Fresh from the oven, AT&T, the exclusive sales partner of Apple in the US, announced it will be selling the upcoming 3G iPhone for $199. Yes, AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of the new iPhone but there’s a catch.

Customers who want the $199 3G iPhone will have to compusorily sign up for a two year contract with AT&T. You will have to pay the $399 unit price for 8GB and $499 for 16GB if you want your network under Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, or Sprint.


The markdown price is a strategy by AT&T to drive customers away from its competitors. But for sure, the other network providers will also be implementing marketing strategies that will challenge AT&T.

Meanwhile, Blackberry’s creator, Research In Motion (RIM), has remained silent on rumors that it is currently designing a Blackberry-like phone that will challenge the popular iPhone. Several blogs mentioned about having photos of the new “iPhone Killer” but RIM remains mum on the issue.

Which is just the right thing for RIM to do. Stay a safe distance from the press before its “iPhone Killer” is ready for the market to create an element of surprise. Remember Nokia Tube? It was Nokia’s supposed iPhone kiler but critics commented that the Nokia Tube will not be able shake the status of the iPhone even as the Tube is yet to be released to the market.

Source:http://www.iphone-codes.com/20080503-144107-3g-iphone-for-199-and-blackberrys-surprise/

With only around 5 weeks to go before Steve Jobs theoretically unveils the next iPhone at the WWDC, pictures purporting to be sneak peeks of the next iPhone are only going to continue ‘leaking’ onto the web ever faster.

Engadget has reprinted the photos, but they’re also available at the French iPhone site, with this link taking you to the French page through a Google French to English translation.


Sceptics have denounced the photos as fakes, because the iPhone logo looks a bit crooked, and that fact there is digital fuzziness around the Apple and iPhone logos, but if it really is a true iPhone 3G pic, it would only be a prototype and not necessarily truly indicative of the final build quality.

Some have wondered why a 3G iPhone would turn up in France, but given that France is one of the countries that is officially selling the current 2G iPhone, there’s no particular reason why Apple wouldn’t send at least one 3G iPhone to its telco partner in France, Orange, for testing, if not several.

Some also claim the phone looks suspiciously like an LG model, or that it is a Chinese fake iPhone, several of which I’ve seen for sale on the web at eBay and other places, having copied the iPhone’s icons but slapping them onto Windows Mobile 6 instead, even coming with a built-in stylus.

The same can be said of Nokia N95 fakes, which look the real deal, box and all, even when you turn it on, as seen at various YouTube videos, but once you start using them are clearly not the real deal after all.

So... whether you love the iPhone, or hate it... the onslaught of rumours, fake photos, real photos and more is going to be like a tsunami, and personally, I’m going to love every minute of it.

I’ll also be a bit sad when the real 3G iPhone is released, because my beloved 2G iPhone will instantly be out of date, but then it will hardly be the end of the world, because a 3G iPhone will be top of my ‘must have’ list, as it will be for many.


And on top of all of that, the iPhone 2.0 software will still upgrade the existing iPhone and give it new features, and it will still have the world’s best interface for handheld digital devices.

C’mon Steve. Don’t let us all down, or make us wait too much longer, as we (or some of us anyway) fervently hope that June 9 at the WWDC is 3G iPhone day, a day that will send an even bigger shockwave into the mobile telephony and gadget world than even the 2G iPhone before it!

Source:http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18025/1103/

When it comes to mobile phones, Nokia is a trend setter in every respect. It has initiated a large number of mobile phone devices which are highly functional, user friendly, durable, stunning in looks and so on. Earlier this mobile phone manufacturer was known for producing just durable mobile phone handsets. However, with in some recent years, due to stiff competition in the telecommunication market, it has initiated some highly advanced mobile phone devices. With the Nokia N95 mobile phone handset, it has raised the benchmark for existing leading mobile phone manufacturers. The Nokia N95 mobile phone is a masterpiece in itself. It incorporates high end technology, interesting features, innovative style and many more. It is available along with the pay as you go deals, which can make mobile telephony quite affordable for you. Let us delve in to the deeper details of the Nokia N95 pay as you go mobile phone.


The Nokia N95 mobile phone runs of 2G and 3G network technology. It measures 99 by 53 by 21 mm and weigh 120 g. Its TFT screen displays 16 million colours with 240 by 320 pixels resolution. There are very many ring tones, including polyphonic, True Tones, Monophonic and MP3. With various ring tones, screen savers and wall papers, you can add personal touch to this mobile phone gadget.

The Nokia N95 comes with Class 10 GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD and Wi-Fi, UPnP technology. It has downloadable games to keep you occupied. Then you can cherish photography with the 5 mega pixel camera. A large number of settings include Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, digital zoom, auto focus, video recording capabilities and flash. The picture quality of this mobile phone device is par excellence. Apart from this, it caters you with music player with astounding music capabilities. It can play music in various popular file formats. You can team it up with the pay as go deals and enjoy communication at ostensible deals. You can search online to find the most nominal deals of the Nokia N95 pay as you go mobile phone.

Source:http://www.pressemeldungen.at/28248/nokia-n95-with-pay-as-you-go-deals-a-lethal-combination/