New iPhone and iPhone OS to be released July 11
At the WWDC today, Steve Jobs announced the new 3G iPhone today, and along with it a hard release date for the new iPhone OS version 2.0. The new version of the OS had been previously announced, but there was no word on the release date for it. iPhone OS 2.0 will provide much more features than the original version, including many features for syncing with corporate environments, as well as the ability to download and install new applications from the Apple App Store. These programs can be downloaded directly to the device either for free or for a fee set by the software developer. Apple will keep 30% of the revenue and they will pay the developer the remaining 70%. Software developers can download the iPhone SDK from the apple website. There is also tutorials, source code and more available from apple.com.