As a crowd flocks to the Moscone West in San Francisco to see Apple boss Steve Jobs perform his magic, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch. The five-day WWDC 2010 conference sold out in eight days, even though Gizmodo stole the element of surprise by exposing what Apple later confirmed as an iPhone prototype. Nevertheless, Jobs promised we won't be disappointed. Promotional banners suggest that the Mac will take a back seat at the conference which is instead focused on new iPhone hardware and the iPhone OS 4 software, officially announced in April.
In addition, Apple should explain its iAd in-app advertising solution and a centralized social gaming network dubbed Game Center in a greater detail. The rumor mill is in overdrive regarding "one more thing," a surprising revelation that Apple's chief executive keeps for the end of his talk, with speculation ranging from Mac OS X 10.7 and cloud iTunes announcements and Safari 5 and Final Cut Studio updates to refreshed Mac Pros, some iPad news, a new $99 Apple TV, and a revised MacBook Air. And we're not even mentioning a Verizon iPhone, a persistent rumor that has yet to materialize.
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the iPhone 4 goes on sale June 24 in the US; it will arrive to 88 countries by the end of September; the phone costs $199 or $299 for the 16GB or 32GB version, respectively, with an obligatory two-year service contract; Jobs says AT&T is moving up iPhone upgrade eligibility up to six months; iPhone 4 will use a new dock and Apple will enter the case business by offering six colored bumper cases for the iPhone 4, priced at $29.
One more thing is video conferencing on the iPhone 4 – duh!