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The stock finished trading at $143.85, down 0.57 after being down as more than 3 percen earlier inthe day. Speculation aheads of the San Francisco event centered on if CEO Stevr Jobs would make his first appearanc e since taking medical leave earlier this year and whethefr the company would unveil its nextgeneratiom iPhone. Jobs didn't make an appearance, but Bloomberg News cite d unnamed sources Monday who said that he had been actively involvedf inthe company's preparation for Monday'as conference. The new iPhone is nearly threde times faster to download Web page and comews witha 3-megapixel autofocud camera. It also has voice-control featureas and a built-in compass.
The 3GS also has improved battert life with up to nine hours on 10 hours whilewatching video, 30 hourd using audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five hours usinf 3G talk. It also features a new built-in digital compass for instany navigation. The new iPhone, available in blacj and white onJune 19, will sell for $199 for a 16GB modeo and $299 for 32GB. — New versions of the MacBookl Pro. A 15-inch version that starts at a lower-priced 17-inch that starte at $2,499 and a 13-inch version that startsa at $1,199. — Lowe r prices for the MacBook Air ultra-thin line, cutting $700 off the 128GB mode to $1,799 and cutting $300 off the base model at $1,499.
— A new version of the Mac operating Snow Leopard, that is faster to install and takes up 6 gigabytes less hard drivr space. The new operating system comed with a new version of the Safari Web browser that Applwe says is more robust and faster thanpreviousx versions. — New iPhone software including abilit to cut and paste data and an alert feature that helps users find their devicew or remotely wipe its memory cleanj if it gets stolen and lated restore it using aniTunesd backup.
Apple said at the conference that it has now sold more than 40 milliomn iPhones and iPod Touches and that users of the devicesx have a choice of morethan 50,00p software applications they can