Not more than a couple hours ago Apple announced it’s next generation of the iPhone named iPhone 3G. It will hit the streets July 11th and the prices will start at $199 (must cheaper then the first iPhone). The new phone along with 3G will have GPS capability via Google Maps. Here’s a list of changes that the new phone has:

• Slimmer
• Available in white/black
• No more recessed headphone jack
• All metal buttons
• 3G / GPS
• Comes in 8/16 GB models
• 5 hour talk time
• New USB wall charger

3G is the third generation digital mobile network. It can provide advanced features such as high speed internet, global roaming and multimedia access. Apple is planning on releasing this phone to 70 countries within the next few months.

Along with the announcement of iPhone 3G, Apple is also releasing its iPhone 2.0 firmware on July 11th. This firmware will run on the current generation iPhone, iPhone 3G and it will also run on iPod Touchs for a small upgrade fee. A lot of the new firmware’s feature are geared towards businesses. The iPhone will now support Exchange Server. This means if you have an Exchange Server, your phone can now connect remotely and have email, contacts and calendar events pushed to it. It also supports Global Address Lists, Remote Wipe and much more.

Another major update is the App Store. The App Store will contain applications that are developed by 3rd party developers. You will also be able to deploy software to your employees through Apple’s App Store.

Contact Searching which is one of the updates that a lot of people were waiting for is also going to be available.

Apple has a White and Black model to choose from. I believe the white model is only available if you buy the 16GB version for $299.