Apple iPhone 3G Info

Typical price: From free to £159 with contract

Pros:

Still the best user interface - bar none
3G with HSDPA high-speed mobile broadband connectivity
A-GPS sat nav technology built in
App Store brings iTunes ease of use to applications
Exchange and security features remove most business objections

Cons:

Battery life worse than predecessor
Camera still lags way behind rivals
No video recording or MMS
Plastic case feels less 'solid'

Verdict:

The impaired battery life is a downer - but no worse than other 3G smartphones. Otherwise the bar that Appla has set has just been raised another few notches. A truly amazing product.

iPhone In INDIA - from Vodafone and Airtel

The iPhone 3G will be available in India from August 22, 2008. It will be available in 8GB & 16GB models, priced at Rs 31,000 ($710) and Rs 36,100 ($820) respectively.

And this is just the cost of Apple hardware - you will have to pay extra for data and voice plans. Airtel will also introduce iPhone on the same date but I don’t think if an iPhone 3G is worth that kind of money.

Here are the full details about iPhone in case you are interested in buying the iPhone from Vodafone:

Be the first to get the iPhone - They have received a large number of registrations. As there are limited stocks, make sure that you get yours first, by paying an advance of Rs 10,000 to confirm your booking.

Where can you make this advance payment? - The iPhone 3G will be available at select Vodafone Stores. All you need to do is drop in at any select Vodafone Store between August 20 and 21 and make the advance payment by cash or credit card.

Don’t forget to show the iPhone booking SMS, which you would have received from us, when you visit the Vodafone Store to pay the advance. To find a Vodafone Store near you, click here.

Get an appointment now. No queues for you. - Once you pay the advance, They will immediately give you an appointment date and time, starting August 22 when you can come and experience a full demonstration and collect your iPhone, all ready to use with your contacts and settings, by paying the balance amount.Limited stocks. The sooner you confirm your booking, the earlier you will get your iPhone.

Buy a Vodafone connection now! - As you are not a Vodafone customer, you will need a Vodafone connection for your iPhone 3G.

iTunes

iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Inc. at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The application is used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store via the Internet to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, various podcasts, feature length films and Movie Rentals (available only in the USA, UK,Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and Ringtones (available only in the USA). Since July 11, 2008, there has also been the option to download apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch as long as they are running the 2.0 firmware released on the same date.

iTunes is available as a free download for Mac OS X, Windows Vista, and Windows XP from Apple's website. It is also bundled with all Macs, and some HP and Dell computers. Older versions are available for Mac OS 9, OS X 10.0-10.2, and Windows 2000. Although Apple does not produce iTunes for other operating systems, it can, however, be run on Linux-based operating systems through Wine, a Windows compatibility layer.

A version of iTunes shipped with cell phones from Motorola, which included the ability to sync music from an iTunes library to the cellphone, as well as a similar interface between both platforms. Since the release of the iPhone, Apple has stopped distributing iTunes with other manufacturers' phones in order to concentrate sales to Apple's device.

Source from Wikipedia.org

More about iPhone

Ten years ago, the sight of a chunky mobile phone inspired so much awe and wonder that the notion of it slipping neatly into a back pocket, playing music, holding a diary, taking photos, pinpointing our position on a map or browsing the internet would have had us gasping for air.

These days, such features barely raise an eyebrow, and even the iPhone, for all its exquisite design and cutting-edge reputation, doesn't do much more than this when you take it out of the box. But its capabilities have broadened considerably since Apple finally launched its software development kit, or SDK, back in March. Since then, the number of applications (or, as Apple calls them, apps) available for the gadget has tipped the 1,000 mark – the vast majority written by developers other than Apple. As of earlier this week 60 million apps have been downloaded, earning Apple £15m. And the iPhone's new-found ability to construct a family tree, poke people on Facebook or compose music on the move is making it even more sought-after than it was already.

Cynics might say that the iPhone's 13-month history has been characterised by all the battles against restrictions Apple has placed on what can and can't be done with it – the most significant being the attempts to get the thing working on mobile networks other than the officially approved ones (O2 in the UK). But a more intriguing sub-plot was "jailbreaking", or getting non-Apple apps to run on the device. This was first achieved in August last year, and many people rushed to get under the bonnet and follow the instructions that promised to expand their iPhone's functionality.

Many within the industry, remembering how third-party software packages such as Quark XPress, Photoshop and Logic Audio contributed heavily to the success of Macintosh desktop computers, were concerned that the iPhone's full potential may never be realised. That all changed with the launch of the SDK. Developers can download the kit for free, write their software, and for a one-off fee of $99 can have Apple sell any of their finished apps in the official App Store, at whatever price they like, with a 70 per cent /30 per cent split in revenue in favour of the developer.

The fact that Apple are keeping a strict control of the sale and distribution of the apps means that it has far from become a free-for-all, but CEO Steve Jobs has stated that the aim is to "get as many apps out there as possible" – a marked change from the locked-down state of the original iPhone. And developers have been falling over themselves to create that dream app that no self-respecting iPhone user would be without.

Apple iPhone

The iPhone is an Internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons, but a minimal amount of hardware input. The iPhone's functions include those of a camera phone and portable media player in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity. The first generation phone hardware was quad-band GSM with EDGE; the second generation uses UMTS and HSDPA.

Apple announced the iPhone on 9 January 2007. The announcement was preceded by rumors and speculations that circulated for several months. The iPhone was initially introduced in the United States on 29 June 2007 and is in the process of being introduced worldwide. It was named Time magazine's Invention of the Year in 2007.On 11 July 2008, the iPhone 3G was released which supports faster 3G data speeds and Assisted GPS.

Apple iPhone 3G Review

There’s plenty to love, and plenty to lament about Apple’s new mobile. With its solid design and a beautiful, touch-sensitive 480 x 320-pixel screen the iPhone is beautiful to look at and a joy to use. Its browser, while not as versatile as the one on a desktop or laptop, is impressive and - at a stroke - has made all other mobile internet devices look antiquated and woeful. And of course, it works fine for making phone calls.

The iPhone does, however, enable you to access WiF-i so when you’re at home, or in the office, or near an open WiFi connection it produces speeds close to those of a laptop computer. This, however, is of little comfort when you’re standing at the railway station in the morning waiting over a minute for the BBC News home page to load.

When you’re outside an EDGE coverage area the phone resorts to using GPRS for internet access. In speed tests GPRS proved to be glacial compared to EDGE, although in everyday usage we found little discernible difference. Both are gratingly slow.

iPhone Features

iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one — a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can doiPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one — a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can do