It’s just under two days until Steve Jobs is set to take the stage at WWDC in San Francisco with an announcement about the new iPhone, and the blogosphere is already on fire with (quite convincing) pictures of the new phone.
The screen shots suggest that the phone will feature video chat/conferencing over AT&T’s 3G network and/or WiFi via an iChat application.
The blurb on the iChat page reads:
Video just became a little more fun. Start a real time video chat with other AT&T subscribers via 3G networking, or with iChat buddies via WiFi. The video calling revolution has begun.
Other notable items include: a front-facing video camera, iChat for Windows, MobileME (the rumored renaming of Apple’s .Mac service), full Exchange support (already announced), Product (RED), and a thinner bezeled border. Also, the choice of colors lends some credence to my earlier posting about AT&T leaking information on an “iPhone Black” on their website last month.
The story was originally broken at CrunchGear (via images on Flickr), however Engadget has some information that suggests the leaked images are fake. Notably the lack of a on/off button on the Product (RED) version and the improper capitalization of Windows XP on the iChat page.
I, along with pretty much every commenter on the CrunchGear and Engadget posts, hope that these are indeed real pictures. We’ll all have to wait until Steve Jobs’ keynote on Monday to know for sure.
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