Telco Greed Overshadows iPhone 3G Launch

08-07-2008
Yesterday we reported on the outlandish iphone 3G pricing plans of Vodafone New Zealand, which is charging up to $250 per month for data plans and $1129 local currency for the 16 GB phone by itself - a far cry from the $199 Steve Jobs was promoting last month. But Vodafone NZ is not the only telecoms carrier to be rubbing its hands together ...

Global rollout of 3G iPhone kicks off to crowds cheering debut of Apple's hit cell phone

07-12-2008
The global rollout of Apple Inc.'s revamped iPhone kicked off Friday in Asia with countdown celebrations and quick sell...

Global rollout of 3G iPhone kicks off to crowds cheering debut of Apple's hit cell phone

07-11-2008
The global rollout of Apple Inc.'s revamped iPhone kicked off Friday in Asia with countdown celebrations and quick sellouts as crowds of gadget fans streamed into stores after long waits.
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iPhone Debuts to Lines, Hype, Fanfare in Gadget-loving Japan

07-10-2008
TOKYO -- Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the debut for the hit cell phone in Japan will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen. Japanese carrier Softbank Corp., which won the right to sell the iPhone here ...
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Rogers roadmap reveals BlackBerry Bold, Kickstart

07-07-2008
Rogers will quickly follow up its iPhone 3G launch with multiple BlackBerry models, according to a leaked roadmap. The outline reconfirms reports that the BlackBerry Bold launches July 25th as the Canadian carrier's first 3G BlackBerry but also adds that the BlackBerry Kickstart flip phone will be ready by the second half of September as a lower-c...

Samsung Instinct to reach Canada, rival iPhone

07-04-2008
Bell Canada today said it would be the first carrier outside of Sprint to carry the Samsung Instinct. The touchscreen cellphone will keep the same custom interface designed by the US carrier and will be Bell Canada's most direct answer to the iPhone 3G's appearance on Rogers with similar features. Bell's version of the phone should have the same ....

iPhone said to have 15% US share in 2009

07-03-2008
iPhones have the potential to take almost a sixth of the entire US cellphone subscription market by the end of next year, according to a new report by Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi. He estimates that the up-front price cut on the phone and its new features will potentially give Apple as much as 15 percent of all US postpaid (traditional subscr...

iPhone said to have 15% US share in 2009

07-02-2008
iPhones have the potential to take almost a sixth of the entire US cellphone subscription market by the end of next year, according to a new report by Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi. He estimates that the up-front price cut on the phone and its new features will potentially give Apple as much as 15 percent of all US postpaid (traditional subscr...

iPhone in India: Is it Rs 8,000

07-02-2008
The upcoming launch of iPhone 3G is creating a major buzz across the Indian Smart Phone communities. Vodafone and Airtel started pre-registering customers for the iPhone 3G last week, and ever since, offices and blogs have been abuzz with various discussions. But the most popular amongst them all is the discussion on price. Many think [...]
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T-Mobile posts iPhone 3G plans for Netherlands

07-02-2008
T-Mobile has posted details of the rate plans for the iPhone 3G in the Netherlands.
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Sling preps mobile TV viewer for iPhone

06-09-2008
Sling Media today made official that it has been developing a version of its SlingPlayer Mobile software for the Apple iPhone. The software is described as a "proof of concept" developed using jailbroken iPhones but offers much of the same functionality as the released applications for Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, and other cellphone platforms. U....

Samsung i900 launches ahead of iPhone

06-09-2008
Samsung on Monday hoped to preempt Apple's announcements with the launch of the i900 Omnia. The Korean firm's latest touchscreen phone is also its first to use Windows Mobile 6.1 but includes a custom TouchWiz front-end more friendly to home users; like the HTC Touch Pro and Touch Diamond, it uses Opera Mobile in place of Internet Explorer for web...

Sprint to sell IPhone-like device

04-12-2008
Sprint to make big push for new touch-screen IPhone-like device
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More Sightings of Nokia's Touchscreen Mobile Phone

04-09-2008
Nokia's rumoured iPhone competitor was shown on a powerpoint slide at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference on Monday. The handset, code-named as 'tube' showed the familiar touch-screen user interface and was demo'd with a movie playback.

"It's our first touch device," Tom Libretto, vice president of Forum Nokia told InfoWorld. Interfac...

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