Its finally been announced that O2 will be the single, exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the UK. We’ve all been waiting for a few months to confirm this news, with the choice of European service providers that are available, understandably this deal certainly wasn’t an easy one to close! It was said that the European carriers who have managed to close a deal for the iPhone had to even campaign for it via personal talks with Steve Jobs himself!
It is very clear that Apple has the intention to limit the iPhone’s sales and distribution to other countries as much as possible, O2 will be the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the UK, while Orange will be the same in France, while T-Mobile for Germany. All three providers have agreed to share 10% of calls and data charges with Apple, while none of them will be able to subsidize these handsets to customers signing for the telephony contract.
As for now, it will not be until next year, before the Apple iPhone will be released in other European countries and Asia.
[via GSMArena]
Ok, so the phone from the video below looks almost just as cool as the real Apple iPhone. According to the description, it does have 4 Gb of internal memory and it does have a slot for MicroSD too! Base on the video, this “tPhone” (you will see what I mean once you watch the video) is being manufactured by the brand “CECT”, I wonder how much it costed!!??
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_8wuVEYMZ8[/youtube]
BitLet.org is a very handy tool for downloading your BitTorrent (BT) files straight from your web browser into pc bypassing the need for a client program.
- Copy and paste the URL link of your torrent file into http://www.bitlet.org/
- Click “Download torrent”
- A small window will pop-up and ask you where you want to save your files, select your location then click “Save”
- Your download will start loading, now you’re all set!
BitLet is java based, that’s why there is no need for an actual client to be present on your hard drive. If you feel like sharing something with your friends using BT, you can use Bitlet to generate a link that will automatically start up using the service once the link is clicked. This means whoever gets it will be able to download the file without any need for a BitTorrent client or instructions on what to do – very convenient way to use BT!
The pop-up applet will display the speed at which your files are being downloaded, the total file size downloaded, percentage and also any possible error messages.
However, I have found that BitLet is still at an early stage right now and does not allow you to configure things like bandwidth, ports or give you choice of selecting which files to download and which not to. Having said that, I still think BitLet.org will be an excellent and quick way to share files with your friends across the web.
320by480.com is a new site with lots of resources for wallpapers, selected and created specifically for your iPhone. A forum and also a suggest section is currently being setup for visitors to submit and contribute their own favourite iPhone wallpapers to be downloadable from the site!
According to MacNN, since the launch of iPhone on June 29, Apple is said to have sold out of iPhones in 95 of 164 of its stores, while AT&T has nearly depleted its entire stock. By the closing Sunday of week one, approx. 700,000 iPhones had been sold, this has much exceeded its previous estimate of 400-500,000. Reports predict that the iPhone may be AT&T’s fastest selling product ever and possibly one of the fastest selling electronic devices of all time.
[via TechCrunch]
The UK mobile phone service provider O2 has been reported to soon be signing an exclusive deal to sell the Apple iPhone. This means the phones should be secured for sell in time for Christmas in the UK. However, as yet, no contracts have been offically signed. Although Vodafone had previously been thought to have secured their bid for this contract, Vodafone’s shares have recently fallen by 2.4%.
Here is the latest in fashion accessories for the iPod Shuffle in Japan, it seems to follow the design of school bags which many Japanese primary school children use. This piece of accessory though has a bigger price tag than most iPod protective cases you would buy, it’s been claimed to be a perfect fit and is certainly a more attractive and competitive casing over ones you would be able to find on eBay for example.
