Apple iPhone delivers 8 hours talk time : Apple announced that iPhone will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when Apple iPhone was unveiled in January. Apple iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. (All Battery claims are dependent upon network configuration and other factors). In addition, Apple iPhone will feature up to 250 hours - more than 10 days - of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its 3.5” display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

AT&T and Apple announced three simple, affordable service plans for Apple iPhone which start at just $59.99 per month. All three plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. With everything else already included, iPhone customers can easily choose the plan that’s right for them based on the amount of voice minutes they plan to use each month. In addition, Apple iPhone customers can choose from any of AT&T’s standard service plans. “AT&T has the largest voice and data network in America, the largest mobile-to-mobile calling community and the fewest dropped calls,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T.

In 2005 Justin Dyster and Shane Lewis saw a need for a rugged handheld computer that was a little more advanced than anything else currently available on the market. The two engineers left the major defense and aerospace systems contractor they worked for, moved from Tucson to Chandler, Arizona, and began their quest to design and build the world’s first rugged ultra mobile PC. They turned to Avnet Electronics Marketing for help getting off the ground. Now their company, Black Diamond Advanced Technology, is set to bring the SwitchBack Ultra Mobile PC to market. The first SwitchBack is expected to roll off the assembly line between late August and early September.

iDictate announced that it will offer phone dictation service to purchasers of the iPhone. iDictate utilizes a blend of Internet technology and human interaction that has dramatically changed the way business, legal and medical professionals obtain transcribed documents on a global scale. “The Apple iPhone has the potential to raise the level of technology that each of us carries every day,” said Kevin Almeroth, associate director of UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Information Technology and Society. According to company founder Lee Dorfman, "The iDictate service turns the Apple iPhone into an awesome go-anywhere dictation device with the finished documents promptly emailed back to the user for final editing."

iSkin, a leading provider of protectors and accessories for the iPod and other cutting edge consumer electronics, announced the release of the revo, the company's long-anticipated protective skin for the Apple iPhone. Designed as a complete protective solution, the revo includes a premium silicone protector, a touch-compatible privacy film and a ViSOR, an ultra-clear polycarbonate scratch resistant screen guard for the large Apple iPhone screen. The iSkin revo features a premium silicone material with an embedded anti-microbial agent (Microban) that protects the product by inhibiting the growth of microbes. Research studies have shown that the average mobile phone may contain substantial amounts of bacteria.

Fring announced that it has further expanded its mVoIP (mobile VoIP) community by adding all Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 series devices to its list of compatible handsets. Now fringsters can choose to communicate for free between fring, Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, hundreds of SIP providers and twitter on about 300 Windows Mobile phones and pocket PCs in addition to 20+ Nokia devices over any 3G, GPRS or Wi-Fi Internet connection.

New research from mobile phone-back up service provider ZYB, reveals that Britons are suffering from phone number amnesia with almost three quarters of the population (69 per cent) unable to remember even five numbers stored on their mobile phone. Mobile phones are involved in 40 per cent of robberies within the UK with a handset being stolen every 12 seconds (the equivalent of more than 2.5 million per year), however six in ten (59 per cent) do not have their mobile phone numbers backed-up in any way, whether that means writing them down, saving them to a computer or storing them online.

iPhone support Web 2.0 applications : Apple announced that its revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29, 2007. Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone’s services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security. “Developers and users alike are going to be very surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced it has unleashed the mobile game and personalization content based on the much-anticipated July 4, 2007 movie release of the live-action Transformers film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, Inc. The launch is the first release from the licensing agreement between Glu and HPG, Hasbro’s licensing division, to bring the Transformers brand and characters upon the fast-growing mobile gaming market.

Bango published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services. By working as a “global exchange” for the mobile web, Bango is able to provide a unique insight into where users are coming from world-wide and what handsets they are using. The top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango* in April 2007 were the UK at 27%, the US at 21%, South Africa at 11%, India at 9% and Indonesia at 3%. In total, Bango detects mobile web users from over 190 countries.