Your iPhone may be the worlds most effective all in one tool. Now thanks to the folks over at Shazam you’ll never again wonder, who did that song? As long as Shazam’s free iPhone application can record a sample of the song via radio or television (no singing), it can detect the song title and artists name. We did a little testing on our own and the app works great. We did test a few super obscure songs it couldn’t recognize,  so nobody’s perfect.

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Apple released the the iPhone. To mark the anniversary and to keep upping the bar, Apple has announced the iPhone 3G. Started at $599 for an 8GB iPhone and is now $399. The iPhone 3G 8GB will go for $199. A 16GB version is available for $299 and this model only is available in white (sweet). Available for purchase July 11th .

Most significant is the increased off wi-fi network internet speeds. 3G browsing is 2.8X faster than on the Edge network. The battery life is impressive (300 hours of standby, 10 hours 2G talk-time, 5 hours of 3G talk-time, 5 to 6 hours of high-speed browsing, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio). –Via Mac Rumors Live

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After nearly a year since the original debuted, Apple is rumored to soon be releasing its new version of the iPhone. As with most of it’s products, Apple is keeping those details tightly under wraps, but many are pointing to somewhere between June 9th -19th. No word yet on whether its appearance will be the same but it will support 3G. Other rumors include built-in GPS, more memory (potentially up to 32GB), and support for stereo Bluetooth headsets. Those in the know are saying that the 3G iPhone will probably come in either an 8GB model for $399 and a 16GB one for $499. Perhaps even a third 32GB model for $599. A small rumor according to Fortune, was that AT&T might shave off $200, which could make the 8GB model as cheap as $199.

For those of you who just bought an iPhone can still enjoy the new firmware version 2.0 which includes the new application store (chock-full of applications by third party developers), support for Microsoft Exchange servers and a variety of security features.

Apple just announced a refresh to their iMac line. The refresh is thinner, more powerful (the intel chips provide a notable increase in performance), and larger. The only regret about the iMac design is the lack of environmental and economical foresight in fusing a display to a computer. People need to upgrade displays far less frequently than they do the rest of their computer. Building a display into the computer forces a user to replace what might be a perfectly good display when they upgrade. It’s a wonderful computer though. The 20 and 24-inch widescreen models starting at $199 and $1799 respectively. If you have had a chance to use the new keyboard, let us know what you think.

Steve Jobs finally gave a sneak peak at the iPhone at Mac World Expo today. History seems to be repeating itself as Apple reinvents the hand held wireless device in much the same way it did personal computing by leveraging it’s Graphic User Interface. In fact the name iPhone is almost misleading because the phone is the least exciting thing about it.

The most dramatic change is that the user interface on the iPhone is touch screen operated, allowing Apple to design custom interfaces that can change fluidly with each application. You can synch iTunes of course, as well as Apple Mail, iCal, iPhoto, The iPhone also includes all the features standard in the latest iPods (music and video downloads, games) but has a bigger screen. It also has a 2 megapixel camera. If you’re one of those people that has a cell phone, and iPod, and a PDA, the iPhone combines the functionality of all of these into a package which is supposedly slightly larger yet slimmer than a video iPod.

Unfortunately you’ll have to wait. The iPhone is not scheduled to be released until June and it’s only going to work with Cingular. For more detailed info about the release check out our friends at Engadget.