AT&T today confirmed that the iPhone 3G will go on sale at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, July 11th. AT&T has also outlined pricing and upgrade eligibility.

iPhone 3G will be available for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. These prices require two-year contracts and are available to the following customers:

• iPhone customers who purchased before July 11
• Customers activating a new line with AT&T
• Current AT&T customers who are eligible, at the time of purchase, for an upgrade discount

Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement. In the future, AT&T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB).

Current customers may also choose to wait until they become eligible for an upgrade discount. Eligibility is generally determined by amount of time remaining on a current contract and payment history.

Current AT&T customers who are upgrading to iPhone 3G will pay an $18 upgrade fee and new AT&T customers will pay the standard $36 activation fee.

Voice, Data and Text Messaging Plans

AT&T brings iPhone 3G customers the best coverage on the globe and the largest mobile-to-mobile calling community with unlimited calling to AT&T

A New Version of the iPhone SDK is Now Available. Seventh beta version just posted.

So quoth developer.apple.com/iphone, continuing their breakneck, nigh-unprecedented release pace for the iPhone Software Developer Kit (SDK) and iPhone 2.0 beta firmware.

As always, enterprising developers will likely comb through every string and bit in the new release, looking for new features, and hoping strike gold as they have in the past. I

So, what’s with the new iPhone 3G?

Well, it’s pretty much the same iPhone as before — except now it’s down to $200, and has way faster 3G data, A-GPS (which is even better than regular GPS), as well as a flush headphone jack (which is great for anyone who doesn’t want to use Apple’s bundled headphones). Oh, and it’s also a little thinner around the edges, and a little thicker at the center. If you want to know what it was like to try out, check out our iPhone 3G hands-on.

How’d they get the price so low? The iPhone used to be crazy expensive.

Actually, depending on how you do the math it’s not actually cheaper. Now, in some countries the iPhone is free when you sign up for service, and in the US you’ll pay $200 for the 8GB model — half what it was a month ago — so you’re definitely paying less up front. But the data plans cost more now, so you might wind up spending more money over the long run.

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This is great interview with Brad Mays, AT&T PR made by editor of iphonebuzz.com Chase Higgins

Will you allow the iPhone 3G to be used on your pre paid service? No, each new iPhone requires a new, two-year contract. There will be no pre-paid or month-to-moth options.

Basically now there is no doubt, that the iPhone will not be able to be used on pre paid plans. This is unfortunate, as all the pre pay plans can do is give Apple more sales. It does not fit with Apple

The recently released iPhone SDK Beta 3 continues to give up juicy hints as to Apple

The first one was good, but take a look at this! The new version of iLiberty+ (OS X), version 1.5, has been updated with to include many new features and payloads, from assorted app packs, to a brand new, built in help file. Also, v1.5 comes with a new addition to the menu bar,

Caterpillar is an unique package of little tools for your iPhone that can be installed separately from each other. Each module provides its own set of features aimed to make your use of iPhone more productive and fun. Customization, business tools, quick contacts search, system font replacement and many more

iPlus just got better with the latest release from ipluspwns.com. iPlus is quickly becoming the definitive tool for unlocking, jailbreak and activation of the iPhone. If you aren’t already familiar with iPlus you need to check it out. Why choose iPlus? iPlus uses BL 3.9FakeBlank for bootloader downgrading. This means that the process is fully reversible (unlike some other tools), giving you the peace of mind that you can go back to where you started if you feel the need!

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Features of iPlus 2.0b include:

• 1-Unlock and, if required, automatically downgrade the bootloader from 4.6 to 3.9FakeBlank
• 2-Jailbreak
• 3-Activate
• 4-Install AFC2
• 5-Add the following packages:
• Installer
• Community Sources
• BSD subsystem
• OpenSSH
• VT-100

And even more:

• BSD Fix (backspace)
• VT100 Fix (can’t login)
• Summerboard themes directory fix (installation issues)
• Relocates Fonts and Ringtones (Allows for more than 120MB free for Apps!)
• Customizable payloads!

This great release has many bug fixes including:

• Unlock/downgrade strategy rework: Now safer than ever!
• New Interface on the iPhone (using iPipe from MCA)
• Fix for the “Repair Needed” problem reported by some users
• iPlus will always reboot twice (and not 2 or 3 times)
• Pass 2 visual feedback. Now users know what is going on
• PC/Mac program will not end until everything is really done
• Support for PPC
• Better error handling
• Empty payloads – just jailbreak
• No need to install libreadline on MacOS X

Scared of a non GUI program? Don’t be we’ll have guides up very soon to show you how easy it is to mod your iPhone. For those of you that are still hesitant by a non GUI program don’t worry! The next release of iPlus will include both a GUI and iTouch support.

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