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TomTom iPhone App Demonstration Video

Demonstrated at the Apple’s WWDC keynote this week was TomTom's GPS app for iPhone 3.0.

Revealed by TomTom’s co-founder and CTO, Peter-Frans Pauwels, the TomTom navigation software works in combination with a specially designed car kit to fit the Apple iPhone.

Following the release of the upcoming Apple’s OS 3.0 update, the TomTom navigation application for iPhone will be made available from the iTunes App Store.

Specific app pricing and availability is not currently known, but will be made available ahead of the app's launch later in the summer.

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iPhone 3G S Pre-order Details And Pricing

AT&T have today released a YouTube video aimed at walking potential customers through the process of pre-ordering an iPhone 3G S.

Unlike the iPhone 3G launch, Apple and AT&T are this time accepting iPhone 3G S pre-orders available from today.

The iPhone 3GS 16GB is priced at $199 with the 32GB version available at $299 for "new and qualifying" customers.

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iPhone 3G S O2 Pricing Revealed

O2 have today officially revealed the UK pricing for the upcoming iPhone 3G S scheduled for launch on June 19th.

The iPhone 3G S will be priced at £189.48 for the 16GB version as part of a new 18 month contract at £29.30 a month. The 32GB iPhone 3G S will be priced at £274.23.

As part of a 24 month contract priced at £34.26, the iPhone 3G S 16GB model will cost £87.11, with the 32GB model available at £175.19.

Current iPhone owners will have the option of upgrading, but according to the latest twitter updates from O2 they will have to pay to end their existing contract early.

“The early upgrade cost is likely to be monthly cost x months left on your contract, but specifics may vary slightly”

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New Apple Policy Offers Water Damaged iPhone Exchange for $199

A new unadvertised Apple iPhone policy has been discovered that will offer replacement handsets (for a one off fee of $199) to customers with water damaged iPhone devices.

According to sources the iPhone policy covers out-of-warranty incidents that would normally require the purchase of a new iPhone handset.

Customers with water damaged handsets will see them exchanged for a factory refurbished model which they can then use to transfer their SIM card across to from the damaged phone.

It is currently being speculated that Apple's recent policy change in regards to water damage is a means for the company to clear out their current inventory of iPhone 3G models ahead of new models expected in the summer.

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Apple’s AT&T iPhone Exclusivity To Continue

During Apple's quarterly earnings call for Q2, Apple's Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company had no intention of changing their exclusivity partnership with AT&T.

The two executives praised AT&T for doing well in promoting the iPhone, and that they hope to continue their partnership.

Apple also confirmed that they have no plans in leaving a "price umbrella" for competitors to sneak in. Which many believe could lead Apple to introduce lower priced models.

[via MacRumors.com]

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AT&T Confirm 3G Network Upgrades Are Underway

In an interview with Telephony Online, AT&T VP of Technology Realization, Scott McElroy, revealed that AT&T is currently in advanced testing of a new faster 3G network.

McElroy mentioned that his team plan to ugrade “the downlink capacity on its high-speed packet access (HSPA) from 3.6 megabits per second to 7.2 Mb/s through software upgrades at the base station.”

McElroy failed to provide any such timetable as to when the upgrade will be completed, but he did reveal that the carrier are in the process of field testing the faster network in two test markets.

He added that AT&T plan to enevtually migrate its 3G networks to evolved-HSPA (or HSPA+), which would triple peak speeds.

According to reports from AT&T most of the data cards, smartphones, and the iPhone will support the new upgrades - at least up to 14.4 Mb/s.

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iPhone Voice Control Features Discovered In iPhone 3.0

It appears that evidence to suggest that the iPhone 3.0 will include 'voice control' has surfaced from code within the iPhone 3.0 OS beta code.

Codenamed "Jibbler", the voice control features will apparently add both voice synthesis and voice recognition support to the iPhone 3.0 OS.

Jibbler will also connect directly to the iPhone SpringBoard application that is responsible for displaying app icons and launching applications.

In addition to iPhone SpringBoard support, Jibbler will also include support for Spotlight Search that will be included in the iPhone 3.0 software.

There is also the possibility that it will also be controlled by use of the iPhone headset.

Here's arundown of the classes and methods discovered ('SB' is a reference to the SpringBoard, and VS is believed to be a reference to a new 'Voice Services' class):

• VSSpeechSynthesizer
• VSRecognitionSession
• SBVoiceControlDisableHandlerActions
• SBSensitiveJibblerEnabled
• SBVoiceControlSoundCompletion

[via ArsTechnica.com]

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AT&T Looking To Extend iPhone Exclusivity Deal

In a report from The Wall Street Journal, AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson is believed to be in talks with Apple to try and secure an extension to their lucrative deal of being the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the US.

It has been speculated this week that the current deal is set to expire in 2010 even though reports from 2007 suggested that the AT&T deal would run exclusively for 5 years.

"But AT&T's exclusive deal to carry the iPhone in the U.S. expires next year, according to people familiar with the matter, and Mr. Stephenson is now in discussions with Apple Inc. to get an extension until 2011."

In the second half of 2008 AT&T had acquired some 4.3 million iPhone subscribers, of which roughly 40% were new customers to the network. With that in mind it's clear why AT&T are keen extend this exclusive deal further.

[via WSJ.com]

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Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 Available To Developers

Apple have now released the 3rd beta of the iPhone OS 3.0 to developers, along with a new version of the iPhone SDK.

Any changes in the iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 have yet to be discovered, although Apple have announced that applications targeted for devices prior to 3.0 will be unable to be tested on beta 3.

The new build of the SDK includes several features and changes. You can find the full accompanying seed notes below.

New in Xcode IDE 3.1 and later

• The assistant interface has been completely revamped, making it easier to create “New Project”, “New Target”, and “New File” resources. This release of Xcode also adds new assistant templates for both Mac OS X and iPhone OS applications.
• A new Overview toolbar item lets you see and set the project’s active Target, Configuration, Executable, Architecture, and SDK with a single control.
• It is now possible to set a global “override” SDK as the Active SDK, making it easy to test the build of your entire project against a different platform.
• New interface shortcuts have been added to the Build Setting inspectors making it easy to set the desired compiler, architectures, and SDKs
• You can now add Libraries and Frameworks directly into the Target window and relate them to the project’s SDK.
• The Xcode UI now allows you to designate a library or framework as weak-linked, to support building with newer SDKs while targeting older OS versions.
• New “Edit all in scope” option within the Xcode source editor makes it easy to update all instances of the selected symbol within the current scope of code.
• You can now have conditional build settings assigned for any combination of architecture and SDK.
• LLVM GCC 4.2 is a new optional compiler based on the LLVM.org open source project. LLVM GCC 4.2 provides an LLVM-based back-end optimizer using the GCC 4.2 front-end parser. This compiler is both source and binary compatible with GCC 4.2 and requires the Mac OS X 10.5 SDK or “Current OS” SDK.
• GCC 4.2 is a new optional compiler with stricter C and C++ language enforcement, security enhancements, performance optimizations, and bug fixes over GCC 4.0. Requires the Mac OS X 10.5 SDK or “Current OS” SDK

New in Interface Builder 3.1

• New drag & drop functionality allows easily re-parenting objects with the normal drag gesture
• The document outline view has been enhanced to support full drag re-ordering.
• A new string table interface allows localizers to make quick text changes across documents.
• Generates XIB files that are more diff friendly while retaining full backwards compatibility with Interface Builder 3.0.
• Now supports previewing image resource content in Carbon controls.

New in Dashcode

• You can now use Dashcode to create web aiPhone, as well as Dashboard widgets.

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Next-gen iPhone Components Include 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera

DigiTimes.com have published a detailed list of what appears to be component manufacturers for the next-gen iPhone which is rumored to be released this Summer.

Whilst the list doesn't give us much detailed information on the new iPhone it does reference a 3.2 mega-pixel camera which has previously been rumored to be included in the next iPhone device.

According to the article, DigiTimes claim that the suppliers intend to start shipping the units in May, with the first batch estimated at around 5 million units.

The so-called "iPhone 3.0" reportedly will be launched by mid-2009, the sources claimed. Assembly suppliers will kick off shipments for the upcoming model starting from May, with the first batch estimated to be around five million units, the sources said.

[via DigiTimes.com]

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