THE APPLE IPHONE 4

Some of you Apple iPhone fans with older models that haven’t managed to be able to bag yourself a new iPhone 4S may be disappointed. An unofficial statement was leaked from Apple’s engineering division today regarding the new personal assistant software, Siri.

It looks as though there’s a strong possibility that Siri will only work on iPhone 4S with no plans to support the older generations. Now there are rumours that this could possibly be a sales and marketing strategy to keep the sales for the iPhone 4S high due to the significant drop in price for the iPhone 4. There are hackers out there though, trying their very best to port Siri over to the older devices and if they are successful, then this could prove the latter rather than it being down to technical deficit.

Apple iPhone 3GS

The original Apple iPhone was a love it or hate it device - and incredibly slick and stylish handset, but one with a number of serious flaws. The replacement iPhone has been rumoured for months and finally we can see what Apple have kept very secret - the new Apple iPhone 3G. Billed as "Twice as fast. Half the price", the iPhone certainly addresses two of the key concerns of the original - that it was expensive and slow.


Apple i Phone 3G

Looking quite similar to the original iPhone, the iPhone 3G has a slightly curved back and a number of cosmetic improvements. As well as being available in black, the iPhone 3G will be available in a more traditional white colour, but of course the main differences are under the hood.

Apple iPhone 3G at a glance
Available:	July 2008 onwards
Network:	UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100 + GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Data:	GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA + WiFi
Screen:	320 x 480 pixels
Camera:	2 megapixels
Size:	PDA-style device 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm / 133 grams
Bluetooth:	Yes
Memory card:	No
Infra-red:	No
Polyphonic:	Yes
Java:	No
GPS:	Yes (aGPS)
Battery life:	5 hours talk / 12 days standby (3G) 10 hours talk / 12 days standby (GSM)