group of iPhone owners. AT&T has been investing heavily to improve its 3G network, and it is also deploying 850-MHz spectrum to improve coverage in major metropolitan areas. Improvements in service could help AT&T retain iPhone subscribers even after it loses exclusivity of Apple’s popular smartphone.

The Sept. 25 software update will be available through iTunes, and it will not be available for the iPod Touch or the original iPhone. The carrier also said it would be offering tethering in the future, but did not get into specifics about the launch date or pricing.

Apple Mac Tablet unveiling in September, Available in November for $699-$799

It seems that soon Apple will release the most anticipated thing after their iPhone – Apple Tablet. Unnamed source says that one of factories in China has recently started the production.

iPhone Dev Team Releases 3GS Jailbreak

The iPhone Dev Team has released their much anticipated iPhone 3GS jailbreak and unlock set. Last week we reported on George Hotz, the teenage hacker, who released a Windows only version of the jailbreak which could then be used to run the ultrasn0w unlock. Then he released a Mac version over the weekend. Now the Dev Team has fixed their own version, redsn0w, to work with the iPhone 3GS under Windows and OS X.

The iPhone Dev Team jailbreak isn’t much different then Hotz’s version – besides the point that the iPhone Dev Team released it. The Dev Team is a group of hackers dedicated to unlocking the iPhone and exposing all of its wonderful mysteries. They write:

Last night we released updated versions of our redsn0w jailbreak and ultrasn0w carrier unlock. These versions are now compatible with the iPhone 3GS running at 3.0. Welcome aboard, 3GS owners! (The tools of course remain compatible with all of the other platforms too.) Also last night, saurik released 3GS-compatible versions of MobileSubstrate and WinterBoard, components that enable many different add-ons and themes.

The 3GS jailbreak uses the same procedure as the iPhone 3G unlock process but was not deemed ready for release by the Dev Team until today. The Dev Team in a blog post also mentions that if you have the correct personalized (signed) dfu/img3 files, then you’ll always be able to jailbreak, even if you install Apple’s firmware update. This means you’ll be safe to upgrade over the next few software iterations but if you intend to unlock your iPhone 3GS permanently you must watch the Dev Team site for discussion on the baseband upgrades that Apple might release in the future. If you upgrade the baseband you could fry your iPhone or lock out future unlocks.

Above is a video demonstrating the Dev Team jailbreak process.

iPhone 3GS is a metal detector.

On the beach with your family, or just walking around town? You probably could use some extra cash. Whip out that iPhone 3GS and see if you can track down some metal.

With this handy little app released by GP Imports, 3GS owners can use the phone’s internal compass to sense strong magnetic fields (other than the north pole), thus pointing to metals. The app allows you to see how strong a magnetic field actually is and adjust the sensitivity of your detector, so you won’t get stuck digging for mere chump change.

The app costs $0.99 and is available for download at the iTunes Store.