This week Apple released the new version of their iPhone SDK. The latest iPhone SDK build 9M2158a, beta 3 which includes the iPhone Simulator now has the pre-release iPhone firmware 2.0 build 5A240d running on it. The latest firmware build has revealed couple of interesting new features which we will ultimately see in the iPhone firmware update to be released to iPhone owners in June.

The iPhone SDK Beta 3 has barely been out for a few hours and Zibri, maker of the ZiPhone iPhone tool, has found references to a future 3G chip inside the new firmware. The chipset is the SGOLD3, which follows up the current S-GOLD2 in today’s iPhone. Here’s what the S-GOLD3 has support for, not all of which will make it into the next-gen iPhone: HSDPA category 8 (7.2 Mbps), cameras of up to 5-megapixels, MPEG4/H.263 hardware acceleration and “video telephony, streaming, recording and playback.” Again, Apple might not enable all these features in the actual 3G iPhone, but at least we know that they’re theoretically possible. [ZiPhone]

Its time again for the weekly roundup, 30th Mar - 5th Apr 2008 on the iPhone news and rumors from last week from around the web that did not make it here at iPhone Hacks. As you will see most of the news and rumors revolved around the imminent launch of the new 3G iPhone.

You might had read many rumors about the launch of new 3G iPhone, lately almost every other day we have had folks from every corner of the blogosphere claiming that Apple will be launching the new 3G iPhone soon. The latest claims were based on the news that there was shortage of the iPhone across all US stores. Though I agree that the launch of the new iPhone is imminent, I have been resisting reporting these rumors as it appeared to be pure speculations but the latest announcement by T-Mobile Germany of slashing the price of the iPhone to €99

Here at Touchtip, we truly appreciate beauty, like the sexy design of the iPhone, or the female form. Playboy magazine, the procurer of lovely airbrushed women, has been delivering the goods to us for over 50 years, starting with print, then on the web. And now Hef, never content to be late to the party because he is the party, brings his bunnies to the iPhone and iPod touch. Gone are the two-creased centerfolds and in their place are digital images of Playboy girls for your pinching pleasure on your touch screen interface. Playboy’s new iPhone-optimized web experience contains some interactive features that’ll keep your sweaty fingers tapping well into the night. Read on to find out what Hef and company have in store for you, including a link to download some tasty wallpapers for your iPhone and iPod touch.