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Here is a run down of all the iPhone rumors over the past few weeks. There are a couple rumors about a 4GB iPhone and having 4 models of the iPhone. I hope this becomes a reality. I thinks that the iPhone Market share would double in a less than a year if they did this. One other rumor is that the iPhone is going to have add Parental Controls for Apps. I hope they do this. It would allow Apple to lessen the restriction on the Apps that get submitted. I mean no more rejected apps because you can read the Kama Sutra. Now to the list of rumors.

Hardware and software Rumors Roundup

• iPhone 3.0 OS Release Date: Friday June 12^th – Some site say Monday June 8^th but I think it’s Friday June 12^th.
• iPhone Release Date: July 17^th 2009
• Name: iPhone Video
• 4 Models – 4GB to 32GB
• $99 to $299 price-points

4GB iPhone

• Price: $99
• Not sold in Apple Stores
• 2.0 MP camera
• Video Calling (iChat)
• No GPS or Wi-Fi – I don’t believe that it won’t have Wi-Fi. If it doesn’t have Wi-Fi it isn’t an iPhone.
• Front Facing Camera

8GB, 16GB & 32GB iPhone Hardware Rumors

• 600MHz CPU Speed (up from 400MHz)
• OLED screen
• 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus
• Digital Compass (magnetometer)
• 256MB RAM (up from 128MB)
• New 3G chipset – Enhanced 3G and China network support
• New 802.11n Wi-Fi support
• 1.5X More Battery Life
• Built-in FM Transmitter 
• Nike+ Support and built in App
• Front Facing Camera

Cosmetic Rumors

• Apple logo on the back to light up – I hope this doesn’t happen or I hope you can turn it off
• Speaker relocated – raised up higher
• Rubber-tread backing – Discontinuation of the metal band surrounding the edge of the device
• Sleeker Design
• More Colors - Not sure this is going to happen, I think Apple is stick to the Black and White iPhones
  

Software Rumors

• Video recording & editing capabilities
• Post Videos to YouTube and MobileMe
• HD Video support
• Geo-Location photos in Maps app
• Direct Movie downloads on the iPhone
• Limited background support for Third-Party Apps
• Percentage Battery indicator

Known Software Improvements

• MMS – send Voice recordings, Videos, Images and Music
• Subscription bases apps
• In app purchases
• Peer to peer Conductivity
• Better Accessories Support
• Push Notification
• Cut, Copy and Paste
• Send Multiple Photos in an email
• Landscape keyboard in all iPhone key applications
• Forward and Delete single or multiple SMS messages
• Voice Memos Recording
• Shared Calendars
• Stocks App Improvements
• Search in all iPhone key applications
• Spotlight Search App
• Notes Sync
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Improved Features for Safari
• More Parental Controls
• Turn by Turn Directions
• Over 100 new features in total!!!

WWDC is only 1 day away and there are all kinds of rumors flying around about the next iPhone. There are so many rumors that The Green Room has made a nice little graphic of most of the rumors for the next iPhone. They even give the odds of likeness for each rumored feature is coming.

TRG iPhone Rumor Round Up Graphic

Oh by the way one rumor is that it will be called the “iPhone Video”.

Here is a quick list of websites and twitter accounts that you can follow to get updates from WWDC tomorrow. If your not listed or see that I missed some leave a comment or send me a tweet on twitter.

Websites

• Macworld
• Yahoo
• TechCrunch.com
• Engadget.com
• Gizmodo
• MacRumorsLive.com
• The Green Room
• AppAdvice
• KeyNoteTweets.com

Twitter

• MacRumors
• TUAW_WWDC
• TGRBlog

I’ve been following a couple of different guys on there journey to write an iPhone app. CollegeKidApp.com and SycloneFX.com are on a journey to write their first iPhone app. 

CollegeKidApp.com is a team of three college kids from Valparaiso University who are looking to make an iPhone application to see on the iTunes App Store this summer. 

SycloneFX.com is in the early stages of his journey. He has had very little coding experience. At the current time he is learning C programming and is working his way up to Objective-C and Coca. 

I’ll keep you posted on their progress.

OSNews posted a good article on how to build your own Hackintosh. They provide a complete list of hardware and a step by step how to on getting it up and running.

The most well-known way of setting up a Hackintosh is to download a hacked Mac OS X Leopard image, burn it to a disk, and go from there. This method, while easy, has several disadvantages. First of all, if you’re in the United States, or another country with DMCA-like laws, this hacking can actually be against the law, and as such, it might not be a wise thing to do. Secondly, using such hacked Mac OS X images means that updates from Apple, such as the latest Leopard 10.5.7 update, will definitely ruin your system.

Check out the guide and build your own Hackintosh.