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Gizmodo reports, only hours ago, that a source ""very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch" has confirmed that the 3G iPhone will be announced during Steve Jobs' keynote speech June 9th at the WWDC. The text of the report follows:

We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year's end, as previously thought. The new model will also herald new sales policies in some countries..

In Spain, for example, the 3G iPhone will be available for sale at the June 18th grand opening of Telefonica's megastore—an Apple Store-like shop located in the company's historical building in Madrid's Gran Vía— with nationwide availability right the next day or after a few hours. The other European countries with iPhone availability will have similar launch schedules.

According to another source involved in the launch, the 3G iPhone will no longer be available at a fixed price point—at least in some countries, and its launch will also bring new sales policies, although these have not been completely specified yet.

The move is a logical step, since the iPhone has clearly solidified its position as the cellphone to beat during last twelve months, and companies in the cutthroat European cellphone market need to use it as an incentive to capture clients aggressively.

This most probably means the new 3G iPhone will be integrated in the usual marketing systems of carriers, with point-based trade-ups, discounts for carrier switchers, and other service-based subvention packages.

According to an insider tip reported by Engadget, the second generation 3G capable iPhone is already out in the pockets of approved (but heavily classified) testers. According to the Engadget report, the tipster, whom they state is a "trusted source" states the upcoming device has the following features:

• same size and shape as the current model
• 3G capabilities
• GPS!
• glossy black back covering (although this has since been questioned as merely a case)
• slightly thicker than current model
• a flush headphone jack instead of the current recessed one, which will work with all headphones (THANK YOU!)
• same non-removable battery
• same screen size and resolution

Honestly, if you think about it, simply the addition of the actual GPS makes this version a steal. A fully functioning GPS system the size of the iPhone ALONE would be a fantastic buy (try fitting a TomTom or a Garmin in your front pocket), but we can't forget -- it's also a phone, and an internet device, an iPod, a gaming device (after the software update).....

Our respected friends over at macrumors.com just posted screenshots from a webpage emailed to them by a reader, in which several yet to be released Apple products are shown, including a 32gb iPhone and iTunes 8 with a release date of June 10th (which, ironically, is smack dab in the middle of the WWDC -- the conference that iPhone 2.0 has recently speculated to be the announcement time and platform for the second generation iPhone). While macrumors correctly caveats that such a public display of Apple pre-release details is highly unlikely to be accurate, I concur with them that you cannot discount the fact that the website has an active @apple.com iTunes store account and password, with an $859 iTunes store credit no less (do you have an $850 store credit? I don't.....seems like an employee benefit to me....).

Our dear friends across the pond awoke this morning to discover that their first generation iPhones were suddenly 100 pounds cheaper (nearly $200). O2, the UK mobile division of Telefonica, and Carphone Warehouse, UK's largest independent mobile-phone retailer announced today that they would be implementing the price cuts immediately. And you know what that means....the 3G iPhone will be here soon.