An early peek at Apple’s presents for you in iPhone 2.0

Ho-ho! Looks like Christmas is coming early for some of you who lust for the new iPhone 2.0, and the excitement inside all of us is building fast as Steve Jobs was seen prepping his Santa costume for his keynote speech at WWDC ’08 this June 9th. Judging from the costume which will replace his famous turtle-neck black sweater shirt, he’s definitely is planning to announce something spectacular…

As usual, it’s the end of the weekend. So I’ll round up some news and rumors that are scattered around the net for the past week, just for you dear Palm Addict readers. And like any previous posts I made about the likes of this one; it’ll be yourself who choose which news / rumors that can be consider true, and the closest to become to reality.

Oh, what the heck. Let’s just have some fun whether they’re real or fake, okay? Here we go:

Apple was shipping 188 mysterious cargo containers to the US
Reported by ImportGenius (via Gizmodo), there were apparently 188 containers from Asian supplier Hon Hai and Quanta Computers, mysteriously marked "electric computers," shipped to Apple Inc on March 19th. So yes, that means there will be plenty enough of iPhone 2.0 for you greedy Apple fans!

3G or no 3G?
Wait up, are those 188 cargo containers contain 3G iPhone or not? Because we all know that there have been stock shortages around Apple stores and wireless carrier stores as well, and according to iSmashPhone the previous assurance of 3G on/off slide button is indeed only a photoshopped screenshot. But another assurance popped out, and this time it’s coming from Engadget Mobile: "Australian site ChannelNews claims that a "senior executive of Telstra" is the latest 3G iPhone bean spiller. They quote the exec as saying the following: "We know what is coming we have seen the new device and it will be available on our network as soon as it is launched in the USA. By Christmas this phone will be capable of 42Mbps which will make it faster than a lot of broadband offerings and the fastest iPhone on any network in the world." C’mon, don’t taunt us like that guys! ~the 3G iPhone pic is courtesy from Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)~

Apple is making new iPhone 2 ads
Gizmodo insider said that an iPhone ad is being shot today by a big name director. It's probably Apple's traditional ad agency, and the only thing that my source and I can't confirm is whether this is for iPhone 2 or the first gen. I'm guessing it's for the second generation given the scope of the ad's resources and the timing.

AT&T will have 3G iPhone on June 19th
AT&T still wishes to become the first and sole distributor of the newest iPhone 2.0 when it’ll be introduced at WWDC ’08 on by Steve Jobs himself. So AT&T has managed to lure “Santa Steve” to drop his new toy on June 19th, just ten days after the rumored official announcement. Sources are from InfoSyncWorld, via the iPhone blog.

3G iPhone case leaked
A company called XSKN has revealed a case design described as an "iPhone 3G" case. It also appears to be slightly thicker which was also previously claimed. Head on to MacRumors for more pictures of this aforementioned new case for 3G iPhone.

Hold on a sec there, no Apple’s “iPhone-Christmas” is complete without a wish list. How do you expect “Santa Steve” to give you the perfect iPhone without knowing what you want? That’s why I pick Kent German’s (CNet On Call) check list, so you won’t have to trouble yourself with a headache from thinking what you need in iPhone 2.0:

• Multimedia messaging
• Video recording
• GPS, checked. It’s been confirmed at my previous post here at PA, and better yet Engadget Mobile has reported that the new iPhone 2.0 will get geotagging.
• Cut and paste
• Stereo Bluetooth
• User-replaceable battery
• A memory card slot
• Tactile feedback for the touch screen
• Flash support for the Safari web browser
• The capability to use MP3s as ringtones, checked… errr, it’s kinda vague right now. Because according to AppleInsider; Apple is in talks some of the major music labels over a deal that would allow next-generation iPhone owners to purchase music tracks directly from the handset over cellular wireless networks. Given that the negotiations are only a few weeks young, it's reported that any deal may not be announced until after June 9th, the most likely day for the introduction of the much-anticipated 3G iPhone.

And I’ll add my own personal wish: a jailbreak tool! Oh yeah, I know you want it too. What would the world become, if there’s no tool to free up your iPhone so everyone on the whole wide world can enjoy the new iPhone 2.0? Rage, chaos, thieves, and kleptomaniac everywhere. So don’t forget to download the new WinPwn tool Release Candidate 1, which said to be much more stable and contain many bug fixes – as well as some notable new features as reported by Just Another iPhone blog:

• Completely rewritten installer app that adds support for nearly every package (Including Cydia)
• You are now able to remove items from installer
• Change logos without restoring.

And now lastly, I’ve save up the best for last. All of those above news and rumors are never be complete without a sneak preview of what might iPhone 2.0 will look like, so here’s a rendered model courtesy from webwise (deviantART). The picture is pretty much very impressive, where you can see there’s even a tiny-little hole in front of it that resemblance to the rumored front camera on the new iPhone 2.0 for making 3G video conference calls. Except for its slim build, which contradict with the leaked 3G iPhone case above…

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