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Monday
Jun152009

New iPhone 3GS gets a lot of Press Coverage

 

Even though we are not an Apple Fan House if you are a gadget geek you have got to love the Apple iPhone. Apple Announced the new iPhone 3GS ($199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB and will be available June 19th) and drops the price on the 3G to $99. The new 3GS is faster, launching Messaging 2x faster, almost 3x faster to launch a web page and includes OpenGL/ES with 7.2MBps HSDPA support built in. apple[1]

Probably the best new feature that new owners will use is the 3.0 megapixel camera. There are some really neat features including:

    • Tap-to-focus - tap an item in the photo to focus on it. Resets the light balance too.
      Improved low-light sensitivity.
    • Automatic macro photographs (10cm).
    • Video capture, 30fps VGA.
    • Videos show up in photo library. You can trim them, share via email, MMS, YouTube, MobileMe.

Voice Control has also been added to the unit. Hold down the home button for a few seconds in any application. Commands that you can say float across the screen. Examples include: “Dial computer connections”, “play andy mckee”, “play more songs like this”, “what’s playing now”.

Other features: Built-in digital compass, New accessibility settings, Nike+ support, Hardware data encryption, Improved battery life. 9 hours on WiFi, 10 hours watching video, 30 hours audio, 12 hours 2G talk, 5 hours 3G talk.

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