Steve Jobs has unveiled Apple's second-generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference.
Jobs claims that 56% of people claim the price of the first device prevented them from buying, so the new 8GB version of the new iPhone 3G will now cost only $199, with the 16GB version priced at $299. The device will go on sale from 11 July 2008.
Apple says the battery life of the device has been improved, now offering up to 300 hours on standby, 10 hours talktime (five hours on a 3G connection) and up to six hours of web browsing.
The device also includes built-in GPS for the first time, allowing Apple to introduce a new range of location-based services to the handset.
The new iPhone platform will offer full Exchange synchronisation, with push email, calendars, contacts, auto-discovery, global address lookup, and the ability to remotely wipe data from the device.
Jobs claims 35% of the Fortune 500 companies have been running a beta of the new enterprise platform. "Everything they told us they wanted, we built in," he claims.
The new iPhone software will also have full support for iWork and Microsoft Office documents - although whether that includes the new OOXML files from Office 2007 isn't clear.
Jobs says the new iPhone software will be available in July, and will be free to all iPhone owners and $9.95 for iPod Touch owners.
