It’s not all good news, though; rumor has it that the SDK – originally promised for February – has been further delayed, and that today will see a beta, not the full thing, released.  Plus, there are worrying rumors coming from trusted sources that Apple might be maintaining a whole lot more control over the iPhone’s software and hardware than expected: current thinking is that paid software will need to be validated by the company, and distributed through iTunes (with Apple taking a cut of the profits).  There are also doubts regarding how much access to things like the cellphone radio software will be allowed.  Jailbreak was meant to be a temporary stop-gap, but it’s starting to look as though it’ll be here to stay!

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Meanwhile, any images you upload from your desktop – or are sent by friends and family – are automatically synchronised with your iPhone and the new .Mac Web Studio.  You can browse the full gallery on the handset, as well as browse through other people’s galleries too.  As Steve says, it’s a “great iPhone experience”!

iMovie is also getting a big upgrade, with the ability to natively handle HD footage and quickly edit it then share it on the .Mac Web Studio.  Of course you can output it in DVD quality, direct to the website, but it’ll automatically recode it in an iPhone-friendly resolution when you visit the gallery with your cellphone.

More on iLife ’08 over at SlashGear  The iLife ’08 suite is available today for $79, and will ship with all new Macs.  The .Mac Web Gallery gives you 1GB of space, but if you’re more storage hungry you can upgrade to 10GB for $99.95/yr.

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Inside there’s an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU running at 2.8GHz and up to 4GB of RAM, together with up to 1TB of storage space, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0.  Upgrading memory is made easy with a one-screw access panel.

That Bluetooth will come into its own when you add Apple’s new wireless keyboard.  It also turns out the leaked pictures were the real deal – the new wired aluminium ’board is just 0.33-inches thick and has dedicated media transport controls.

On the rear, all the I/O ports are happily lined up, including USB 2.0, FireWire in 400 and 800 flavours and gigabit ethernet.  There’s also a slot-loading SuperDrive and built-in iSight webcam. 

In terms of price, the range starts with a 20-inch model at $1199, then another 20-inch at $1499, with the 24-incher coming in at $1799.

Interestingly, when questioned about the possibility of MultiTouch on future iMacs, Jobs was dismissive:

“[MultiTouch] makes sense for the iPhone, not sure it makes sense in the Mac.  Classifiy that as a research project”

Whether that means it’s a research project Apple are undertaking or merely a complete dismissal, I guess we’re yet to discover!

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You can see that quite a few people have shown up to see what mysterious product or products will be unveiled today.

Remember to head over to live.slashgear.com to get our up-to-the-minute updates on the show. Just remember not to refresh the page, it does it automatically. If you do a manual refresh it will actually slow your connection.