The following notes are taken during the Apple WWDC 2008. Due to the Non Disclosure Agreement, best effort has been made to restrict the notes to match the publicly available information.
Live from the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2008
The iPhone 2.0 Software and iPhone 3G (hardware) has been announced by Apple at the Apple WWDC on June 9, 2008. IS&T has been working with Apple as part of the iPhone Enterprise Beta Program since March 2008 (under a Non-Disclosure Agreement). The following list provides publicly available information about both the hardware and software that is known to date (note: the information below may change as Apple and AT&T may make changes prior to the launch).
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| iPhone 2.0 | Windows Mobile 6 | Windows Mobile 6 | BlackBerry | Palm OS Garnet | ||||
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Reference Device | Treo | ||||||||
Carrier(s) | AT&T | Verizon | Verizon | Verizon | Verizon | ||||
Overall Coverage | Usable/Poor | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | ||||
MIT IMAP | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
Examples below) | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
| Poor | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | ||||
| Poor | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
| Poor | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | ||||
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
MIT IMAP | Functional | Functional | Functional | Functional | Functional | ||||
MIT MIT Exchange Mail | Good | Excellent | Excellent |
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| | Semi-Functional |
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TechTime Sync | No | Excellent | Excellent | Usable | Non-Functional | Functional | Functional | Semi-Functional | Functional Excellent |
Dial-up Networking | Not Available No | Available | Available | Available | Available | ||||
3G Data Support | UMTS/HSDPA 1 | EVDO 2 | EVDO 2 | EVDO 2 | EVDO 2 | ||||
Wi-Fi | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||||
Web Browser | Good Excellent | Fair Usable | Fair | Fair Usable | Fair | ||||
X.509 Certificate | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | No | ||||
Microsoft Office Support | Read Only | Read/Edit | Read/Edit | Read Only | Read/Edit | ||||
Device Price | $199 (8GB) | $210 | $130 | $60 | $200 | ||||
Data Plan Price | $27 (personal, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, |
Coverage | Description | |||
Good | Strong voice and data reception without intermittent loss of signal. | |||
Fair | Heavy reception fluctuation causing loss of calls and data. | |||
Poor | No voice or data reception. | |||
Note: | These values were taken from the center mass of the buildings, reception |
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Legend | Cellular Protocol |
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1 | UMTS/HSDPA | (UMTS) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (HSDPA) High-Speed Downlink Packet Access |
2 | EVDO | (EVDO) Evolution, Data Optimized |
Recent as of 29NOV2007.
Purchasing and Activation
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- iPhone EDGE > iPhone 3G
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. Once the iPhone has been upgraded to iPhone 2.0 software, perform Erase All Content and Settings. This process will take approximately 1 hour for 8GB iPhone and should completely wipe the data off the old iPhone.
*iPhone Configuration Utility and Exchange ActiveSync Integration:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/03/06iphone.html
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. Once the iPhone has been upgraded to iPhone 2.0 software, perform Erase All Content and Settings. This process will take approximately 1 hour for 8GB iPhone and should completely wipe the data off the old iPhone.