iPhone & iPhone 3G News

Apple has just announced its brand-new, third-gen iPhone, which is officially called iPhone 3G S.The iPhone 3G S will run the iPhone OS 3.0. It will be released in July and is priced at $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB, with a 2-year contract. The price of original iPhone 3G has been lowered to $99.

iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet and we think people will love the incredible new features including autofocus camera, video recording and the freedom of voice control,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of WorldWide Product Marketing. “And with a breakthrough price of $99, we are thrilled to get iPhone 3G into the hands of even more users who want them.

iPhone 3G S some features:

• iPhone 3.0 OS (including more than 100 new features, like MMS, Cut, Copy and Paste, landscape keyboard, Spotlight Search and so on)
• Built-in digital compass for instant navigation
• 3 Megapixel camera with autofocus, a “tap to focus” feature, and VGA video recording (no Flash though)
• Voice control
• HSDPA 7.2Mbps
• Enhanced speed and performance, “up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G”
• Improved battery life

Here is a battery expansion from Case-Mate for your iPhone 3G that also functions as a protective case. The iPhone 3G FUEL Rechargeable Battery Pack provides you with an extra 7-hours for web-browsing, 24-hours of music playback, 8-hours of video playback and 250-hours of standby time. You can get this iPhone battery expansion for $79.99.

iClooly, this is the name of the product, is a cover with an adjustable back support which can be used as a desktop stand, as a clip for pockets or as a handle.

Available in three colors, white, black and red / black, is on sale on MaxiMobileShop to € 24.95.

IntuApps is a new iPhone application that can show you the current threat level for the disease, a map showing confirmed and suspected areas, a symptoms area to inform people and even an alert page for breaking news on swine flu. For your info, this application is pending approval from Apple. It’s good to know that IntuApps will be giving the app away for free when it is available in the App Store.

You are lucky owners of an Iphone? In this case, if you are looking for a cover for your loved one phone veranente might appreciate the latest idea of Softbank: the cover made of lacquered wood and decorated in typical taste of the Rising Sun, as you can see in the picture, objects created by hand and existing only in 50 copies for each model.

Now don’t get too excited since we’re not talking about average iPhone cases, but real works of art and each one cost no less than 39,800 Yen or €306 ($407USD) and are limited ONLY to 50 units each.

China Unicom’s Shanghai subsidiary confirmed on Wednesday that its parent company has reached an agreement with Apple to bring the 3G iPhone to China, reports Sina.

Finally, Apple’s iPhone is heading to the huge China market. Instead of China Mobile, who has a larger market share and runs TD-SCDMA 3G network, the iPhone will be offered by China Unicom who has got the WCDMA 3G license in China.

The company is also going to launch the T-Mobile G1 Android phone. No words on availability and pricing.

This was a guest post by Nick who normally blogs about mobile phone deals at the mobileshop

The Mophie Juice Pack Air is a portable backup battery that offers more juice for iPhone for up to 270 minutes of standby time, 4.5 hours of talktime on 3G and 9 hours on 2G.The new Mophie Juice Pack Air is apple-certified rechargeable external battery for your iPhone. The thin profile 1200 mAH lithium polymer battery, when fully charged, provides twice as much battery for your iPhone 3G. It has an integrated 4 phases LED to indicate battery status, and also an innovative standby mode to allow the unit functions completely as a protective case.
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The company noted that it had reached 300 million downloads back on December 5th, meaning that 200+ million apps have been downloaded in just 5 weeks.

Recently i bought a iPhone 3G,and now im lockign for some ringtones. As you know there are websites that offer some different types of ringtones, there are Classic Ringtones, Holiday Ringtones, Zen and Relaxation Ringtone. There are ringtones that sound like animals, church bells, rainforests and much more. If you want to use your imagination, you can really put together a great ringtone list. One place to get ringtones from a reliable site is iTunes. If you have ever used iTunes you may not see the ringtones so you actually have to subscribe to the free iPhone ringtones feed as a pod cast and you will be able to have access to the ringtones.

Utilizing the new iPhone 3G’s navigational power, the Toc Toc iPhone is an independent navigational application. It does not require large databases of maps stored on the phone, rather uses the network to access real-time traffic data to help avoid unnecessary traffic jams. It features a simple UI that displays all relevant information of a nearby restaurant or even the next fuel station while driving or even walking.Unveiled at CES 2009, no word yet on the price of the application as of yet but rest assured you will hear it from us first.