Apple Launches iPhone 3G

Apple's new mobile device features sound improvements, which includes a more attractive price tag that will likely ignite demand

Almost a year after its beginning with its first wireless handset, the iPhone, Apple launched a state of the art second version of the device, the iPhone 3G.

Salient Features :

Introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a June 9, the iPhone 3G has a number of salient features, some of the major are listed below,
• iPhone 3G has very competitive price. It will sell for $199 for an 8GB version and $299 for a 16GB version, which is on average 33% less from a year ago when the first devices sold.
• The new phone derives its name from the faster Internet downloads available on advanced, or third-generation (3G), wireless networks. It downloads Web pages as much as 36% faster than comparable phones from Nokia and Palm.
• The new phone also has a unique feature that lets users know their location using GPS satellites.
• This version of the iPhone is more attractive to business users. These include the ability to read documents from Microsoft Office, including documents in Word, spreadsheets in Excel, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Another new feature is a service called MobileMe, an expansion of Apple's existing .Mac Web service, which offers hosted e-mail, online storage, and other services for users of Apple's Macintosh computers.
• Improvements over the original device include improved audio quality on phone calls

The iPhone 3G will be available in 22 countries beginning July 11, and will eventually be sold in 70 countries in all.