So now that all the new sexy hardware and software has been announced, we can now focus on what was not announced for the new iPhone 3GS:

Same Case/Body – The biggest thing that wasn’t announced for me was a redesign of the case.  I was really hoping that Apple would have moved to a soft back like the Storm has.  While I have already added my own case to provide that, it would be nice if it was built in

No glowing Apple logo – I am so glad this rumor is not true!  I could not imagine having something as silly as a glowing logo on my phone, and lets not even get started on how that would affect the battery.

No screen improvements – I was really looking forward to some improvements to the screen as this could have helped with some of the battery issues, but maybe they are holding this back for the next version

No color selection - No big loss here thanks to skins and cases, but I am sure some people would have liked to have the iPhone in various colors

No Verizon deal – Looks like we will have to continue to wait to see if the iPhone eventually lands with Verizon.  Based on what I have read so far today, there are a lot of Apple fans who are just flat out pissed with AT&T right now, so it will be interesting to see what happens here

No camera flash, or front facing camera – I have a feeling this will stay on the wish list for a lot.  I think we would see a front facing camera before a flash, but no one really knows

Adobe Flash support – I think for this one we can blame Adobe, but again we will have to wait and see.  The nice thing about this feature is they can add this through a software update.

Wireless N – Another nice to have and I assume this will be in the next revision.

What feature do you really wish they would have announced?

So unless you have been living under a rock today, I am sure you heard by now that Apple announced the new iPhone models today.  The new device was announced at the WWDC (WorldWide Developer Conference), which is Apples big developer conference that they hold each year.  Apple just posted the keynote presentation where they announced the new hardware.

Here is a summary of what was announced for the new Speedier,  iPhone 3G S:

Fastest iPhone Ever! The new device should be faster all around.  Safari will be faster, the graphics processor will be faster, and the device should have more internal memory.  It was rumored that they were doubling the internal memory that is available to the applications, but since Apple doesn’t usually release the official technical specs, we will have to wait until the device is officially released and torn down to get the details

Video Support – We will now have video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio.  What is really going to be cool is to have the ability to also edit the video on the device before we share the video.  We will be able to share our videos with MobileMe, YouTube, MMS, or send it to someone through email.

Improved Camera – The iPhone will now come with a 3MP camera with auto focus.  The new autofocus will be a great improvement, but you can also control the focus by tapping on the glass to tell the device what object to focus on.  The standard sharing options that are available for video are also available for the camera.

Voice Control – A feature thats been missing for a while that is considered standard on most phones is voice control.  The iPhone will finally get this feature, but I think we found out why it took so long.  Its not your standard voice control where you can just dial a contact.  While the new iPhone will allow you to say the name of the contact you would like to call, the voice command can also be used to manage your music.  You can ask you phone what song is playing, but you can take it further and even tell the phone what album or artist to play.  To top it all off, the voice control supports over 20 languages!

Compass Support - now that the iPhone has this feature, we are finally able to get turn by turn applications onto the iPhone.  TomTom officially announced that they will be releasing an iPhone verison of their application and they will certainly take advantage of the new compass feature.

Other goodies such as Copy and Paste, MMS support, Internet tethering, Voice Memo, Search, and landscape mode everywhere was also announced.  While the items listed above in bold are hardware changes that will only be available in the iPhone 3G S, a lot of the other features will be made available through a software updated on June 17th with the new hardware coming June 19th.

For full details of everything and anything about the iphone, be sure to check out http://www.apple.com/iphone/