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Apple's Brazil Online Store Now Open, Telus and Bell to Carry iPhone in Canada
In international news, Apple has opened an online store in Brazil, and iPhone customers in Canada are soon going to receive a choice of carriers. First up, Apple has finally launched a Brazilian online store. The opening of the store in Brazil had been rumored for awhile and finally came …
O2 UK tries to prevent iPhone app being accepted
I was ecstatic to read Basheera Khan’s post over at The Guardian, and then afterwards finding its way to Techcrunch. The latter I (I’m sure there were others) would like to take some credit for after sending messages to @bash requesting that cross-posting happens. Essentially both O2 (and BT which …
Pay & Go iPhone Now Available in UK
As of today, Apple’s iPhone 3G will be available on “pay-as-you-go” via O2 for those of us in the UK. Many have waited for this day — an opportunity to get their hands on the iPhone 3G without being tied in to an 18-month contract. For an 8GB iPhone, UK …
AT&T: iPhone Tethering Coming Soon
In a recent interview at the Web 2.0 Summit, the CEO of AT&T Ralph De La Vega confirmed that we will “soon” see an official tethering option for the iPhone. Tethering is the the ability to connect the iPhone to your computer or notebook and use its built-in 3G modem …
UK iPhone Launch: Preliminary Numbers from O2
According to an insider at O2, there were just over 8,000 iPhone activations at close of business this past friday. Expectations within O2 were apparently for somewhere around 3,000 activations… So the opening day of sales more than exceeded their expectations. I knew our friends in the UK would embrace …
iPhone UK Launch a HUGE Success
Apple together with carrier O2 launched the iPhone on Friday in the U.K. Unlike Germany, where we’ve read mixed results on success of the iPhone launch, lines to purchase the iPhone started to form over 26 hours before the stores opened their doors. The iPhone is now available in over …