Apple Store Online, Let The iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Begin (1 AM PDT)

Apple Store Online, Let The iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Begin (1 AM PDT)

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco=MTgxNTgyMDQ

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iPhone Pricing and Colors

It’s available in, surprise, black or white.

• 16GB for $199
• 32GB for $299

If your AT&T contract expires any time in 2010 you are immediately eligible for a new iPhone 4 at the same $199 or $299 prices if you renew your contract for another two (2) years.

The 8GB iPhone 3Gs will be $99.

On sale June 24, pre-orders June 15 shipping in 5 countries (US, France, Germany, UK, Japan)

• 18 more countries shipping in July
• 24 more in August
• 40 more in September.

The dock for iPhone 4 will be $29

Apple will be offering cases in many colors.  No price listed.

iOS 4 will be available as an upgrade on June 21 for iPhone 3Gs and limited use on iPhone 3G.

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Meet FaceTime

Apple is calling their video chat feature FaceTime which will allow you to chat from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 over WiFI with no setup.

You can use the front or rear camera and use it in either portrait or landscape.

FaceTime will be Wi-Fi only in 2010 with cellular providers “getting ready for the future.”  Ball’s in your court AT&T.

No word if you will be able to communicate with desktop client programs, iPads, or if developers (Skype, for example) will have access to the cameras for video chat  “FaceTime is becoming an industry standard.”  Whatever that means.

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TURN YOUR WI-FI OFF!

Steve Jobs is video chatting with Johnny Ive over Wi-Fi on the new iPhone.

Video freezes sometimes and Steve yells at people to turn their Wi-Fi off.

Granted, 570 WiFi base stations in one given location is bound to create an insane number of packet collisions.

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Next iPhone Details

Stainless steel all around and glass on the front and back.  It’s really thin at 23% thinner than the 3Gs and the “thinnest smartphone on the planet.”

Pretty much as expected like the prototype eventually bought and exposed by Gizmodo.

• New design
• Front facing camera
• Microsim
• Camera and LED flash on the back

As presented yesterday on Leo Laporte’s This Week In Tech podacast, there is a new screen called “Retina Display”

• 326 pixels per inch (like a laser printer)
• 800:1 contrast ratio
• 3.5” IPS technology “for superb color and wide viewing angle”
• 960x640 resolution
• iPhone OS 4 will automatically scale apps to run on Retina Display

The new iPhone will be running the same A4 chip that is in the iPad.

• Larger battery plus A4’s optimization leads to:
  • 5-7 hours talk time on 3G
  • 6 hours browsing on 3G
  • 10 hours browsing on Wi-Fi
  • 40 hours of music
  • 10 hours of video
  • 300 hours of standby
• Up to 32 GB of storage
• Quad-band HSDPA/HSUPA for 7.2 Mbps down, 4.8 Mbps up (theoretical)
• 802.11n Wi-Fi
• GPS + Accelerometer + Compass
• Dual mics for noise-cancellation
• NEW! 3-axis gyroscope

All new camera system for the iPhone

• Increase from 3MP to 5MP
• Kept each pixel sensor area the same as the 3MP for better low light performance
• Backside illuminated sensor for better low light performance
• 5x digital zoom
• 720p HD Video at 30 fps
• Tap to Focus for still and video
• LED Flash for still and video
• Releasing iMovie for iPhone app

iMovie for iPhone App

• Record directly to timeline or choose from existing clips
• Pinch to change scale of timeline
• Add photos with Ken Burns effect
• Change transitions with a scroll box
• Add titles to show up in video
• Camera records geolocation
• Add music tracks
• Select and apply a theme for the video
• Available for $4.99

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Xynga at WWDC Introduces Farmville for iPhone

The same farm you’ve currated on Facebook is now on your iPhone OS device.

• Get a Snow Leopard for your farm, only on your iPhone OS device
• Push notifications for withering crops
• All the features of Farmville you’re used to: fertilizing, sending gifts, etc.

Available end of June, in time for the 1 year anniversary of the original launch of the game.

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iPad iBooks Update Coming "Later This Month"

Adding Highlights and Notes

Control in upper-right to bookmark a page

Table of Contents lists bookmarks and notes you created

There is a new bookshelf for PDFs that you upload to iBooks

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Need More Data? Answer Center Says You Can

Question:
What happens if I exceed my smartphone data plan’s monthly allowance?

Answer:

If you have DataPlus and use more than 200 MB, you’ll receive an additional 200 MB for $15. If you’re on the DataPro plan and need more than 2GB, you’ll receive an additional 2 GB for $10. Overage is replenished as often as necessary during your billing period.

The Answer Center has conflicting information from their press release which says, “Should a customer exceed 2 GB during a billing cycle, they will receive an additional 1 GB of data for $10 for use in the cycle.”

This would make pricing identical to the Verizon or Sprint MiFi which allows 5GB for $60.  AT&T tethering plus an extra 2GB is $25+$20+$10 = $55 for 4 GB or $65 for 6 GB.

New AT&T Data Plans: Tethering Available, No More Unlimited

Earlier today AT&T announced new Mobile Internet plans beginning June 7.

• DataPlus provides 200 MB of data for $15.  If you exceed 200 MB you will automatically receive 200 MB more for an additional $15.  AT&T says 65 precent of customers use less than 200 MB of data per month on average.
• DataPro provides 2 GB of data for $25.  If you exceed 2 GB you will automatically receive 1 GB more for an additional $10.  AT&T says 98 percent of customers use less than 2 GB of data per month on average.
• Tethering can be added to a DataPro account for an additional $20 per month.  iPhones will get tethering when Apple releases iPhone OS 4 this summer.

I would like to see a chart that shows how many people exceed 2 GB {1, 2, 3, 4, …, 11, 12} months per year.  Something tells me there are a good statistical number of people who bounce back and forth between this point (since it would make good business sense to make that your tipping point).

Regarding tethering, we can all say FINALLY!  But why do we have to wait for iPhone OS 4 exactly?  Apple built tethering into OS 3 already.  AT&T, are you trying to make it look like it was Apple who was slow to get tethering to work on the iPhone?