Apple may have started the current smartphone era, with the introduction of iPhone, but Google’s Android has taken a substantial lead in the market since then. Apple Insider reports the company might have a way of recapturing some of its lost ground, with the introduction of the first free iPhone later this year.

Traditionally, Apple has debuting the new iteration of its iPhone at its annual developers’ conference, but the company broke that tradition this year by instead introducing its iCloud service. Read full article…

A few weeks ago, I blogged that I was dying to get an iPhone 4, but was doing everything in my power to resist. Despite the new features I so desired, I concluded that I just didn’t need one. Shortly after that, once the phones were in stock, I called AT&T to see if I qualified for an upgrade. I learned that even as a current AT&T customer, it would still cost a whopping $199. Ouch. I wavered back and forth, and ultimately decided to wait — at least until I heard more from people as to whether it was actually worth it.

Boy am I glad I waited; it turns out that the iPhone 4 has major antenna reception issues.

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On Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a much-anticipated presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco: He announced the birth of the iPhone 4, which will become available to consumers June 24, according to CNET.

The original iPhone was released in 2007, but the new fourth generation puts that model to shame. It’ll be be 24 percent thinner, have a longer battery life and have a camera lens on the front to enable video conferencing. The 5 megapixel camera will also be able to shoot HD video, which can be edited directly on the phone. You’ll also be able to run more than one application at a time. According to Jobs at the conference, this version is the “biggest leap since the original iPhone.”

Why am I telling you this?

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