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Xybot 1 goes on sale in February and full worldwide delivery is set for the following month.

According to Xybotyx founders, David Shafter and Daniel McShan, the Xybot 1 is riding on the wave of consumer demand for greater and greater latitudes in the use and enjoyment of the incredibly popular Apple iPhones. As of this hour, some 100,000,000 units of the iconic Apple smartphone – THE smartphone of the decade—are currently in the hands of users all over the planet.

Shafter and McShan said the latest white-hot smartphone and smartphone-support technology represented by the Xybot 1  promises to bring users to greater Fahrenheit altitudes with the scheduled release of the Xybot 1 within the next few weeks even as the phenomenal sales of the iPhone refuses to abate amid fierce competition from the roaring smartphone market.

Its creators describe the Xybot 1 in this no-holds barred confident-in-its excellence fashion: The Xybot 1 is to intelligent robotic support for a top-flight smartphone device as the iPhone itself is to the optimum handheld mobile computing device. The description include the following: Xybot 1’s twin high resolution cameras, iPhone – style precision crafted accelerometers and gyro compasses  to provide users with even greater ease in apps navigation, particularly with sweet finger – swipe and soft key actions, plus GPS, as well as the latest in hands-free iPhone convenience.

The creators added that these leading edge advantages are combined in the Xybot 1 with breakthrough developments in user-controlled features such as face and object recognition technology, finger-tip enabled area, telepresence for virtually unlimited area reach and availability, as well as easy programmability. To be priced initially at $111.11 when it goes on sale next month, the Xybot 1 promises to fulfill every iPhone user’s dream to own an affordable piece of space-age technology that will launch his smartphone enjoyment into virtual orbit.

?It’s the most precise thing we’ve ever made,? Apple CEO said.

iPhone 4 is powered by the A4 chip (designed ?in house?) and comes with two built-in cameras (one on the front and one on the back with an LED flash), two mics (one for a noise cancellation), micro-SIM (?we needed the space!”), 802.11n WiFi, GPS, compass, accelerometer, Quadband HSDPA/HSUPA, 7.2Mbps and up to 32GB of storage.

The display is a huge innovation: based on new IPS technology (“quite a bit better than OLED”), the 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 Retina Display displays 326 pixels per inch (four times as many pixels as in any standard display) giving us really sharp text and pictures. The contrast ratio is 800:1 (4x better than the 3GS).

Since the battery is now a bit bigger, its life has been improved. Apple says there is 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.

Another new piece of hardware is a gyroscope with pitch, roll, and yaw. It provides 6-axis motion sensing and features new CoreMotion APIs for extremely precise positioning. “We’re adding a 3 axis gyro, and we tied the gyro and accelerometer, compass, and gyro together for six axis. It’s perfect for gaming,” Jobs said.

Back camera has gone from 3 to 5 MP. Apple is using something that’s new to smarpthones — a back side illuminated sensor (giving more light to the camera). There’s a 5X digital zoom, tap to focus, and LED flash built in.

Camera also does HD 720p (at 30 frames per second) video recording. It supports tap to focus and allows us to edit videos right on the phone. It also has 1-click sharing and the LED flash will stay on for the HD video recording. There is also iMovie coming to the iPhone for $4.99 (?if we approve it,? Jobs joked).

iPhone 4 will also feature “FaceTime” video calling. It works between iPhone 4 devices, doesn?t require any setting-up and works anywhere there is WiFi. ?It’s WIFI only in 2010. We need to work a little bit with our providers,? Jobs said. He added that Apple is going to make FaceTime and open industry standard.

Apple has renamed the iPhone OS. Now it’s just iOS 4.” Becuase it’s on iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone,? Apple CEO said. He also said that 100 millionth iOS device will be sold this month. “There is definitely a market for your applications,” Jobs added.

As announced earlier this year, new iOS 4 features include Multitasking for third party apps; Folders to better organize and access apps; improved Mail with a unified inbox, fast inbox switching and threaded messages; enhanced Enterprise support with better data protection, mobile device management and wireless app distribution.

Apple has also added Bing to the iPhone for search (?Microsoft has done a great job on this,? Jobs said). Google will still be the default, but now we’ll have choice of Google, Yahoo, or Bing.

Developers will get a Golden Master Candidate release of iOS4 today.

Apple is also bringing iBooks to the iPhone with the iPhone 4. It has the same bookshelf as on the iPad, the same ability to read a PDF and comes with the same controls, highlighting, notes, and bookmarking. We can download the same book to all our devices at no extra charge (?Buy it on your iPad, download to your iPhone?)! In addition, iBooks will automatically and wirelessly sync our current place, bookmarks, and notes across all our devices.

On July 1st Apple will also start providing iAds to all iOS 4 devices. ?Why are we doing this? To help our developers earn money to continue to create free and low-cost apps for users,? Jobs said. According to him, they are trying to combine ?the emotion of video with the interactivity of the Web.”

Apple sells and hosts the ads, so developers just have to tell them where to put the ads. And devs get paid 60 percent of the revenue. The company started selling ads eight weeks ago to: Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Geico, Campbells, Sears, JCPenney, Target, Best Buy, DirecTV, TBS Network and Disney. “We’ve got advertisers committing to $60m,” Jobs said.

Price and availability
iPhone 4 comes in two colors: black and white. 16GB model is for $199, and 32GB model for $299. Old 3GS is now $99

Jobs said that AT&T is going to make an ?incredibly generous upgrade offer: if your contract expires at any time in 2010, you can upgrade to the iPhone 4. You can get it up to six months early.”

The new iPhone will be on sale June 24th. Pre orders begin June 15th. Apple will ship iPhone 4 in US and four other countries on the first day (U.K., Germany, France, Japan). In July they’re shipping in 18 countries more. By September it will ship in 88 countries. “Our fastest roll out ever,” Jobs said.

iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch users can upgrade to iOS 4 for free starting June 21.

Reed Hastings from Netflix, Mark Pincus from Zygna and Karthik Bala from Activision were also on stage announcing that Netflix, Farmville and new Guitar Hero will be coming to the iPhone.

Originally appeared on Smartphone.Biz-News.com

All the rumors were saying the tablet will be not less than $999, and from this point of view the actual prices look really affordable. $499 for the basic version (16GB, no 3G) is something nobody expected; also $829 for the bloated 64GB, 3G version won?t scare anyone.

So, what do you get for this price? iPad is 0.5 inch thick, 1.5 pound device with 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768, LED-backlit, responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display that features IPS technology and has a wide 178 degree viewing angle.

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Here it comes! (Almost) all rumors confirmed. Yes, there?ll be 32 GB version available. Yes, a new iPhone is faster: ?on average up to twice as fast?, 7.2Mbps HSDPA. Yes, it has better camera: 3 MP, with autofocus, macro mode and auto white balance. Yes, it can make a video: 30fps VGA with on-device editing capability, and send MMS (although AT&T won?t support it until ?late summer?). And yes, the battery life is promised to be (a bit) longer. It features magnetic compass, enables voice control, voice memos and covers tethering. You will also get a real navigation system created in cooperation with TomTom. New iPhone goes on sale June 19th in the US and in August in other countries. Prices: $199 for the 16GB version and $299 for the 32GB.

Users of Apple’s MobileMe service will be able to access the Chat Support around the clock, which is a pleasant surprise for everyone to show just how serious Apple is about their MobileMe services. The fruity company specially designed this service for paying customers of MobileMe, where they are able to report any problems that occur during the usage of MobileMe in order to obtain a quick solution on the spot. That’s generally the whole idea anyway, so hopefully the personnel manning the desks behind will be able to live up to customers’ expectations.

[via ubergizmo]