This made me laugh today
via youtube.com
LOL! "Duudes! The Droid is going to be a transformer! I cannot wait for that phone."
Great ad campaign. The Motorola Droid better be amazing if it's slagging off the iPhone though.
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Vodafone enters UK iPhone market too
The handset has boosted sales for 02Vodafone has reached an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK.
The announcement follows news that network operator Orange had secured a similar agreement with Apple.
The deals mark an end to the exclusive UK arrangement between O2 and the US technology firm, which has been in place since 2007.
Vodafone says users can register an interest online, with the handsets becoming available to customers from early 2010.
Orange said its customers would be able to buy the phone "later this year" but did not specify a date or pricing.
Vodafone is one of the biggest mobile operators in the world with an estimated 300 million customers world wide, making it the second largest carrier after China Mobile.
The agreement sees both Orange and Vodafone selling both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.
via news.bbc.co.uk
Okay then, it's iPhones galore this Christmas. You are spoilt for choice. REALLY looking forward to some competitive tariff prices now.
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Orange announces UK iPhone deal
Orange has reached an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK.
The deal ends an exclusive arrangement between UK network operator O2 and the Californian phone maker, which has been in place since 2007.
Orange said its customers would be able to buy the phone "later this year" but did not specify a date or pricing.
However, analysts said that in markets where there was already competition there was little difference in handset prices but small variations in tariffs.
"There's not a lot they can do - they are subsidising the hardware, so they can't afford to do much on the tariff," said Carolina Milanesi of Gartner.
"You may see a £30 per month tariff versus £35, but I would not expect anything more."
via news.bbc.co.uk
Excellent news. Price competition and consumer choice for the win!
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New iPhone 3GS coming out next week
Anyone who has been ogling an iPhone but not stumped for one yet might want to hold off for a week or two because today Apple announced the iPhone 3GS. What high fu-looting technical gadgetry is the S an abbreviation of? Well, that would be short for 'speed'. I know, whoah, slow down there! So, yeah, it's basically 3x faster than the iPhone 3G but comes in larger capacity 16 and 32GB models at a lower price of $199 & $299 respectively (UK prices TBC see update below*) and lower or free with a contract of course.
New iPhone 3GS features:
• 2 x faster than iPhone 3G
• increased battery life
• integrated digital compass
• 3.2 MP camera with video capture: in-phone editing & sharing, tap sensitive auto focus, macro mode and increased low light sensitivity.
• Voice Control: voice dialling, voice recording & intuitive iTunes control by spoken commands.
The product design is apparently unchanged from the previous iPhone 3G model and will be available in black and white. In a shrewd market penetration move (and to the delight of budget conscious wannabe iPhone customers everywhere) the current iPhone 3G model will remain available at the reduced price of $99 as the lowest priced option of the iPhone line.
Along with the new iPhone model Apple are releasing an update to their iPhone operating system which will be pushed out free to ALL iPhone users so everyone will benefit from a slew of nifty new capabilities they have built into the 3.0 software update depending on their iPhone's hardware capabilities.
Here are some of the 100 new features available in OS 3.0:
• multimedia messaging
• copy & paste
• Spotlight search across your phone
• tethering (use your phone as a wireless modem to your computer)
• turn by turn GPS directions
• Find my iPhone Log in online to locate it via GPS / remote wipe data
• now supports input from custom hardware devices to phone applications
• Mail support for Microsoft Exchange
This update further cements the iPhone's position as the most powerful and versatile device in the 'smart phone' marketplace and the lower price-points will make it appeal to an even broader cross-section of customers. You'll be seeing a lot more of these beautiful little bricks cropping up before anyone can talk about market saturation I think.
The iPhone 3GS and the OS 3.0 software will be available by June 19th in USA & UK and in 80 other countries by August.
For more info watch the iPhone 3GS guided tour here
* Update: O2 has released UK pricing details on their Twitter feed & website. (It looks bad for anyone who might want to upgrade early by the way…)
• The iPhone 3GS 16Gb will cost up to £184.98 depending on which tariff you take - the 32Gb up to £274.23.
• Tariffs remain unchanged, see http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/paymonth.html
• Picture messages are included in your tariff (equivalent to 4 SMS) or 25p each on PAYG.
• Internet Tethering available in 3G areas only as a tariff bolt-on from £15/month for 3GB
• Customers wishing to upgrade to the new iPhone will have to pay their monthly tariff x months remaining of contract + cost of iPhone 3GS on new chosen tariff (!!!)
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