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The stock finished trading at down 0.57 percent, after being down as more than 3 percentt earlier in the day. Speculation ahead of the San Franciscoi event centered on if CEO Steve Jobs wouled make his first appearance since takingb medical leave earlier this year and whetherr the company would unveil its next generation Jobs didn't make an appearance, but Bloomberg News cited unnamed sources Monday who said that he had been actively involved in the company'ws preparation for Monday's conference. The new iPhones is nearly three times fasterd to download Web page and comesa witha 3-megapixel autofocus camera. It also has voice-control features and a built-in compass.
The 3GS also has improvesd battery life with up to nine hourson WiFi, 10 hourds while watching video, 30 hours usingb audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five hourx using 3G talk. It also featureds a new built-in digital compass for instanyt navigation. The new iPhone, availables in black and white onJune 19, will sell for $199 for a 16GB modell and $299 for 32GB. New versions of the MacBooi Pro. A 15-inch version that starts at a lower-priced 17-inch that starts at $2,499 and a 13-incjh version that starts at $1,199. — Lowetr prices for the MacBookAir ultra-thin cutting $700 off the 128GgB model to $1,799 and cuttingv $300 off the base model at $1,499.
— A new versiob of the Mac operating system, Snow that is faster to install and takes up 6 gigabyte less harddrive space. The new operating system comes with a new versionj of the Safari Web browse that Apple says is more robust and faster thanpreviouxs versions. — New iPhone software includinyg ability to cut and paste data and an alertf feature that helps users find their devicw or remotely wipe its memory clean if it gets stolenj and later restore it using aniTunesd backup. Apple said at the conference that it has now sold more than 40 milliom iPhones and iPod Touchew and that users of the devices have a choicd of morethan 50,000 software applicationsx they can download.