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iPhone 4G to be unveiled today: what we know

Steve Jobs to take to the stage at 6PM GMT

iPhone 4G to be unveiled today: what we know
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Today, the Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 kicks off in San Francisco, California. The annual Apple-held conference includes software design awards, workshops, and the ability for developers to get together and chat about all things Mac and iPhone.

But perhaps more importantly for those of us stuck at home, it also features Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and his merry band of executive cohorts, bounding up onto the stage to show off what the Cupertino creators have been toiling away on.

Held every year since 1995, Apple has used the opportunity to drop such announcements as the iPhone's release date, the App Store's reveal and the outing of the iPhone 3GS.

This year, however, all eyes are on the 3GS's successor. The iPhone 4G, HD, XL, Fourgy, A4 - whatever the hip new smartphone, with two cameras and a high res screen, will be named. iPhone OS 4.0 will be in attendance too, possibly even running on the iPad, and the usual array of Mac updates.

Here's our Pocket Gamer guide to everything we already know, with handy links to our past coverage of the events.

iPhone 4G

You must have been living under a rock for the past few months if you've missed the ongoing hullabaloo surrounding the iPhone 4G. In short, an Apple engineer left the prototype phone in a bar, and it ended up in the hands of gadget blog Gizmodo. Here's the full story, in gratuitous blow by blow action.

Engadget posts some snaps of the mysterious Apple device Gizmodo gets its greasy mitts on the device Find out how much Gizmodo paid for the phone, and how Apple demanded it back The Gizmodo editor's computers were then seized in a felony investigation The original iPhone finder was outed Wired. He regrets not making more effort to tell Apple Apparently the leak was "immensely damaging to Apple", and cost the company sales Steve Jobs at D8 Conference says he'd "rather quit" than let the whole thing "slide".

It's still in legal limbo, as last we heard. After all that, though, more prototype bits and pieces starting appearing all over the place.

One in Portugal...

...Another in Taiwan...

...One in Vietnam...

...Heck, even Sam Mendes is apparently shooting an advert about the video-chatting device.

The phone will apparently feature a new boxy design, a high resolution screen, a front facing camera and micro sim support. Here's what we know about the not-so-mysterious new gadget.

A round-up of pretty much everything we know

Will the screen resolution be 960x640?

And, if that wasn't enough iPhone leakage, how about this cool bonus content?

Opinion: What will the next iPhone be called?

Eight jokes about the Gizmodo / iPhone 4G saga Choose your own Gizmodo adventure iPhone OS 4.0

The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad's new operating system will be there, too. And what do you know, we've got a bunch of content on OS 4.0, too. Check it out:

The big deal: iPhone OS 4.0 to feature multitasking Everything else: OS 4.0's bank of new features Don't forget iAds: Here's a deeper look at them Oh, and achievement and leaderboard platform Game Center too And AT&T tethering, as shown in Beta 4 3G users and iPod touch 2G owners are out of luck, no multitasking for you iPad owners won't miss out though, they'll just have to wait until Autumn

Thank the stars: Rate on Delete ditched in OS 4.0

Pocket Gamer's throwing a party, too. Probably a bit late by now, but here's the link in case you didn't see it.

We'll of course have plenty of content on the events tonight. Live blogs, summary articles, opinion pieces, the works. See you then.

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Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer