This is the new iPhone, available July 11, enough said:
Other key takeaways:
- 35% of the Fortune 500 have participated in the iPhone 2.0 beta program. The top 5 banks, top 5 security firms, 6 or 7 top airlines, 8 of 10 top pharmaceuticals and 8 of 10 of the top entertainment companies
- Great mobile applications and games to come
- Apple will release a unified push notification service. It preserves battery life and maintains iPhone performance. It all works over the air over wifi and cellular – and it’ll be available in September
- There will be document support for all Microsoft Office files, addition of many new languages, bulk delete and move of email, ability to save files and pictures, new scientific calculator and parental controls
- Enterprise application distribution
- MobileMe, platform agnostic application suite; all applications looking like Apple native applications – looks nice. MobileMe is branded as Exchange for the rest of us – with proper ‘push’ functionality. Users of .Mac will be automatically upgraded, it will be available for $99 a year with 20GB of storage. Free trial for 60 days with iPhone 2.0
- iPhone sold 6m before running out, customer satisfaction 90%
- Need to make iPhone more affordable and allow sales in more countries
- iPhone 3G announced, black back, thinner at the edges, full plastic back, solid metal buttons, camera, flush headphone jack, improved audio
- With 3G, iPhone 36% faster than the Nokia N95 and Treo 750
- GPS included
- Full Exchange support, secure VPN
- Want to expand access to iPhones across the world, larger market, 70 countries in the next few months. iPhone will be sold for $199 for an 8GB – heavily subsidised. $299 for a white 16GB model
