The iPhone 2.0 Software and iPhone 3G (hardware) has been announced by Apple at the Apple WWDC on June 9, 2008. IS&T has been working with Apple as part of the iPhone Enterprise Beta Program since March 2008 (under strict Non-Disclosure Agreement). The following list provides publicly available information about both the hardware and software that is publicly known :
to date (note: the information below may change as Apple and AT&T may make changes prior to the launch): Hardware (iPhone 3G) - Availability: July 11, 2008 (Friday)
- 3G Support: The iPhone 3G will take advantage of AT&T's 3G (3rd Generation) network based on HSPA technology. This means the internet access when using the AT&T's data network will result in considerably faster connection speed compared to the previous version of the iPhone
- Lower Price: $199 for 8 GB model, $299 for 16 GB model
- GPS
- International Usage: iPhone
Software (iPhone 2.0 Software)
- Availability: late June, 2008
- iPhone Configuration Utility
- 3rd Party software
- AIM for iPhone
- Improvements from previous version:
- Better Email Message Management
- Certificate Support (X.509 personal certificates used by the MIT community will work!)
- MIT VOIP voicemail sent as email attachments can be played
- Still not working...
- TechTime Calendar cannot be synchronized over-the-air
- Copy and Paste
Purchasing
Migration
- iPhone EDGE > iPhone 3G
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. This process should wipe the data on the old iPhone
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