Apple unveils German winner of iPhone contract
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US technology giant Apple picked mobile phone operator T-Mobile on Wednesday to launch its iPhone handset in Germany, with deals in more countries expected as the group prepares for the European roll-out of its latest gadget.
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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.
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France Telecom said on Thursday it had been picked by Apple to launch its iPhone handset in France.
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German department store chain  Karstadt  will sell Apple&#39;s  coveted iPhone,  Karstadt said on Monday, adding that it was too soon to say  whether the phones would be sold with or without a contract.
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Cisco and Apple have settled their dispute over rights to use the iPhone name.
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Apple board member and Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the iPhone will be the perfect mobile platform for Web-based applications.
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O2, part of Spanish telecoms giant  Telefonica , and European mobile phone retailer  Carphone Warehouse  have clinched a long-awaited deal to  bring Apple&#39;s  prized iPhone to Britain.
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By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer  John Waisanen has his eye on Apple's new iPhone. Unfortunately, he also has his eye on his current Verizon contract.  "I wish my contract was up," said Waisanen, a sales employee at Mac Depot on 2025 E. Dorothy Lane, last week.
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With plans to enter Europe by the end of the year, Apple could be ready to announce who gets to carry the iPhone.
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Apple Inc. began selling its iPhone Friday, ending six months of waiting by consumers and rival smartphone vendors.
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German department store chain  Karstadt  will sell Apple's  coveted iPhone,  Karstadt said on Monday, adding that it was too soon to say  whether the phones would be sold with or without a contract.
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The 8GB iPhone will be sold in Deutsche Telekom retail stores, the T-Mobile online shop, and Apple's own e-store starting Nov. 9, for $556.
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Major handset vendors have much more  to gain than to lose from the buzz Apple Inc&#39;s  coveted  iPhone will create when it arrives in European stores for the  key shopping season ahead of Christmas.
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(InfoWorld) - Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks with Apple Inc. about selling the iPhone in Germany and expects the U.S. company to announce its German distribution partner soon, a senior executive said Wednesday in Berlin. "We have held talks with Apple but have nothing more to say at this time," Hamid Akhavan, CEO of the German telco's mobile phone subsidiary T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG, said at a news conference ahead of the IFA consumer electronics show, which opens Friday. Akhavan said he expects Apple to announce its European partners "well ahead" of the important holiday shopping season. Discussion of the iPhone's arrival in Europe intensified following a report in the Financial Times last week about a deal between Apple and mobile phone operators in three key European markets: Germany's T-Mobile, France's Orange SA and Britain's O2 (UK) Ltd. Rumors have been swirling that Apple plans to announce one or more European partners at the IFA event. Apple has not provided details about its iPhone strategy in Europe, other than to sayÂ it plans to launch the device later this year. Akhavan was asked about the iPhone during a question-and-answer session with journalists at the news conference, which was called by T-Mobile to make a variety of announcements, including word of its MyFaves service. T-Mobile plans to launch the service developed by its U.S. subsidiary, in Germany in October, with the U.K. and Czech Republic to follow some time in the fourth quarter. The service, which has attracted more than 2.5 million users in the U.S., allows customers to make inexpensive calls and send text messages to five selected numbers. Users of the MyFaves service in Germany will pay a base fee of â¬15 (US$20) per month and â¬0.05 per call or SMS (Short Message Service) to the selected users, regardless of the network, whether mobile or fixed, T-Mobile or a competitor. MyFaves users making or receiving calls outside of Germany must pay roaming fees, however. "This cross-net offer is unique in Europe, and we expect it to attract lots of users," Akhavan said. More than two-thirds of mobile phone calls are made to the same five people, he said. Â
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Apple&#39;s iTunes store currently has coverage in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
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Germany's biggest Apple   retailer is getting 1,000 enquiries every day about buying the  new iPhone, which is expected to go on sale towards the end of  the year, the retailer's head told a newspaper.
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Apple has teamed with T-Mobile to launch the iPhone in Germany the same date the device debuts in the UK.