LIVE From WWDC: iPhone 3G Announced

Ladies and geeks a few minutes into Steve Jobs’ key note and we already know a few things about what the latest version of the iPhone has in store for us.

To watch the Keynote Address click here.

Update 6.2
iPhone 3G to launch in 70 countries including India.

iPhone 3G to retail at $200 for 8GB and $300 for 16GB.

iPhone 3G 16GB to be available in white.

22 countries excluding India to launch iPhone 3G on July 11.
Update 6.1

3G iPhone to feature built-in GPS

3G iPhone to have improved battery life
Update 6: New Features of iPhone 3G

Jobs: 6 million iPhones sold in first year.

Jobs: iPhone to have 3G support.

Jobs: 3G iPhone to have flushed headphone jack - any 3.5mm jack will fit.

Update 5: MobileMe

Apple launches me.com web apps to rival Google’s Apps & Docs.

MobileMe to replace .Mac - all existing users to get upgrade.

Apple launches MobileMe cloud services to enable wireless push email, contacts and calendar for iPhone and Mac/PC.

Wireless updating of shared photo gallery.
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Update 4
Appstore to have wireless downloads and auto-updates. Developer to keep 70% revenues.

10MB or less apps can be downloaded over Cell Phone network. Larger apps on Wi-Fi and iTunes.

Enterprises can restrict certain custom apps only to secure company handsets.

Calculator turns into scientific calc in landscape mode.

Parental controls on youtube, itunes etc. added.

Language support including Japanese, Chinese with character recognition.

Update 3: New SDK Features
iPhone 2.0 SDK launch in July.

Free for iPhone users, $10 for iPod Touch.

iPhone 2.0 to feature push notification feature for developers from September.

Contact Search added.

iWorkviewing support including Keynote added.

Microsoft Office viewing completed.

Bulk delete of emails and contacts enabled.

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Update 2: AppStore Program Demos
Sega to launch Super Monkey Ball with 110 levels for iPhone.

Ebay to launch a bid tracking app, since the iPhone is the number one mobile access platform on eBay.

Loopt to launch free location based social networking cum geolocation app.

TypePad launches free mobile blogging app.

Associated Press to launch free mobile news network including ability to send photos and news to AP.

Pangea to launch Enigmo and Cromag Rally for the iPhone at $10 each.

Independently developed app ‘Band’ allows touch-based musical instrument simulator.

MLB.com to feature real-time data and video highlights of baseball games.

Modality to launch Netter’s Anatomy app for medical students, among a dozen other K-12 learning apps.

MIMvista to launch medical imaging app.

Digital Legends Entertainment to launch console standard game Crawl in September.

Update 1
iPhone 2.0 to have full enterprise support.

iPhone 2.0 to feature built-in Microsoft Exchange push email.

iPhone 2.0 to feature push mail, contacts and calender.

iPhone 2.0 to offer VPN features from Cisco with advanced security.