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The iPhone 4G seems to have been spotted in the wild, and as far as knock-offs go, this one looks quite authentic, with several parties finding the evidence credible and going so far as to say “it is incredibly likely” the new iPhone will look like the device in the pictures. The device seems remarkably similar to the phone in the images posted on February 20th by a Chinese Tweep, who claimed his photos were taken at a Chinese “testbed” for Apple

. Found in an iPhone 3G case in a San Jose watering hole, the device has been observed to have a front-facing camera, a higher-res back-facing camera with flash, an 80GB hard drive, a 960x640 resolution screen, MicroSIM support, a “radio transparent” ceramic enclosure, and a “decidely new OS” which apparently does not boot anymore. Some seem to think this is device is still on a testbed frame, and that the final-release device will not have such visible and “un-Apple-like" seams on the side. The new owner is looking to sell the device. Find some more pictures in the gallery below.

Images courtesy: Engadget and Weiphone
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A host of new features gleaned from the iPhone OS 4 SDK, including iChat, secondary camera

In the short span of time since the iPhone OS 4 SDK was released yesterday, several possible features that the iPhone 4 (which is also called the iPhone 4G or iPhone 4th Generation device) might have are now apparent:

1) iChatAgent
2) New MobileMe support
3) IMCore.framework and IMAVCore.framework

iChatAgent - a background process that is already used on the Mac OSX – shows certain APIs and lines of code that will possibly allow for:
i) Bundled Instant Messaging client - iChat
ii) Forward-facing video/web camera

MobileMe - an email/calendar/contacts synchronisation tool that is already available for the iPhone, iPad and Mac – reveals new lines of code that will possible allow for:
i) Note Syncing
ii) Instant messaging Syncing

IMCore.framework and IMAVCore.framework - two coding frameworks that hint at:
i) Forward-facing web camera and back-facing camera support
ii) Screen sharing

So, to summarise, the iPhone 4G device will probably have the following features: bundles Instant Messaging client – iChat, a forward and back-facing camera, note syncing, and screen sharing. The back-facing camera of the iPhone 4G device will purportedly be a 5MP camera with LED flash




Here are also some features that developers think will be available on the iPhone OS 4 and its fully-supported devices: note syncing, 5x digital zoom support, Tap to Focus Video, MMS message character count display, IPv6 support, automatic downscaling of heavy mail attachments, live Web search suggestions in Safari, and playlist creation without iTunes.