Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote did not disappoint, at least not for those looking for a new iPhone model. The iPhone 4 will be released on June 24 and will include a front-facing camera for video calls, an Apple A4 processor like the iPad, a high resolution screen, and a new thinner design. Pricing for the new phone will be essentially the same as the iPhone 3GS.
The new phone will also use a new version of the iPhone OS, now officially called iOS. It features multitasking, folders to help organize apps, and improvements to the Mail app. It will also be available for the iPhone 3GS, and a lesser version for the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.
While the keynote did not mention anything new for the Mac, later in the day Apple released a whole new version of Safari for both Mac and Windows. The new version can be downloaded by using Software Update. In includes address bar enhancements, more HTML5 tag support, performance enhancements, and Bing as a search option alongside Google and Yahoo. A new feature, called Safari Reader, will extract article text from a page and display it without surrounding content.
You can find out more about both iPhone 4 and Safari 5 in videos posted earlier this week.
Apple also announced changes to the iBooks app, which will soon be available on the iPhone as well as the iPad. Users will be able to purchase books once, and have them appear on all devices using iBooks. The new app, due later this month, will also support PDF files.
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