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As widely anticipated, today Steve Jobs revealed the launch date for the brand new iPhone 3G. Starting from £100 for the 8GB model, the new iPhone will be released in most major locations on 11 July 2008, and rolled out in around 70 locations in the world. Thinner than its predecessor, it will offer much faster download speed, enjoy a longer battery life and be GPS-enabled - amongst a range of other new features. Compared to the £269 UK customers were asked to pay for the original iPhone, as you can expect this news has been greeted warmly overall.
Finally, the 3G iPhone is ready to be unveiled very soon. The days of suffering from slow over-the-air web surfing are reportedly about to end in the US. We expect that few people will complain, but it will be interesting to see how fast the iPhone becomes compared to when the only alternative was EDGE (in the absence of Wi-Fi).
Is it the Oscar ceremony already? Has someone won the Euromillions lottery? Is Michael Jackson doing another comeback? Well, you would be forgiven for thinking so, given the sheer excitement in the crowd. No, you've guessed it, these are scenes of the official Apple iPhone launch on Regents Street in London last week.
After months of hype, the Apple iPhone finally hits the UK and Germany today, 9 November 2007! We spotted the first iPhone ads on UK TV a few days ago, which are pretty much like the ones in the US (with an English accent of course). Finally, Europeans can put their hands on an iPhone themselves. As they say: better late than never!
Apple and Microsoft have always done things quite differently and it's no secret that Mr Jobs and Mr Ballmer don't always see eye to eye. Of course, Microsoft are heavily invested in the mobile phone sector, so you would expect them to be very focused on the launch of this new competitor in their marketplace, the iPhone.
As soon as the iPhone became available, a number of videos of 'magic tricks' appeared online, with websites selling special little videos to allow you to make your own sketches using your iPhone. We found this video of a guy who came very well prepared on iPhone launch day. Secret fun iPhone applications discovered, or just some clever little tricks with videos?
Whenever a new product like the iPhone is launched, the first reaction of many people is to try to stock up and sell as many as possible on eBay to take advantage of the rush. That's worked very well for some in the past, so inevitably, when the launch of the iPhone was announced, some people became very excited.
