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Availability: July 11, 2008 (Friday)
3G Support: The iPhone 3G will take advantage of AT&T's 3G (3rd Generation) network based on HSPA technology. This means the internet access when using the AT&T's data network will result in considerably faster connection speed compared to than the previous version of the iPhone.
Lower Price: $199 for 8 GB model, $299 for 16 GB model
GPS is built-in to the iPhone 3G. This will provide more accurate location-based services for the iPhone 3G users.
International Usage: iPhone 3G will work in more countries than before. While full details are not yet available, it is speculated that the iPhone 3G will have roaming capabilities for countries that include Japan, South Korea, and other countries that the previous version did not.
Apple's iPhone 3G Hardware Specification Page: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Software (iPhone 2.0 Software)

Availability: early July, 2008
iPhone Configuration Utility
3rd Party software
AIM for iPhone
Improvements from previous version:
- Better Email Message Management
- Certificate Support (X.509 personal certificates used by the MIT community will work!)
- MIT VOIP voicemail sent as email attachments can be played
Still not working...
- TechTime Calendar cannot be synchronized over-the-air
- Copy and Paste

Purchasing and Activation

Migration from old iPhone to iPhone 3G

iPhone EDGE > iPhone 3G
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. This process should wipe the data on the old iPhone

WWDC Keynote Presentation:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc08/iPhone 3G Hardware Specification:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

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