Steve Jobs unveils the $199 iPhone 3G - ZDNet UK
Steve Jobs unveiled the long-awaited iPhone 3G at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday, with prices starting at $199 (about 100) for the 8GB storage model. This is half the price of the original iPhone (which

Ive scores another design award for the iPhone

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Apple’s Senior VP of Industrial Design Jonthan Ive has won yet another design award, this time for the iPhone. The Mobile Data Association recognizes “those UK companies and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the uptake and success of mobile data over the last 12 months.” Ive won the MDA Personal Achievement Award for the physical “design of the Apple IPhone and its user interface” which “sets the bar very high for all present and future competitors and as such, is shaking the mobile phone industry.”

You’ve got to figure by this time Ive is using things like this as doorstops, but it is yet another (completely unsurprising and thoroughly deserved) testament to Apple’s design leadership.

[via Infinite Loop]

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iPhone App Runs iRobot’s Military Packbot

While many of us may ooh and ahh at the new iPhone apps reaching the consumer level, a pair from the University of South Florida has coded a native iPhone application that can operate iRobot’s Packbot with full streaming POV video. Syncing with the Packbot over Wi-Fi, the iPhone’s accelerometers allow panning and zooming while the touchscreen controls the Packbot’s movement. But don’t take our word for it. Check out the clip:

Apparently these students from South Florida aren’t the only ones working on iPhone Packbot controls, as the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Lab has been said to be doing similar research. If only there was so much fervor to give the iPhone a decent copy ‘n paste application. [via Engadget]

Build Your Own iPhone Anti-Interference Shield With a Can of Red Bull

One of the things that irritates me about iPhone ownership is how my computer speakers buzz whenever the phone gets too close. It wouldn’t be that big of a deal except for the fact that my desk is the most logical place to charge my phone. Fortunately, someone has come up with a simple MacGyver-esque solution to this problem using nothing more than a Red Bull can and some double stick tape. The creator warns that it could interfere with your reception, but it shouldn’t pose much of a problem. Besides, your desk is probably littered with empty soda cans as it is. Hit the link for the full set of instructions. [Project Page]

It’s already begun: iPhone 3G line starting in New York City
Although it’s not the first release and ample supply is expected, a queue has reportedly begun outside of Apple’s Fifth Avenue retail store to buy iPhone 3G a full week before its release. As of mid-afternoon on Friday, a ten-person line has been …