iPhone 3G to Debut on Airtel and Vodafone in India on August 22

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iPhone 3G to Debut on Airtel and Vodafone in India on August 22

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Written by Smita Raghav

Friday, 08 August 2008

FRIDAY, August 8, (News Locale) - One month after it was launched to global accolades, the Apple iPhone 3G will make its debut in India on Airtel and Vodafone networks on August 22. Gadget lovers in India are already queuing up to get their hands on the 3G version of Apple's most popular product.

Airtel and Vodafone Essar subscribers have already been asked to pre-register for the iPhone on the companies' respective websites and one would imagine it is these people who will get the first iPhone devices in India.

The iPhone 3G was released by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the Apple World-Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. The iPhone has gained massive popularity because of its ability to allow users to play music, use the cell phone and also enable web browsing from a single device.

Some of the novel features in the new version include fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store.

Users will be able to download innovative applications using the App Store, while the 3G feature allows then to download email over fast 3G cellular networks.

Support for Microsoft Exchange Server will bring push e-mail, contacts and calendar, remote wipe, global contacts access, and auto-discovery to the iPhone.

While both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone are mum about the pricing details, analysts expect them not to subsidize the iPhone and it could end up costing as much as Rs 20,000. In the US the 3G version is priced between $199 (Rs 8,000) to $299 (Rs 12,000).

Apple iPhone was launched ion June 29 last year and is available through AT&T exclusively in the US. However Apple has now decided to allow multiple carriers to offer the iPhone in Asia.

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1. 10-08-2008 21:48

I was a little surprised when I read the comments on the I phone article and started to wonder if people who claim to be so smart and intelligent are actually dumb, hence I would suggest please please do your homework well before you post in your valuable comments.
IPHONE is a wonder created by a group of genious people which can also be used by fools like you which means it is super perfect. It has the best technology so why do you think or which idiot told you that you cannot forward messages. "YOU CAN FORWARD MESSAGES" how you do it is where you need to use those peanut sized brains so for now please do your homework wll and then .......

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2. 14-08-2008 21:33

No doubt iPhone is great phone but, but it missing one great and important feature video recordings.

A video journalist cant use iPhone. It should be sold at INR 10000 if we have to lock with service provider bcoz the ipod touch cost 15-17K with 32 GB storage capacity it miss only phone fuction.

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