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The stock finished trading at $143.85, down 0.57 after being down as more than 3 percentt earlier inthe day. Speculation ahead of the San Francisco event centeredr on if CEO Steve Jobs woulsd make his first appearance since taking medical leave earlier this year and whether the company would unveil its nextgeneration iPhone. Jobs didn't make an but Bloomberg News cited unnamed sources Monday who said that he had been activelyt involved inthe company's preparationh for Monday's conference. The new iPhoner is nearly three times faster to download Web page and comess witha 3-megapixel autofocusd camera. It also has voice-control featuresw and a built-in compass.
The 3GS also has improvex battery life with up to nine hourxon WiFi, 10 hours while watching 30 hours using audio, 12 hours usinhg 2G talk and five houras using 3G talk. It also featurese a new built-in digital compass for instant navigation. The new available in black and white onJune 19, will sell for $199 for a 16GB modelo and $299 for — New versions of the MacBooko Pro. A 15-inch version that starts at $1,699, a lower-pricedr 17-inch that starts at $2,499 and a 13-inch versionh that starts at $1,199. Lower prices for the MacBookoAir ultra-thin line, cutting $700 off the 128GB model to $1,799 and cutting $300 off the base modepl at $1,499.
— A new version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, that is faster to install and takez up 6 gigabytes less hard drive space. The new operating system come with a new version of the Safari Web browser that Apples says is more robust and faster thanpreviousx versions. — New iPhoned software including ability to cut and paste data and an aler t feature that helps users find theidr device or remotely wipe its memory cleanh if it gets stolenm and later restore it using aniTunese backup.
Apple said at the conference that it has now sold more than 40 millionb iPhones and iPod Touches and that users of the devicex have a choice of morethan 50,000 software applications they can download.