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While we were searching for a current, refurbished, low cost iPod Touch for developing multi-touch applications we heard a lot of rumours about the new iPhone going through the blogosphere the last days. One of the main reasons was the latest article from iPhoneApps.com. Due to the news they had to suffer from an extraordinary amount of traffic that has overwhelmed their servers. They´ve had to redirect some traffic to a separate server to avoid a longer downtime. They juste reported about some of the new technical features according to insider information. Here are the rumored specifics:

- 32GB and 16GB to replace current capacities
- $199 and $299 price-points to be maintained within a 2-year contract
- 3.2 Megapixel camera
- Video recording & editing capabilities
- Ability to send a picture & video via MMS
- Discontinuation of the metal band surrounding the edge of the device
- OLED screen (AMOLED)
- 1.5X The battery life
- Double the RAM and processing power
- Built-in FM transmitter
- Apple logo on the back to light up
- Rubber-tread backing
- Sleeker design
- Built-in compass
- Revolutionary combination of the camera, GPS, compass
and Google maps to identify photo and inform about photo locations.
- Turn by turn directions
- July 17th, 2009 release date

We will see which features will pop out and we will compare the new iPhone to these speculations. A tutorial for getting started with the iPhone Development can be found at WebDeveloperDepot.

via iPhoneApps.com & MacRumours.com