Apparently, the scuttlebutt is that this year WWDC will be all about iOS and Mac OS X only. Further supporting this, Apple’s Phil Schiller said, “At this year’s conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS. If you are an iOS or Mac OS X software developer, this is the event that you do not want to miss.” No new hardware will make for a boring WWDC, if you ask me. AllThingsD thinks that the timing of the iPhone 5 unveil might be pushed a bit to this summer so that it lines up with AT&T’s LTE plans. 

AT&T is expected to start rolling out their next-gen LTE networks by the middle of the year. You never know though, Apple usually does a good job of keeping a lid on its plans for future products. 

With all of the leaked prototypes over the last couple of months, we weren’t expecting too many surprises today. The new phone is officially called, simply “iPhone 4″. And it sure looks like the pics we saw floating around the web.

The iPhone 4 has “over 100 new features,” the first of which is a new design with both a glass front and back, and stainless steel edging. The new iPhone 4 is just 9.3mm thick, making it 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS. Plus, the stainless metal band of the case actually functions as part of the antenna. Cool!

The most amazing feature of the phone is the astounding 960×640 resolution display, which offers a 326-pixel-per-inch density – “more than limit of the human retina,” according to Jobs. To put it in perspective, that’s 78% of the pixels you find on the iPad, crammed into a pocket-sized device.

Unlike previous models, the iPhone 4 will be powered by Apple’s own A4 processor, which should give the new phone a nice speed boost over the 3GS. And the A4 is so power-efficient that you’ll get up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi web surfing or video playback on the phone. They’ve also improved the motion-control hardware, adding a 3-axis gyro, so they can do 6-axis motion sensing.

The iPhone 4 has also been upgraded with a whole new camera system, including both a 5-megapixel digital camera on the back of the phone (which includes an LED flash) and a front-facing camera for video calls. The new video call feature is called “FaceTime,” and works between any two iPhone 4′s as long as they’re on Wi-Fi. They’re hoping to offer the service through phone carriers in future though.

The main camera can also capture 720p HD video at 30fps. And there’s even a version of iMovie coming to the iPhone (just $4.99), which will allow you to do serious video editing without ever leaving your phone.

As expected, the iPhone 4 ships with the iPhone OS 4 – renamed today to “iOS 4″. As everyone pretty much already knows, it’s the first true multitasking version of the iPhone OS. The new version has over 100 new features itself, most of which I won’t bore you with here. All I really want is folders for my million apps. You can read all about what’s in iOS4 here.

The new OS will also allow you to access the Apple iBook store, and share your books between your iPhone, iPad and iPod. You’ll even be able to bookmark your book on one device, and pick up where you left off on the other.

To recap, here’s a quick summary of the iPhone 4′s key specs:

• 960 x 640 (326ppi) high-resolution IPS display
  (4-times the pixel density of prior displays, 800:1 contrast ratio)
• Apple A4 chipset
• 5-megapixel camera with LED flash
• 720p HD video recording
• Front-facing camera with FaceTime calling
• Accelerometer, compass and new 3-axis gyro to detect pitch, roll and yaw
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi (802.11n)
• GPS navigation with compass
• 32GB max storage
• UMTS/GSM
• Quad-band HSDPA/HSUPA (7.2Mbps down/5.8Mbps up)
• iPhone 4.0 multitasking OS (iOS 4)
• iBookstore integration with PDF reader

The iPhone 4 will be available on June 24, 2010 in both white and black cases, and prices are the same as the 3GS – $199 for 16GB, and $299 for 32GB. All AT&T users got up to a 6-month acceleration on their upgrade eligibility today as well, so you can get yours early. The old 16GB 8GB 3GS will drop to $99, in case you’re looking for a deal. The June 24th date is for North America, Europe, UK and Japan. Much of the rest of the world will have to wait until September for theirs.

You should be able to order the iPhone 4 over at the Apple Store starting on June 15th. For full product details, head on over to Apple’s website, where product info should be posted shortly.

[photo credit: iLounge]

I would say this thing will fail miserably, but there are two points working in its favor. One is that the thing is said to recognize handwriting, which is cool and will let me sign digital files. The other is that it has the Apple logo on it, which is the most important feature of the device for many.

The trackpad reportedly connects via Bluetooth. We will have to wait a bit longer before Steve takes the stage to see if the rumor is true. All I know is that he had better whip out that iPhone we have all been hoping for because if a trackpad is as good as it gets today I won’t be happy.

[via Engadget]

9:50am (Pacific): The Apple Store is temporarily down for maintenance, so clearly something new will be released today…

10:03am: Steve Jobs has taken the stage.

10:05am: 50% of new Mac purchasers are new Mac adopters, and over 17 million visited Apple stores in last quarter. Shipped 1.33 million Macs this quarter. Over 3/4 of the shipped Macs were Intel-based.

10:10am: New PowerMac replacement the Mac Pro. These will contain Core 2 Duo “Woodcrest” processors. Each with 2 dual-core Xeon processors performing at up at up to 3GHz and 4MB L2 cache. Estimated to run 1.6 to 2.1x faster than a G5 quad machine. Real world increase should be around 2x faster than prior machines. Since the machines require less power, there is less cooling required, and more room for hard drives (up to 4 per box). These machines will feature the same case design as prior PowerMacs, but the interior is totally redesigned. Drives will “snap” into place, room for larger double width graphics cards. 4 PCI Express slots and up to 2TB of storage.

10:15am: $2499 Price for the Mac Pro with:

• Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors
• 4MB shared L2 cache per processor
• 1.33GHz dual independent frontside buses
• 1GB memory (667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
• NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory
• 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
• 16x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD
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