iPhone 2.0 rolling out on 07-11-08

WWDC 2008 happened recently and along with everything else, the biggest announcement was the launch of the next version of the Apple's most popular product till date, iPhone.

iPhone 2.0 will be available in around 15 countries 11 July onwards. with 3G capabilities with an array of new features thrown in. The price is the biggest surprise of all, an 8 GB iPhone would be $199 and 16 GB would cost $299. For the people who already have an iPhone, this would be exchanged for free.. for those who have an iPod touch there is a little price tag of $9.99.

There are a lot of improvements as compared to the existing iPhone but there are a few issues like video recording, MMS, A2DP Bluetooth, cut and paste support etc. which are still not addressed.

Another concern which i have being in India is the release date in India. I have been looking around to get that answer but its still not clear if 11th July roll out includes India.

Any which way, we might still be able to get the officially unlocked iPhones through grey market vendors at a little increase in the price i guess.. and even with the shortcomings iPhone 2.0 is a gadget I am looking forward to..