Gadget Gossip: iPhone 3G Exclusive! August Release!

Iphone 3G in India

Date of Release: Apple confirmed that, in its quarterly financial conference, 20 more countries will get iPhone on 22nd August, including India.

Price: Well thats a big question! Expected to be around 16500-20000 Rs (without applying taxes and import duties and without plan charges)

Plan Charges: Expected to be starting from 299 Rs per month for the basic plan and upwards.

Features: Plenty more than iPhone 2G!

1) A-GPS/Maps/cellular tower positioning/Wi-Fi positioning

2) Multi-Touch screen

3) Accelerometer and Proximity cum Light sensors

4) 2 MP camera (a let down as it does not have flash nor autofocus)

5) 3G speeds

6) Mobile Me (Push Mail)

7) Wi-Fi

8) Bluetooth 2.0 Sync

9) Flushback Headphone jack

10) Improved sound quality with Stereo Speakers

11) App Store with more applications to choose from (in Indian Currency)

12) iPod and Safari integrated

13) Cover Flow

14) Intelligent Keyboard

15) Home button

16) Scientific Calculator

17) Youtube App

Carriers: Vodafone and Airtel.

Network: 3G network will come later around mid-2009. As announced by Andimuthu Raja, Telecommunications Minister on 29th July, 3G spectrum will be auctioned for a price of Rs 2020 crore and above for local players and Rs 3705 crore and above for foreign players like AT&T who want to enter into the Indian market with a licence. It will take 2 months fo 3G to be auctioned to Vodafone and Airtel but BSNL and MTNL already have a spectrum reserved in Delhi and Mumbai circles which can have only one more GSM operator while the other areas can have around 10 operators. It is said that BSNL and MTNL have an unfair 3 month advantage over the other bidders.
Website: www.apple.co.in/iphone

Yours techno,

Aditya C.R

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