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AT&T and Apple announced the new plans, specially designed for the iPhone, which will be available in all AT&T’s stores on June 29, at 6.00 PM local time.

There are three new plans, for $60, $80 and $100 respectively. Each one includes unlimited data (email and web), unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes, 200 text messages and Visual Voicemail feature at no additional cost. You can additionally get text messaging plan to increase the number of free messages from 200.

View full iPhone service rates details here.

Apple announced that iPhone users will be able to enjoy YouTube content through a new Apple-designed application. The iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube's content over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone's 3.5 inch display.

To achieve higher video quality and longer battery life on mobile devices, YouTube has begun encoding their videos in the advanced H.264 format, and iPhone will be the first mobile device to use the H.264-encoded videos. Over 10,000 videos will be available on June 29, and YouTube will be adding more each week until their full catalog of videos is available in the H.264 format this fall.

The combination of H.264-encoded videos plus iPhone’s built-in Wi-Fi networking, stunning 3.5 inch display, and custom YouTube application with its multi-touch user interface results in the best YouTube experience on any mobile device.

We already know that the iPhone will be available on June 29th. But we got some even more interesting news. Boy Genius gives more details on how the launch will take place. The schedule is:

* On June 29th, the AT&T Stores will close at around 4:30 PM
* Then all iPhones will be delivered sometime between 4 PM - 6 PM.
* The AT&T Stores will re-open for the launch at around 6 PM.

And it seems the stores will stay open late, rumors telling until 12 AM, to make sure everyone gets his hands on the iPhone, or at least a good look at it. Along with the iPhone you can should be able to find Apple’s Bluetooth headset, car charger, wall charger and a carrying case.

Source [Boy Genius]

Get ready to mark your calendars, because after weeks and months of rumors regarding the official iPhone launch date, Apple has finally confirmed it: the iPhone will start shipping on Friday, June 29.

The confirmation came from the three new iPhone TV ads posted on the Apple website, which pretty much failed to show us anything new except for the date.

Both Apple and AT&T will be selling the 4GB iPhone model for $499 and the 8GB for $599 with a new 2-year contract.

After AT&T got the exclusive rights to sell the most expected phone in recent history, the Apple iPhone, for the next five years, Verizon is trying to come up with something to keep up with AT&T. In a recent interview with USA Today, Verizon COO Denny Strigl stated that the carrier will have a response to iPhone by late summer. So what's it going to be?

Well, most probably it will be the recently introduced LG Prada (or its geek name, the LG KE850). The sleek handset from LG is similar in look to the iPhone and it supports GSM network, Flash user interface, 2 megapixel camera featuring Schneider-Kreuznach lens, music and video player, Bluetooth 2.0, EDGE and microSD card slot.

The Apple iPhone features a 3.5 inch touchscreen and offers a wide range of innovative features when it comes to music, audiobooks, TV shows and movies. Moreover, it supports email, widgets, Wi-fi and EDGE services at top quality.

As for the price, the iPhone will cost around $500 while the LG Prada is expected to retail for around $600. Verizon is giving a lot of attention to this issue as AT&T will record a major tide of costumers after the launch of the iPhone, which will be next month, and they need to cope with that.

Is Verizon going to succeed? We would say no. Why? First of all, the iPhone will be out next month, in June, while Verizon Wireless will only start to sell their "counter phone" in the late summer, and second of all, we don't think the LG Prada, even if it's a superb phone, will have the ability to resist, after all the recent buzz around the iPhone. But hey, who are we to tell? We'll wait and see.