IPhone Introduced to Europe, Where Standards Differ
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Steve Jobs, Appleâs chief executive, said the iPhone would become available to British consumers in November in an exclusive arrangement with O2.
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French law bites Mac maker, again Orange will indeed offer Apple's iPhone on France, but the most interesting aspect of the two firms' partnership will be the availability, for the first time, of officially unlocked handsets.â¦
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Apple will not have as easy a time launching the iPhone in Europe as it did in the U.S., analyst says.
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Although it may be five or more years behind similar capabilities in Europe, the US is finally getting technology that would allow consumers to use their cell phones as a way to pay for consumer goods.
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As developers gather in San Francisco, they've got two big things on their minds: the iPhone and the Leopard OS.
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InfoWorld - Users may see an iPhone with 3G technology in the next six months, a financial analyst said Monday, citing waning inventory of Apple's current iPhone and the increasing demand in Europe for 3G products.
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The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt (Fortune) reports that iPhone received great reception in France. âAfter just 21 hours, 17 percent of Orange France stores had sold out.â In all, âFrance Telecom announced that it sold nearly 30,000 iPhones in the first five days, 48 percentÂ of them to new customers. Thatâs nearly one iPhone for every 2,000 Frenchmen.â
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Apple has launched the iTunes Music Store&#39;s pan-Europe incarnation, as it promised to do last June when it opened UK, French and German online stores.
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I had a great Skype talk with Paolo yesterday. He was driving his car, in Italy near his home in Trieste. The connection was great, it was like living in the future.  One of the things we talked about was the iPhone. At first I talked about it as if Paolo had had one from the outset. He feels that close, and he's the kind of person who would get the latest Mac toy on Day 1, just like me. Later, when he said he just got his iPod Touch, I realized of course, this is one of those things we got here in the U.S. that they haven't gotten yet in Europe. Don't worry, they have some something we don't, a strong currency. :-( So here's his first writeup of the iPod Touch.
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Ignore the US launch... A new 3G (European) version of the iPhone will be launched Monday in the UK by Apple - in a joint promotion with Vodafone, T-Mobile of Germany, and Carphone Warehouse. It should answer the disappointment with the US version of the iPhone which has been widely slammed for its poor performance as a phone.â¦
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Apple announced Tuesday that Britain would be the first European country to get its much-vaunted iPhone, when mobile phone operator O2 launches the gadget on November 9.
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With AT&T reportedly having activated over 600,000 iPhones as of Monday, it's no surprise that European carriers are eager to jump on Apple's bandwagon. Numerous reports have pointed to wireless carrier O2 being chosen as Apple's exclusive iPhone partner in the United Kingdom.
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Network operator O2 (UK) Ltd. will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in the U.K. from Nov. 9 for #269 (US$538), the companies announced Tuesday, marking the start of the iPhone's move into Europe.
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When it begins shipping on June 29, the revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards Apple today announced that developers can create Web 2.0 applications that look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone and that can seamlessly access iPhoneâs services. That includes making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhoneâs capabilities without compromising its reliability or security.
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Apple will restrict the European launch of its multi-purpose iPhone to only Britain, France and Germany this year before a roll-out across Europe and Asia in 2008, the Financial Times said on Thursday.
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Apple announced Tuesday that Britain will be the first European country to get its much-vaunted iPhone, when mobile phone group O2 launches the gadget on November 9.