New iPhone

Apple is holding a special event sometime ahead in a week time about new iPhone features. In the past two weeks Apple has introduced new Mac hardware and a new iPod shuffle, for which the company simply issued a press release. The fact that Apple is hosting an event for the iPhone OS 3.0 shows that it will likely involve meaningful changes to the iPhone feature set. One can easily say that news could pave the way for an entirely new version of the phone later this year. In any case, whatever next week's news happens to be, it will mark just the latest significant change to the iPhone since it was first announced more than two years ago. If the company does not change the iPhone's hardware, it will be the first time that a full new version of the handset's software has been released on its own. Last year the company did unveil its software developer's kit - which enabled people to create applications for the handset - but that was tied to the release of the iPhone 3G.