More iPhone 3G details: future Apple-made chips, varying visual voicemail, and new video features

There's still plenty of emerging details and news on the iPhone 3G kicking around, but here's what you need to know from the minor bits floating around over the past few days:

• Jobs also told NYT that Apple's acquisition of PA Semi was, in fact, intended to reduce Apple's reliance on third-party chip makers. Specifically, he said, "PA Semi is going to do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods." So, guess that's that.
• Per the feature showing up missing on a number of Apple's international iPhone 3G product pages, iLounge compiled a list of carriers which may or may not planning on implementing visual voicemail. Vodafone in Europe, for example, will not have it at launch, and will delay its rollout until later this year.
• A video of a new iPhone beta build running on live hardware shows videos now in portrait or landscape modes, and includes video playlists. We'll take it.
• Although DT's iPhone page reads differently, German paper Welt has it that T-Mobile Germany will be selling it for €1 -- so basically free, not unlike O2's iPhone 3G launch in the UK.

Update: T-Mobile just made the German pricing official.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

Read - Jobs mentions PA Semi plans
Read - Visual voicemail support varies from carrier to carrier
Read - Beta build with portrait-mode video
Read - DT releasing it for €1 (see also their iPhone page)

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 15th 2008 5:21PM]

Well done.
I said all of this last week when I got flamed.

[Charlie Calhoun @ Jun 16th 2008 12:24AM]

You know I looked over your comment record for well over the past week, and saw none of what I just read in any of your comments.

[Judd @ Jun 16th 2008 5:03PM]

Boo-frickin-hoo.

[robin @ Jun 15th 2008 5:24PM]

Thats for the old, sold out iPhone.

Original article (german): http://www.welt.de/webwelt/article2103029/Neues_iPhone_3G_kostet_in_Deutschland_1_Euro.html

Translated article: http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fwebwelt%2Farticle2103029%2FNeues_iPhone_3G_kostet_in_Deutschland_1_Euro.html&sl=de&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

[Coolone3000 @ Jun 15th 2008 5:25PM]

Just so everyone knows, in previous forum posts Das Boot was trying to buy people old iPhones so he is really just an idiot hypocrite!

[Nick @ Jun 15th 2008 5:25PM]

As much as I love Apple, the iPhone banner needs to go. :)

Thanks for the continuous coverage :)

[Mike10010100 @ Jun 16th 2008 9:46AM]

*poof* It's gone!

[Blunt @ Jun 15th 2008 5:29PM]

I am interested in reading the IMPORTANT information about the iphone. That being said, it is VERY difficult to do so when I have to sort through hordes of useless or redundant information.

[kalaakush @ Jun 15th 2008 5:30PM]

nah this article is for the new iPhone...the title says "the new iPhone 3G costs 1 euro in Germany"...

[Alex Padilla @ Jun 15th 2008 5:30PM]

Just a note: I saw "The Happening" this weekend and there's a scene that relies heavily on the iPhone to show a video MMS in widescreen view being sent to a lady. I doubt it's anything but usage of a cultural icon, but I thought I'd mention it.

PS -> God, what a horrible movie

[Blunt @ Jun 15th 2008 5:35PM]

It got 20% on rotten tomatoes. I think Shyamalan is way over-rated.

[phanbouy @ Jun 15th 2008 6:08PM]

agreed... I almost never looked back after Unbreakable but then I saw Lady in the Water from a recent Netflix rental... really ridiculously amateurish. Not even the laborings of the dude from Sideways could save it

[lanejasper69 @ Jun 16th 2008 12:05PM]

Hi stories always start out kinda cool and the blow it at tend or half way through, this one looks dumb on the ads I think, byt I like Mark Wahlberg (Especially in shooter) so thatnks for the tip...The Village, gimme a break, DUMB!!!!!! The "I see dead poeople one" good, i think M. Night did that one anyway.

My 2¢

Faslane

[Das Boot @ Jun 15th 2008 5:31PM]

yeah? well you're a pumpkin headed nini muggins mr. coolone. I am the proud owners of a blackberry curve. i was just going to buy it and sell it on ebay so an idiot like u can buy it. eat that, biatch. hypocrite? not really. I just think everyone thinks the iphone is the shiznizz which it could be if it werent exclusive for a sucky network.

[The Masked Millionaire @ Jun 15th 2008 5:34PM]

The i-phone rules. Steve Jobs will go down in history as the inventor of the greatest communication device of the early 21st century.

[Derek @ Jun 15th 2008 5:40PM]

Steve Jobs didn't invent the iPhone...

[Mark Anderson @ Jun 15th 2008 5:52PM]

Nah, that would be the Nokia 6310i.

[Mark Anderson @ Jun 15th 2008 5:53PM]

And by 6310i I do of course mean the 6320i.

Carry on.

[Tyler @ Jun 15th 2008 6:12PM]

*Derek*

Right here is says he IS the inventor.


http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/the-iphone-patent-steven-p-jobs-inventor/

[Nick @ Jun 15th 2008 6:18PM]

Derek he was one of the inventors lol.

[Paul @ Jun 15th 2008 11:46PM]

Didn't Steve Jobs invent the internet? :)

No... that was Al Gore... an Apple boardmember... LOL

[jcwestbrook @ Jun 15th 2008 5:35PM]

iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! And .... iPhone! And just for the record I used cut and paste to write this post ... lets see the iPhone do that ....

[deyanimay @ Jun 15th 2008 7:12PM]

Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers.

[Ryan @ Jun 15th 2008 5:35PM]

another one? what is this? apple.com? lay off it already! the piece of crap has 3g and nothing else new!

[John @ Jun 15th 2008 6:08PM]

a-gps...

[Steffen Jobbs @ Jun 15th 2008 10:56PM]

Nothing else new? Are you crazy? It's going to come with a white back. That alone will sell four million more iPhones this year. Son, that's innovation. Now every other company's smartphone is going to have a white back. All power to iPhone 3G. White back supremacy.

[grull27 @ Jun 15th 2008 5:38PM]

I can't wait! Less than a month away!!!!!!!

[Coolone3000 @ Jun 15th 2008 5:42PM]

From the way you talk you sound about 12, so i guess no matter how much i call you out on being an idiot you will just never get it. I can tell you are just back peddling now, cause in other post you said you liked the iPhone, but now you are saying it sucks because its tied to one carrier. Oh, and if you haven't already guessed i have an iPhone stupid, sheesh.

[zach rattner @ Jun 15th 2008 5:44PM]

Ooh! Apple post!

I miss Clak.

[k @ Jun 15th 2008 6:07PM]

Haven't you heard? Clack and iEye died XD

[zach rattner @ Jun 15th 2008 6:13PM]

Who determined their fate? Is Engadget a communist society?

[Abuzar @ Jun 15th 2008 8:44PM]

No, he just said he would go away forever if someone admitted that windows and bill gates sucks. So I said that and I haven't seen him after that.

Or engadget could just have banned him.

[luigi @ Jun 15th 2008 5:45PM]

Ryan Block really is very excited with the 3g iPhone. We all know its great, just keep your emotions for yourself, seems that Engadget is like an apple site. I hate this Apple iPhone excitement, just shut it off.

[Fragmit @ Jun 15th 2008 7:27PM]

..or you could just not read the post, even better dont read engadget, you whiney tool.

[Aaron Wanker @ Jun 15th 2008 7:30PM]

Yes, please keep your emotions to yourself Ryan! Luigi has enough of his own to deal with because...

"[life] suffocating me, grabbing a hold of me and tightening its grip, tighter than a pair of my little sisters jeans...which look great on me by the way."

[helloUser @ Jun 15th 2008 5:51PM]

So how about some news on the Sony Experia?

[fourthletter @ Jun 15th 2008 5:59PM]

How about some news about anything ? This is not iPhone news this is old crap spewed out again.

I love all the talk of PA Semi making new jesusphone chips, do any Apple lovers out there even know what PA Semi makes ? (Do you Ryan ?)
Power PC based low power server chips, mostly for the US Military.
So I'll certainly wait until their "cutting edge" mobile processors arrive to shout about them, by that time VIA, Intel, Nvidia and Samsung should be making some nice devices.

[nate @ Jun 15th 2008 6:07PM]

now that is a sweet looking phone. i cant wait to get my hands on it. of course, i know so little about it because no one will talk about anything but the iphone

[switchbitch @ Jun 15th 2008 7:15PM]

You mean the Sony Ericsson Xperia?

[boozie @ Jun 15th 2008 5:55PM]

The german article in short:
The price for the iPhone in Germany will depend on which of the 24-month contracts the buyer choses and will be between 1€ (89€/month complete XL) and 169€ (29€/month complete S).

[Mark Anderson @ Jun 15th 2008 5:55PM]

Can we consolidate the articles because the iHype is kind of wearing a bit thin these days?

[John @ Jun 15th 2008 6:07PM]

I think they consolidated 4 articles into one here...

[thatguy @ Jun 15th 2008 5:55PM]

I'm going to try and be the first person arrested on July 11 for trying to leave the store without activating my iPhone.

[hiko36 @ Jun 16th 2008 3:05AM]

Seriously though, what can they do??? "Sir...SIR... You cannot leave the store with that phone you just purchased!! SIR!!"

[THJ @ Jun 16th 2008 2:53PM]

I doubt they will charge your card until the contract is signed, so you'll likely be arrested for shoplifting.

If they were to let you purchase the phone, then try to get you to sign a contract, well, then they're not too bright.

[fh @ Jun 15th 2008 5:57PM]

An Apple a day...

[happy_penguin @ Jun 15th 2008 5:59PM]

The real goodies will come with the 2.0 software and all iPhone users will get that. It was already pretty damn awesome. I'll "suffer" with EDGE for a while longer. Maybe 2.5 or 3.0 will have enough to get me to upgrade. How about 32GB+ of storage? That would just about make it worth it to me.

[Liz @ Jun 15th 2008 6:01PM]

Speak for yourself. I love the iPhone. I believe the many articles about the iPhone is related to the many people interested in it...

[123 @ Jun 15th 2008 6:01PM]

Who gives a flying f*ck about visual voice mail or voice mail in common? I guess it's again US living in '98 with it's mobile phones.

[mrhahn @ Jun 15th 2008 8:56PM]

Um... people that miss calls?