Well looks like the scruteneers have been going through the Keynote presentation with a fine tooth comb to see if they could find any hidden treats in the video. It seems as though Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have found what looks to be a front facing camera on the 3G iPhone, or a big smudge that when hit with the right light looks like a camera
My problems with this, Apple would have announced this, c’mon, it would have been a HUGE selling point and definitely would have raised investor confidence in the 3G iPhone and at least would have given the Apple stock (AAPL) a little well deserved boost. My other gripes with this rumor is that you see what looks like it could be the camera in one shot where the lighting is right, BUT, then its gone again in the next scene where you can see the front of the 3G iPhone. I don’t know, but I thought that with the 3G officially being announced, that we were over all the rumors.
“Gizmodo readers and conspiracy theory aficionados Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have spent a few hours analyzing the footage from the WWDC08 keynote like CSI agents investigating the Zapruder film. The result: they found what they believe could be a front-facing video camera in Applemeister Phil Schiller’s demo iPhone 3G. Is this a prototype or just a—likely—greasy fingerprint? Check out the video and the captures and tell us what you think.”
Well looks like the scruteneers have been going through the Keynote presentation with a fine tooth comb to see if they could find any hidden treats in the video. It seems as though Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have found what looks to be a front facing camera on the 3G iPhone, or a big smudge that when hit with the right light looks like a camera
My problems with this, Apple would have announced this, c’mon, it would have been a HUGE selling point and definitely would have raised investor confidence in the 3G iPhone and at least would have given the Apple stock (AAPL) a little well deserved boost. My other gripes with this rumor is that you see what looks like it could be the camera in one shot where the lighting is right, BUT, then its gone again in the next scene where you can see the front of the 3G iPhone. I don’t know, but I thought that with the 3G officially being announced, that we were over all the rumors.
“Gizmodo readers and conspiracy theory aficionados Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have spent a few hours analyzing the footage from the WWDC08 keynote like CSI agents investigating the Zapruder film. The result: they found what they believe could be a front-facing video camera in Applemeister Phil Schiller’s demo iPhone 3G. Is this a prototype or just a—likely—greasy fingerprint? Check out the video and the captures and tell us what you think.”
Apple has officially announced that on July 11th they will officially start selling the 3G iPhone in 22 countries around the world. Well what does that mean for people like us who have the current (soon to be or already old model) iPhone?
Current iPhone owners will get a free upgrade to Firmware 2.0. It is the same firmware found in the 3G iPhone. So all of the new features shown in the Keynote by Steve Jobs and others will be right there on your old iPhone. If you would like to have a closer look at all the features of firmware 2.0 check out Apple’s website, or have a look at the list below from TUAW. 2.0 Features for Current iPhone Owners (2G)
This update is free for all iPhone owners and will be a $9.99 upgrade for iPod touch owners (boooo). But the fact that developers know the old model iPhone inside out means that it will probably be unlocked very soon and we will have 2.0 firmware with the AppStore on any Carrier (how that will work with the new iTunes and AppStore is yet to be seen as each app is signed by Apple to run on the iPhone)
If you didn’t have a chance to check out yesterday’s Keynote Address, or you don’t have about two hours to watch the complete thing, check out the video below from MahaloDaily.com and you’ll get a better idea of whats going on.
Besides 3G (and GPS) there may not be much reason to upgrade, unless the battery life and other hardware upgrades really make it a superior iPhone even when used on Quad Band GSM. I guess until I get my 3G iPhone (if it can be jailbreaked and unlocked is another story) and install 2.0 on my old iPhone I will not know how I really feel about the two devices side by side.
Seems as though you can’t please them all Steve, some of the community is not so happy with what has been delivered. I guess thats what happens when you have 10,000 iPhone bloggers working in the Rumor Mill
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- No Video Recorder in the Camera App
- No Front Facing Camera
- No Increased Camera Resolution (Mega Pixels)
- No 32 GB Model
- No Copy & Paste *
- No Embedded Flash Support (No plugin for Safari)
- No Bluetooth file transfer *
- No Native MMS App
- No Chat App
- No Native Turn by Turn GPS
- No Storage Mode *
- No Real File Browser
- Not Unlocked *
( * means we should have known this was not going to happen)
I myself feel a little let down, I was hoping for all sorts of bells and whistles. I had dreams of video chat and 5MP cameras with a flash, Copy and Paste built into the OS. So I am wondering, who else was let down? I stumbled upon this thread on Hackint0sh where you can clearly see that the mood is a little glum.
But I say cheer up, the price is great, the supported Carrier service is spreading like wild fire world wide to 70 countries and counting. The AppStore will be the answer to the majority of the No’s on the list above. Turn by Turn GPS, look for Tom Tom and others to deliver that, Adobe may answer the Flash Plug-in, File Browser, MMS, Chat and even Video will/have been answered by third party developers, what we wait for now is official announcements and more importantly pricing
At the end of this all I am happy, video cam and video chat would have been great. I would have loved to be able to call my girl during the day face to face so to speak and let he tell our dog hello. If we didn’t hear all those rumors we would have been tickled pink. Thanks Apple, I may not be pink, but I am grateful.
Today at the WWDC Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone 3G will be available in more than 70 countries.
22 countries will get the 3G iPhone on July 11th 2008, the rest of the world will get it by year end or some time first quarter of 2009. C’mon Digicel and bMobile, put us and our other Caribbean countries on this list!
It’s here, and confirmed by the big dog in the house, It will be avialable July 11th 2008 worldwide. It will do all that it was rumored to do and look like. It’s thinner, it has a black or white plastic back, solid metal buttons, same 3.5″ display, camera, flush headphone jack, and dramatically improved audio (stereo speakers). Three times faster than EDGE, almost as fast as WIFI. 3G has great battery life, 300 hours of standby, 2G talk-time now has 10 hours (as opposed to 5), 5 hours of 3G talk-time (most phones only have 3 hour 3G talk time), 5 to 6 hours of high-speed browsing, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio.
As i said earlier I am not going to try to compete with the big blogs and regurgitate the info being spewed all over the web from the WWDC Event, but if you would like to listen to the live audio coverage of the event, check out the stream below or visit iPhoneAlley.
There are of course other blogs and news sites covering this event, if you find a video stream, please share it with us and let us know.
Today is the big day, the day that all the rumors, all the leaks, all the online investigations have all lead to this day, and hopefully we will not be disappointed. Today, June 9th, is the start of the WWDC 2008, and Steve Jobs is going to be taking the stage to make his Keynote address.
Where and ho can you follow the Keynote Live? Well unfortunately I am not going to be a the WWDC and I am not even going to try to compete with the big blogs that have reporters there live, but what I willdo is share with you my favorite live blogs that you can follow:
Apparently iClarified has gotten word (via iPhone Atlas) that some Vodafone employee has leaked some info about the new 3G iPhone which is rumored to be announced in about 12 hours. With all the crazy rumors and rumored photos, I wouldn’t have posted this except for some info that I have highlighted below which I find very interesting.
- The back is gloss black.
- The 4 models we have have a black skin wrapped around the back and glued into place. This is how they came from Apple.
- All are running v2.0 of the firmware.
- The bootloader hardware exploit is now fixed.
- The phone is running V 04.41.01 modem software.
- The phone is locked down like no phone has ever been. At this stage, you can’t jailbreak it and you can’t hardware unlock it.
- There is an added icon for contacts. This allows you to go straight to your contacts without having to hit the Phone icon first.
- The GPS works very well. It will attempt to obtain your position via WiFi first, cell tower second, then satellite third. The accuracy appears to be within 3 meters.
- We were getting a data transfer of 140kbps on average. It droped down to 70 kbps when we went inside.
- Apart from that, the “feel” is much the same. The phone is smaller (I would say 20 percent) and it is noticable when you pick the unit up.
Unfortunately no mention of available colors, iChat or Video calls (front facing camera), better camera (video), or any new Apps installed besides the contacts. We will have to wait for tomorrow for that piece of info I guess.
This looks like some kind of joke, but hey, it’s only a few days before the WWDC and the hopeful announcement and availability of the highly anticipated 3G iPhone and Firmware 2.0.
“SUBJECT TO TERMS OF NDA DO NOT OPEN UNTIL TUESDAY JUNE 10TH, 2008.”
So obviously people are thinking it is the 3G iPhone - I must admit that I did read somewhere earlier about Australian distributors claiming to have received the same packages. I guess we will have to wait and see whats in them or if someone will leak the contents.
There have also been spy shots from some sneaky reporter of what is being assumed to be huge piles of iPhones in some brown cardboard boxes.
“an enterprising reporter staked out the West Coast distribution center of Quanta Computer — a trusted Taiwan-based Apple manufacturer — and came back with photos of large stacks of brown cardboard boxes presumed to hold 3G iPhones (see here),”
I know if I had one I would have opened it, I wouldnt have posted the photos or info, but I wouldnt be able to resist
Well looks like the scruteneers have been going through the Keynote presentation with a fine tooth comb to see if they could find any hidden treats in the video. It seems as though Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have found what looks to be a front facing camera on the 3G iPhone, or a big smudge that when hit with the right light looks like a camera
Apple has officially announced that on July 11th they will officially start selling the 3G iPhone in 22 countries around the world. Well what does that mean for people like us who have the current (soon to be or already old model) iPhone?
Seems as though you can’t please them all Steve, some of the community is not so happy with what has been delivered. I guess thats what happens when you have 10,000 iPhone bloggers working in the 
At the end of this all I am happy, video cam and video chat would have been great. I would have loved to be able to call my girl during the day face to face so to speak and let he tell our dog hello. If we didn’t hear all those rumors we would have been tickled pink. Thanks Apple, I may not be pink, but I am grateful.
Today is the big day, the day that all the rumors, all the leaks, all the online investigations have all lead to this day, and hopefully we will not be disappointed. Today, June 9th, is the start of the WWDC 2008, and Steve Jobs is going to be taking the stage to make his Keynote address.
Apparently 
This looks like some kind of joke, but hey, it’s only a few days before the WWDC and the hopeful announcement and availability of the highly anticipated 3G iPhone and Firmware 2.0.
