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New features in the iPhone 2.0 software: First, contact search with live searching. Second, full iWork document support. Third, complete support for Office documents (Word, Excel, and now PowerPoint). Fourth, bulk delete & move for messages. Fifth, the ability to save images you get. Sixth, a new calculator with scientific mode when you rotate the iPhone. Seventh, parental controls. Eight, tremendous language support.
Enterprise app distribution: Enterprises authorize iPhones, and then create and distribute apps on their intranet that can only run on those phones. Users sync their custom apps through iTunes. Yes, iTunes is apparently the new enterprise tool.
MobileMe stores your info so you can get to it anywhere using any of your devices -- Mac, PC, iPhone -- it will push information up and down to keep everything up to date all the time." Push email, contacts, and calendars... everything is up to date wherever you are. Photos are synched over the air too. Includes incredible Web 2.0 applications to provide a desktop-like experience on the web to work with all of the data. Me.com. It's available for $99 per year -- 20GB of storage. A 60-day free trial will be available along with the iPhone 2.0 software in early July. MobileMe replaces .mac. and .mac subscribers will automatically be upgraded.
iPhone 3G: Black back. Thinner at the edges. Full plastic back. Solid metal buttons, the same gorgeous 3.5-inch display, camera. Flush headphone jack. Dramatically improved audio. 3G = faster data downloads, perfect for Safari and Mail. Comparing download speeds between 3G and EDGE. 3G finished in 21 seconds. EDGE finished in 59 seconds. iPhone 3G is 36% faster than the nokia N95 and Treo 750. Great battery life -- standby time is 300 hours. GPS support now integrated into the iPhone. With GPS, the iPhone can do tracking. The iPhone will be rolling it out in 70 countries in the next several months. $199 8GB. $299 for the 16GB -- a white version of this size will be available too. The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries.
New features in the iPhone 2.0 software: First, contact search with live searching. Second, full iWork document support. Third, complete support for Office documents (Word, Excel, and now PowerPoint). Fourth, bulk delete & move for messages. Fifth, the ability to save images you get. Sixth, a new calculator with scientific mode when you rotate the iPhone. Seventh, parental controls. Eight, tremendous language support.
Enterprise app distribution: Enterprises authorize iPhones, and then create and distribute apps on their intranet that can only run on those phones. Users sync their custom apps through iTunes. Yes, iTunes is apparently the new enterprise tool.
MobileMe stores your info so you can get to it anywhere using any of your devices -- Mac, PC, iPhone -- it will push information up and down to keep everything up to date all the time." Push email, contacts, and calendars... everything is up to date wherever you are. Photos are synched over the air too. Includes incredible Web 2.0 applications to provide a desktop-like experience on the web to work with all of the data. Me.com. It's available for $99 per year -- 20GB of storage. A 60-day free trial will be available along with the iPhone 2.0 software in early July. MobileMe replaces .mac. and .mac subscribers will automatically be upgraded.
iPhone 3G: Black back. Thinner at the edges. Full plastic back. Solid metal buttons, the same gorgeous 3.5-inch display, camera. Flush headphone jack. Dramatically improved audio. 3G = faster data downloads, perfect for Safari and Mail. Comparing download speeds between 3G and EDGE. 3G finished in 21 seconds. EDGE finished in 59 seconds. iPhone 3G is 36% faster than the nokia N95 and Treo 750. Great battery life -- standby time is 300 hours. GPS support now integrated into the iPhone. With GPS, the iPhone can do tracking. The iPhone will be rolling it out in 70 countries in the next several months. $199 8GB. $299 for the 16GB -- a white version of this size will be available too. The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries.