Lets face it, Rogers and fido are basically the same company. Roger has announced previously that they will be offering iPhone 3G in canada. 

Now, fido has also issued a press released stating they will start offer iPhone 3G starting July 11, 2008. Pricing will be CAD$199 for 8GB or CAD$299 for the 16GB version. Both will required a 3 year contract! No word on if they will offer the phone without contracts with a higher price. 

On the other hand, Rogers is accepting pre-orders for the iPhone!  Whatever model you want (8GB/16GB Black/16GB White).  A $50-100 deposit is required and you will get your phone within 1-5 days after the launch date.

No detail on Voice/Data plan has been officially released. But we assume it will start around the $70/month range.

Read fido’s new release here.

(Photo: new 16GB white 3g iphone. source apple.com)

Steve Job revealed the 3g iphone at the WWDC (developer event) today.

So what’s new about the 3g iPhone?

1. Price! The price will be USD199 for 8GB version and USD 299 for 16GB(black or white). 
2. 3g. Fast mobile internet. 2.8 times faster then EDGE.
3. GPS. Build-in Assisted GPS system for realtime accurate positioning. 
4. Longer talk time (5 - 10 hours) depending if you’re using edge or 3g network.
5. Launch in 25 countries on July 11, 2008. 48 more country coming soon.
6. Mulitple language support. Including hand written recognition for chinese.

• exchange mail support
• contact searching
• iWork document support
• Office document support (now includes PowerPoint)
• bulk delete and move for Mail
• save images you receive
• scientific calculator in landscape mode
• parental controls
• language 

Sega Super Monkey Ball

Initially previewed at the SDK launch, Super Monkey Ball now includes over 100 levels. In playing through the last world, Sega demonstrated how they used the iPhone’s accelerometer to control the movement of the character.
      

Loopt

Loopt is a location-aware social networking app that displays a map with pins representing where your friends are. User profiles can show a log of where you’ve gone and its simple to blog, send in a photo, text, or call your friends.

Pangea Games

Pangea Software is bringing 2 games to the iPhone. The first game is Enigmo, which is a physics-based game. The second game is Cro-Mag Rally, described as a “cave-man racing game.” Both applications are priced at $9.99.
 

Band

An independent developer from the UK developed Band that includes a virtual piano, drums, 12-bar blues “instrument”, and a bass. And you can record when you play any of the great sounding instruments.
 

eBay
 

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Denis Guidone has been selected as the winner of the international design competition Adamo Eva. From Yanko Design:

His whimsical scribble watch design called “Ora Unica”, meaning One Hour, is a wonderful contrast of chaos and order mixed together. In their words, “The hour and minute hands are represented by a single line drawn on two circular faces, which turn one inside the other. Both faces together resemble a graphical gesture, a doodle that changes as time passes.”

Check out the gallery above to see how the ends of the scribble represent time.

UPDATE (June 9, 2008): go here for the offical launch date and new 3g iPhone info.

Yes, you know the 3g iphone is coming and Mr. Steve Job is going to announce it during the Worldwide Developer Conference keynote address which takes place on Monday, June 9th, 2008. But before then, here’s what we know for sure and what we don’t know.

Countries that are getting the new phone:

What we know for sure

• 3G
• GPS
• Video conferencing
• Exchange Mail support
• Location tag when taking photos

Rumor #1

• 2.5mm (22%) thinner then current iPhone
• $200 with subsidy
• $399 (8GB) and $499 (16GB), without subsidy
• Possible longer lasting battery

Rumor #2

• Thick iPhone due to GPS module
• Glossy black, rounded back
• Non-recessed headphone jack, additional sensor?
• 16GB ($499) and 32GB ($699) models
• Low capacity models thinner, high capacity models thicker

Other possibilities

• 3rd Party iPhone Apps on monday
• 2.0 iphone software be released as free upgrade
• Instant messaging application, a blogging application 

Wishlist

• Copy and paste
• Bluetooth file transfer
• Bluetooth stereo headset support
• 5mp camera
• Built-in flash

 Here’s a 3g iphone video made up by a fan:

Di Grisogono Meccanica DG

Think LCD / LED is too cheap for you? Then you will be amazed at this Limited Edition deGrisogono Watch. Available in four styles—red and gold, titanium and gold, titanium and platinum, and titanium and rubber—the Meccanica DG is waterproof to 100 feet and, of course, is heinously expensive. Get your black american express card ready and sign USD $199,977 away.

Looking at this limited-edition Di Grisogono Meccanica DG, you probably think it’s a hybrid mechanical-digital watch. Well, you’re totally WRONG. Despite its appearance, the Meccanica DG is completely analog, comprising of 651 pieces and absolutely no digital parts or LEDs whatsoever.

Just 177 of these amazing timepieces are going to be made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Geneva-based horloger. Billed as the most complicated digital-analog timepiece in the world, the digital display is actually mechanical, with rolling tubes forming the digital segments. This is how it works, according to the press release.

The mechanically operated digital display of the second timezone shows tens of hours, single hours, tens of minutes and single minutes, all displayed by mobile microsegments driven by an assemblage of 23 cams connected to a set of gears and a triggering and synchronization system. The time information is displayed by an array of 23 horizontally and vertically positioned microsegments. Vertical segments are 9 mm high and weigh at most 25 milligrams while the horizontal segments measure 2.90 mm in length and weigh only 10 milligrams. The segments have four faces: two opposing visible faces fitted with colored strips and two opposing unmarked faces. Time changes are effected by 90° rotations of the required segment or segments. Involving one to twelve segments, time changes are lightning fast.

FROM TIMES ONLINE:

“Apple has filed a patent for a technology which would enable a layer of solar cells to be inserted under a touch-sensitive screen of the sort used in the iPhone.

“The patent, should it be awarded, has the potential to make the iPhone a truly portable device, dispensing with the need for it to be connected to a power supply by wires.

“There is usually little room for solar panels on portable devices, once space taken up by the screen and keypad is taken into account - a fact which has plagued previous attempts to power MP3 players and mobile phones via the sun.

“Apple’s patent would get round the problem by stacking the solar cells underneath both the touch-sensitive screen and the LCD. That would potentially allow the full 2.4 by 4.5 inch glass face of the iPhone to operate as a solar panel.

“If the application, entitled ‘Solar cells on portable devices’, is successful, it has the potential to increase dramatically the battery life of iPhones and iPods. According to Apple, the existing iPhone battery gives about eight hours of talk time and seven hours of video, but once a faster, 3G version is released, the device will become even more power-hungry.”

iPhone blog compares the new BlackBerry bold with the iPhone. watch this video to see which one rules…

(photo source: blackberry.com)

You might know it as the RIM BlackBerry 9000, but on May 11 2008, Research In Motion (RIM) officially took the wraps off the highly anticipated smartphone, complete with a new name - BlackBerry Bold.

The BlackBerry Bold features a half-VGA (480×320 pixel resolution) and a 65,000-color display. During some initial product testing, research group participants repeatedly called the screen “bold” and “brilliant”, hence the name.

We can’t show you how sharp and crisp everything looks on the display, since your computer screen’s monitor pixel size is a lot bigger then Bold’s.  This means the phone has a much higher number of pixels per square inch. Smaller pixels means sharper images. Reviews around the web wave about the display quality. RIM also revamped the Menu Interface with a much more modern look and icons. The enclosure is more elegant than past models, with curvier edges and a silver trim(iphone look alike) that complements the black casing. 

If you turn it over, you’ll also notice that the back has a leatherette texture. No more slick plastic. If you want to individualize your phone a bit or to match it with your outfits, RIM sells replaceable backplates in different colors, including blue, gray, and red. 

An improved Web browser (thank goodness), with the option to view pages in a full desktop HTML style or a mobile version was included, and you can now more easily navigate pages with the trackball, which acts like a mouse cursor, and zoom in and out.
 
Specifications and Features 
Size: 4.5 inches tall by 2.6 inches wide by half an inch deep
Weighs: 4.7 ounces.

QWERTY keyboard
Quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) 
HSDPA/UMTS(850/1900/2100) support  -  3.5G technology

You also get:
Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g)
Bluetooth 2.0 with full A2DP support
Built-in GPS (enhanced and assisted)
Great sounding build in speakers, 3.5 headphone jack 
Video support: MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4, and WMV3 file 

Horsepower
624MHz Intel PXA270 processor (previous BlackBerrys had 312MHz processors)!

Storage
128MB of flash memory and 1GB of onboard memory.  
microSD/SDHC expansion slot (supports up to 16GB cards)

Camera
2-megapixel camera with video-recording capabilities and up to 5x digital zoom

With the handset come preloaded with Dataviz’s Documents to Go suite for document viewing and editing, plus all the other standard features such as push emails, Blackberry Bold is the smartphone ready for the business world right out of the box.

AT&T US confirmed that it will be the official carrier of the BlackBerry Bold but didn’t provide any details on availability other than “later this year.”

Here’s a video from crackberry.com: A quick tour of the new os on the Bold

Boy Genius has apparently unearthed more juicy tidbits about that rumored BlackBerry touchscreen device. Currently, the model number is the BlackBerry 9500, though it’s very early and that’s likely to change. Word from BG is that the new iPhone-ish handset is now internally codenamed the “Thunder,” and will come to Verizon and Vodafone as an exclusive device. The phone will reportedly have four physical keys (send, end, menu, and back), sport a hybrid CDMA EV-DO Rev. C / GSM HSPA radio, and could come with a 4G version. YES, 4G!!! Bye bye 3G! BGR has included a self-made mockup (below) of what the device may look like, but as of now, no one has laid eyes on this mythical creature.

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Introducing…. Designer Roman Tubl’s EGG mobile phone. 

Designer Roman Tubl wasn’t concerned with integrating the latest and greatest in his EGG mobile phone concept. He just wanted something functional and easy to use with some eye candy for people who like their phones flashy - literally.

The body is surrounded by an illuminated red strip. The surface of the phone consists of a flexi true color display for tactile touchscreen feedback. Standard data ports like bluetooth, USB, and Wifi in addition to a 3.2 megapixel camera and up to 4 GB of memory.

Source: YankeDesign