The Good News:
• Push Email, Instant Messaging, and a host of other 3rd Party Apps are finally headed to the iPhone. The announcement came yesterday during a special press conference in which Steve Jobs and company (i.e. Sega, Electronic Arts, AOL, etc) previewed the capabilities of the new 2.0 Software Beta Update. It’s gonna to turn the iPhone into a real monster. Finally Blackberry’s will have a true rival on the scene.

The Bad News:
• It won’t be available to the public until late June.
Damn, damn, damn (c) Florida Evans.

In the past, iPhone updates have dropped to the public immediately after they’ve been announced in press conferences. So this late June release date definitely caught me off guard. If you don’t want to spoil the surprise, then I advise you to not watch this. Seriously. My only guess, is that aside from working out all the kinks, and assuring that developers have had enough time to create a gang of solid apps, they’ve also chosen a June launch date to coincide with the release of the 3G iPhone. Just watch! So if you were planning on buying an iPhone, you might want to hold off for a just a little bit. We may also see some price cuts in June as well. Let’s wait and see.