iphone launch

jesus_thats_gre

I didn't realise that in order to secure exclusitivity that the operator has to agree to give Apple a percentage of the revenues generated by iPhone users. It is ironic that Apple is resisting similar enough deals with Universal with relation to the ITunes service and the iPod. Afaik, MS give a percentage of the Zune's selling price to the record companies.

mkennedy

the more i see the whole UI/multitouch functionality in reviews the more impressed i am by it.
the ease with which you can navigate by scrolling and zooming is amazing.

aidan_walsh

Apparently, its not just that. AT&T also had to change a lot of their background infrastructure to accommodate what Apple had planned for the iPhone, like the visual voicemail feature, and the sudden massive (exponential rather than incremental) increase in EDGE speeds the night before the launch.

I can't see O2 doing anything similar (hell, they can't invest in a proper website!), and expect the Euro iPhone to be somewhat crippled as a result.

copacetic

fbradyirl wrote:

I have a feeling that the phone will be launched in Ireland at the same time as the UK as O2 Ireland & O2 Uk work so closely together.

i wouldn't agree with that at all, phones have never gotten launched at the same time in the UK and Ireland up until on O2 or on Voda, not sure why that would change now.

art

aidan_walsh wrote:

I can't see O2 doing anything similar (hell, they can't invest in a proper website!), and expect the Euro iPhone to be somewhat crippled as a result.

They are making separate deals with different carriers across Europe, what O2 does in Ireland I don't think will affect what happens in Germany, France etc

aidan_walsh

art wrote:

They are making separate deals with different carriers across Europe, what O2 does in Ireland I don't think will affect what happens in Germany, France etc

Sorry, you're right, I meant to say UK iPhone.

Basq

Here's 2 different knock-offs (the first as seen in an earlier video) on EBay:

tPhone 1
tPhone 2

Anyone willing to buy one?

Urban Weigl

basquille wrote:

Here's 2 different knock-offs (the first as seen in an earlier video) on EBay:

tPhone 1
tPhone 2

Anyone willing to buy one?

Nope. These knock-offs look really lame. Guess if you're into fake Rolex watches, only that this is such a poor copy you'd notice it isn't the real thing immediately...

Gandalf23

The only way the iPhone can live up to all the hype...

Creamy Goodness

iphone lovers best not click this link

Simon201

Salesman in O2 in Blanch today told me he 'reckons' they'll have the iphone in the 4th quarter of this year (between Sep and Dec I suppose)

god's toy

Ha loved that link! Like to see him do an N95 next!

quintron

new iphone commercial....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM

aidan_walsh

Looks like its T-Mobile for Germany (possibly also the rest of the European operations) alright, after the phone made a brief appearance on their website.

lynchtp

and the irish version of expansys as well..
http://linkmap.blogspot.com/2007/07/pre-order-iphone-available-to-ireland.html