We all know that a new iPhone is soon going to be available. Our buddies from Engadget managed to get some info from a very authoritatively source about the next-gen iPhone so here it is.

• 3G and GPS are the main changes. Lots of people screamed for those features and Apple listened very carefully.
• The new iPhone is going to be all (glossy) black, it doesn’t have a back metal case anymore and should be slightly thicker.
• Apple may start shipping it from July.

Though these are pretty interesting changes, there is still no word on a removable battery but I guess you know that when we talk about Apple, nothing is final. The source seems to be highly credible but even so, take some salt with it.

I’ve just heard that the all mighty phone, the iPhone, is going to get itself a specially built Flash player. Yes, Adobe will release it just for the iPhone, despite Apple’s concerns that the technology is not to be developed for mobile phones.

Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe said in a press conference today “we believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone. [..] We have evaluated [the software developer tools] and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.”

Can you argue the guy? I don’t think it’s going to be a hit, but bring it on and let us test it a lil bit. Rumors say Apple will probably provide Adobe with the framework they need to do a Safari plugin. But remember the part where I said, they don’t want a Flash Player on their iPhone? The other solution for Adobe is to build it just like Quicktime, as a stand alone player.

via Gizmodo

The fact that the iPhone heads to Ireland and Austria is not a new thing, but the fact it’s going there now, is. In Austria T-Mobile will take over while in Ireland the big O2 (they have Germany, too) will do the honors. The prices are €399 for the 8GB model and €499 for the 16GB iPhone and no country will offer an unlimited plan.

One funny that the Irish will not like is that they don’t get the free WiFi like their “buddies” from the UK.

via MacRumors

There is a rumor on the market saying that Apple is preparing a $100 price drop for the iPhone and the iPod Touch line in the next few months. The same rumor says that Apple may lose the 8GB versions of the iPod or the iPhone.

With analysts craving for a new Apple event, late February, this sounds almost real and if I try to go deeper and deeper I can think of the following:

1. The 3G iPhone is on the way so I guess Apple needs some price spacing by the end of the year when it goes live. Even Forbes announced that a better iPhone is on the way.
2. Memory prices are going vertically down so it’s only fair for Apple to sell the iPod Touch or the iPhone, cheaper.

So the new prices could be $299 for the 16GB iPod Touch and $399 for the 32GB version, while the 16GB iPhone is going to cost $399.

9to5 Mac

You might be wondering what’s Apple planning for the next year. Well, we have searched some information and we have found interesting news. Apple plans to release a 3G iPhone, a modified version of Apple TV and a flash memory-based Mac.

The analyst David Bailey, from Goldman Sachs bank has written a research report based on information obtained from component suppliers in Asia. Apparently the 3G iPhone is a certain release for the next year. Apple will launch the 3G iPhone with AT&T network. Although no official reports were made, the second generation iPhone is currently being designed. Some observers speculate the announcement for the MacWorld conference in January. Another news regarding the iPhone says it will receive more flash memory in the first half of 2008.

Furthermore, the Apple TV will be upgraded and redesigned. It will feature an LCD display to attract more customers and to increase mobility. It’s obvious they try to revive the Apple TV which has been a total fiasco for the company. And there is more! Bailey’s report and other well known agencies sustain that Apple develops a 12-inch Mac laptop with flash memory instead of a hard drive. Also, it is possible that the new revolutionary Mac to be ready for MacWorld. Its could go around $1,500.

via Yahoo News

MacWorld 2008 will be held in January in San Francisco and this is where all the rumors will either confirm or burst. The last one coming down the pipe is TomTom to offer a GPS module on the iPhone. You can see that we already have a spy shot of the application working but since the Dutch manufacturer didn’t bother to answer we keep it in the rumors shelves.

Probably Apple is going in the right direction, now that Google’s Android threatens to take over the open-source applications for mobile phones, and they allows third-party developers to take a peak inside the iPhone. Another reason is the possible partnership with Volkswagen that would create a car full of Apple gadgets, which means Apple is interested to win the car industry?

We’ll have to wait and see what’s up at MacWorld 2008.

Source: Engadget

If you haven’t heard yet Google Docs and Google Calendar were released on cellphones some time ago with the main target, iPhone owners. With such a big market (lots of units sold) and users that loves the brand with a clean and simple application Google just optimized more of their mobile solutions for the iPhone.

The new Google homepage is now updated with a tabbed bar on top that can easily send you to Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Reader and their other mobile applications. It doesn’t look like the Android but it’s still something that will win a lot of people.

via GoPaulTech

Today iPhone has landed in Europe, more exactly in UK and in Germany. Although many fans have come for the big launch, Europeans were not so enthusiast as Americans. Some shoppers formed cues in front of the retail stores. By 5 p.m., Deutsche Telekom AG, which owns T-Mobile, announced they sold more than 10,000 iPhones in Germany. The British carrier O2, doesn’t want to disclose the exact number of the sales for this Friday.

Even the iPhone has been expected for six months, there were complains about its price. For instance in Germany the 8GB version retails for $587, on top of a contract through T-Mobile starting at $72 a month and a $37 “installation” fee. In UK, the same model costs $566, while in US it retails for $399.

In France, the gadget-phone will be released on November 29. Orange will be the retailer for the iPhone. There are no news about launching in the other countries across Europe.

Apple Store UK

Are you familiar with the iPhone? You’re right, I don’t know where that came from, of course you are. If you remember the buzz it created when coming on the market, sales and the time it passed before we got our hands on it, I think Time’s Magazine award for The Invention of the Year will not come as a surprise to you. Indeed, it’s the iPhone.

They managed to find five reasons - as the iPhone would need reasons - to make this nomination. The first is the design, because from early project stages it was all about the idea of a “pretty phone”. Other phone manufacturers where always putting design on second place so that’s where the iPhone won people’s hearts.

Other reasons to declare it the best invention of 2007 have been the touchscreen display, OS X platform that drives it, a future projection of what will happen to it if we think of the iPod and the fact that it will make other phones better.

What do you guys think?

Rumors say that the iPhone will be in Canada on December 7th and will be offered by Rogers. To back that up there’s a leaked “supposed-to-be-real” advertisement that will offer the iPhone for $499.99 with a three years voice-and-data plan. Guess what, that’s a great marketing move because people have cash to buy lots of things during the Holidays and the moment couldn’t have been better if you consider that preorders will start on November 20th.

Though the chances to materialize are pretty big I think it’s still a rumor, but let’s wait and see. We’ll keep you posted.

via MobileMag