iPhone 3G: Twice as fast & half the price!!!

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone II better known as the iPhone 3G. It’s the basic iPhone plus alot of improvements and the obvious; 3G. What surprises the world is its pricing, which has been slashed by half the price of the current iPhone. The new iPhone is fast and comes with lots more improvements. Here I list a few that stand out; support for 3G, WiFi & EDGE networks, GPS, Multi-tasking with simultaneous voice and data communications, iPhone 2.0 software with SDK, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for over-the-air push email, and lots more.

Another talking point to the 3G iPhone is the all new ‘App Store’ that gives users access to a host of applications related to games, business, news, sports, health, reference, and travel. Overall, the 3G iPhone promises 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours on 3G, with up to 5-6 hours of Web browsing, 7 hours of video playback, and 24 hours of audio playback.

The 3G iPhone will be available in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model.

Meanwhile, in India the iPhone is still coming along. Bharti Airtel and Apple have announced that they will be bringing the highly-anticipated 3G iPhone to India later this year. Airtel customers will be able to purchase the 3G iPhone at Airtel Relationship Centers. There has been no word on the pricing of the 3G iPhone in India.

Even Vodafone and Apple will bring iPhone 3G, first to Australia, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal on July 11. Vodafone will then, later this year, make iPhone 3G available in other markets including the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, South Africa, Turkey, and yeah finally — India . Vodafone customers in India can pre-register online and in retail stores in the next few days. Apart from India, the 3G iPhone will be made available in 69 other countries later this year.