The new iPhone includes the new iOS 4 operating system with multitasking support, a 3.5″ Multi-Touch display at 960-by-640 pixels, support for UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Assisted GPS, a 5MP camera with 720p video recording capability, 16GB or 32GB flash drive, Apple’s A4 processor, and an all-new design.

iPhone 4 comes in either black or white and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model “for qualified buyers with a two year contract”.

It will be available in the US, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on June 24, with pre-orders beginning June 15. In the US, it will be sold in both Apple and AT&T’s retail and online stores, and Best Buy and Wal-Mart stores.

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“TARMAC connects with existing directory services on a company’s network and automatically creates personalized configuration profiles for iPhone and iPad users. With the TARMAC web interface, users with no technical knowledge can set up their work email, contacts and calendars as well as receiving personalized security settings based on their role in the company. To install a profile on their iPhone or iPad themselves, users simply log in to the TARMAC web interface and follow a few simple steps,” the press release says.

TARMAC uses existing Active Directory, Open Directory, Open LDAP or MySQL databases.

For more info on TARMAC you can visit equinux.com/tarmac.

Toktumi, a small business phone services provider, has announced that the VoIP-enabled version of its calling app Line2, Version 2.0, has been approved by Apple and is now available for download on iTunes.

The Line2, which adds a second number to the iPhone, is now “the first iPhone calling app that works over 3G, Wi-Fi, and cellular networks using the same number.”

Line2 can be downloaded for $0.99 and includes 30 days of free service. After that, service costs $14.95 per month for unlimited US/Canada calling and access to all features.

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The device is primarily designed for web surfing, multimedia, gaming, and e-book reading. For business use, it could be interesting that it also runs iWork for iPad, the “first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch.”

iWork for iPad consists of three applications: Pages for word processing, Keynote for slide-show presentations and Numbers for spreadsheet documents.

The three apps will be available separately through the App Store for $9.99 each.

The iPad also supports unmodified iPhone applications, including those for business.

Furthermore, an InformationWeek’s article suggests the iPad with the optional keyboard dock can be used as a replacement for a netbook or ultraportable laptop, while TechSuperpowers’ Michael Oh says iPad’s browser is suitable for work in web-based applications.

“This is a full-screen browser, which means software as a service [SAAS] or any Web-based app your business has instantly becomes the killer app for small businesses on this. It’s suddenly the easiest, lightest, cheapest option.”

However, the first iPad version doesn’t support multitasking, so users will be able to run only one app at a time. This could be a deal-breaker for many business users, as well as for consumers.

Apple’s iPad is scheduled for release in March with a starting price of $499.

Designed to be an energy efficient server for a small business or group, the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server features two 500GB 5,400rpm hard drives, a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. The Mac Mini server edition doesn’t include the slot loading SuperDrive DVD burner, which is present in the standard single-HDD Mini models.

Its operating system – OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard – supports various business-class server functionalities, such as client and networking management, web hosting, email services, file, calendar, and address book sharing, collaboration, and others.

The Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server starts at $999 at the Apple store.