Apple iPhone - All the latest news about the upcoming iPhone

Apple have just started informing resellers of their strategy for the release of the Apple iPhone in Australia. Resellers have been told the following:

• Release will be in the last week of June
• The iPhone will not be exclusive to one carrier
• You won’t be locked in to a contract with a particular carrier
• Current resellers will be able to sell iPhones

Being able to use more than one carrier suggests that the iPhone will be compatible with the latest 3G networks. In Australia, the only high speed network the current iPhone works on is Telstra’s network. If Apple was to release the current model here in Australia, they would need to be exclusive to Telstra, or persuade other companies to upgrade their network to support it. However, if a 3G iPhone is released it won’t matter, as all Australian telcos have a 3G network

The iPhone - A Revolutionary New Mobile Device
The Apple iPhone was released in the US in June 2007 and has sold like hot-cakes. The iPhone is a mobile device that does pretty much everything - mapping, email, internet, digital music, photos, video, calendar, stock quotes, sms , note taking - plus more! There is the ability to write applications (or “widgets”) as the iPhone uses the full Apple MacOS operating system (not some cut down version).

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