New iPhone Rumors Continue, Walmart To Create Apple Section

With Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference coming up in a few weeks, rumors seem to be centered around new iPhone hardware. The WWDC should include lots of information about the iPhone OS 3.0 release, as promised by Apple in June, and also Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, which is known to be in advanced stages. So the rumor mill has to pick juicer speculation, and a new iPhone seems to be the target. Rumors range from simply having slightly better specs to including things like a video-capable camera, compass and a faster processor.
The release of the iPhone OS 3.0 should bring a whole new set of third-party apps that take advantage of new OS features like the ability for apps to use push notification and communicate with external devices. There are also rumors that the iPod Touch may be getting an upgrade and will finally get a camera to match the iPhone.
What could be a more important story to Apple’s bottom line is that Walmart is planning to create Apple sections in its stores. This will be part of an effort by Walmart to expand its electronics section to fill the gap now that Circuit City is gone. It will make it easier for people far away from Apple stores to get iPhones and iPods, and they may eventually sells Macs there as well.