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Wow, what a day for Apple, their products and the iPhone! Today, at the Worldwide Developers Conference hosted by Apple in San Fransisco, we saw a new iPhone’s release, new 3.0 iPod Touch and iPhone OS update as well as other product announcements from Apple on topics like their new and improved MacBooks. But, in all of their new announcements, Steve Jobs was still not there

Let’s start with the iPhone. Apple first introduced the iPhone in June of 2007 and since then, it’s been a complete hit and has almost dominated the smartphone and gadget-lover market. Apple demonstrated this today in their release of a new iPhone, the 3GS, and the release of their new 3.0 operating system for it today. In brief, Apple announced the new and much awaited 3.0 OS, which introduced features including MMS support (which AT&T’s network currently does not support for the phone), copy & paste, the ability for the iPhone to support various attachable devices, a new lost-phone find-me feature, a voice memo and landscape keyboard app, faster performance as well as streaming audio and video. The software upgrade will be free for iPhone users and $9.95 for iPod Touch users.

The new iPhone 3GS was also released, which added voice command, more RAM and internal improvements to the phone, an improved camera and a compass. Another shocker was the price- $199 for the new 3GS and only $99 for the iPhone 3G itself. Wow!

Apple also had a major release of their new, but anticipated Snow Leopard operating system update, which introduced Microsoft Exhange Server support, many internal performance upgrades and tweaks (including powerful 64-bit OS support), Quicktime 10, and Safari 4, which Apple claims is the fastest browser-all for the stunning upgrade price of $29- a big “take that Microsoft!” from Apple.

Apple also announced a $700 price drop on the Macbook Air, as well a new specs and integrated SD card slots for the 13 and 15 inch Macbook Pros.

What do you think about today’s developments? Want a new iPhone 3GS?