Tag: apple
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iPhone EU launch limited to 3 countries
I spotted an article in the Financial Times last night which said Apple has succeeded in persuading 3 mobile operators to sell the iPhone in Europe using the same revenue share as AT&T in the US. The three mobile operators mentioned are T-Mobile of Germany, Orange of France and O2 in the UK. According to…
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You wait for ages then along come three!
I have read a lot about how great the iPhone is but I hadn’t seen any until last Friday; and then I saw three! I was at a lunch in Cork with Britt Blaser and Sean O’Mahoney (amongst others). Both had iPhones. I had a chance to try the phone out for myself and see…
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More rumours of O2 iPhone deal
Forbes Madrid are reporting this morning that O2’s parent company, Telefonica have signed an exclusive deal with Apple for iPhone distribution rights in the UK. This is the second time this rumour has emerged in the last two weeks. Both times from very credible sources. It makes sense. Vodafone don’t need Apple (and the sales…
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O2 to sell the iPhone?
Several credible sources are today reporting that O2 have signed a contract with Apple to distribute the iPhone in Europe. I hope that includes O2 Ireland too! Vodafone would have seemed a more likely distributor seeing as they have a network in more European countries than O2. O2 must have made it far more attractive…
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iPhone reviews out – overwhelmingly positive
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of the New York Times were both given iPhones to trial for the last two weeks. Today they (and others) published extremely positive reviews of the phone in their respective publications The phone does indeed appear to live up to the hype with a game…
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iPhone activation? Try to keep up!
It is funny to see Techmeme going wild over a story which I broke over 36 hours ago! Come on guys, that’s old news. Try to keep up. 😉
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Apple's iPhone launch – a disaster in the making?
The new Apple iPhone is a very desirable bit of kit, no doubt about it. Even at the $499 (4GB) or $599 (8GB) asking price. I spoke to a contact in Apple about the iPhone which they are launching with AT&T this coming Friday and, from what he said, the launch sounds like it has…
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Security Patched Safari for Windows released
Apple have released a Security Patched version of Safari for Windows (v 3.0.1). The patch fixes security vulnerabilities in Safari I wrote about earlier this week. There is still no fix for the bug I highlighted earlier this week (clicking on the x to close a window with multiple tabs doesn’t alert you and goes…