Comments on: Apple EU iPhone deal expected

By: Will Europe’s Free Mobile Service Blyk Finally Launch?

Will Europe’s Free Mobile Service Blyk Finally Launch? — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:07:19 +0000

[...] for iPhone UK news next week as well. CrunchBase Information Blyk Information provided by [...]

By: chromedude

chromedude — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:05:12 +0000

So will the Euro phones allow SIM card swapping? Wouldn’t they then start showing up here like other unlocked phones?

By: TechPark.net

TechPark.net — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:10:16 +0000

iPhone In France On Nov 29th…

According to TechCrunch, iPhone will be launched in France on Nov 29th, 2007. The iPhone will be launched with Orange at the price of 300 euros. It is expected to be on the market the 29th of November and announced on the 24th of September during the …

By: masterwilliam

masterwilliam — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:48:34 +0000

“And 2.5G on anything is dead in Europe. They’re so far ahead of North American mobile sensibilities that any carrier that introduces new infrastructure based on anything less than 3G would be committing wireless market suicide.”

Not exactly, when 88% of the phones sold in the UK and France are 2G phones, let alone the ‘2.5g’ offered by EDGE.

By: Paul Lopez

Paul Lopez — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:49:38 +0000

Older WiFi technologies such as 802.11a/b are inferior to the new 802.11n (& MIMO) standards that are designed to boost signal strength without increasing power consumption. Most modern CMOS chips with basic WLAN features draw about 10 microamps of current in sleep mode and 0.6 milliamps while in power save mode while maintaining association to an access point. These chips are usually 50 or 60 square milliameters packaged in a compact low profile ball grid array (LFBGA) for easy integration into handheld devices. They can be integrated with Bluetooth radios as well and engineers have got the radio signals to play nicely together. The challenge with the iPod Touch will be the loss in the excellent battery life the device has when WiFi is used. With WiFi turned off, you can get nearly 7 hours of video battery life. If you are streaming video, Skyping or downloading, while playing music, you’ve got lots of heat and processing power drawing more current, A/D conversions and grabbing packets out of the air. I’d expect to see a 30% or 40% reduction in rated battery life under these conditions. We’ve not even considered any overhead associated with security such as WPA2 or advanced authentication to access fee-based networks. [http://lopezunwired.com]

By: Carmi

Carmi — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:10:30 +0000

Saying that a material percentage of the iPhone sales uptick is due to the proliferation of unlocking services, in my view, oversells their impact. The average Joe who can now afford to buy an iPhone isn’t going to go down the hacking route.

Post-price-cut iPhones are now in the sweet spot of where the majority of mainstream smartphone buyers live. As long as it works, I suspect many of them will button their nose and sign on the dotted line with AT&T for as long as they have U.S. exclusivity.

And 2.5G on anything is dead in Europe. They’re so far ahead of North American mobile sensibilities that any carrier that introduces new infrastructure based on anything less than 3G would be committing wireless market suicide.

Such fun, this iPhone mania is turning out to be.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:09:56 +0000

Apple is taking over the world. Really though I think other companies could learn a lot from Apple’s marketing campaigns.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:08:14 +0000

Thanks for the information! But I am not sure about buying the iPhone. Maybe when it’s as cheap like in the US now. A few month before I was sure about the buy - but I heard too much different views, so I need to see, feel and test it by myself to decide.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:40:12 +0000

It’s O2 not 02.

By: Tod Maffin

Tod Maffin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:39:45 +0000

I love the articles here, BUT:

> that the latter has just launched it’s own music service

…you constantly spell “its” wrong.

It’s only has an apostrophe when it is short for “it is.” The way you’ve written it here, it reads:

“the latter has just launched IT IS own music service”

which, of course, doesn’t make any sense.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:34:59 +0000

I wish we knew whether it was 3G or not: I’m holding my iPhone purchase based on it (and having waited to date for the full unlock to use it in Australia)

By: John Cow

John Cow — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:31:15 +0000

Glad I’m with O2, hope they’ll be providing service here in Ireland too!

By: Willam Moreland

Willam Moreland — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:23:37 +0000

The Iphone it’s a great thing, but i think that to have success in UK, must wait some months..