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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:34:45 +0000

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Jailbreaking your iPod Touch/Installing 3rd party apps... - eXceem — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:30:38 +0000

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netonstreet.com: mobile web, iPhone, iPod touch情報 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:17:57 +0000

[...] TechCrunch.comの１６日付の記事によると、iPhoneは、フランスで１１月２９日に発売される見込み。携帯キャリアーはOrangeで価格は３００ユーロ。アンリミテッド・データ・プランは提供されないようである。詳細については、９月２４日のApple Expo in Parisで発表されると思われる。 [...]

By: pozycjonowanie

pozycjonowanie — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:59:44 +0000

Very Good News, When in Poland ?

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Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:33:25 +0000

[...] martin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptdi T-Mobile in Germania e di Orange in Francia. Quest’ultima, secondo TechCrunch, annuncerà la commercializzazione dell’iPhone lunedì prossimo, in occasione dell’Apple Expo di […] [...]

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Isotype » Blog Archive » Apple iPhone: un futuro libero? — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:19:57 +0000

[...] di T-Mobile in Germania e di Orange in Francia. Quest’ultima, secondo TechCrunch, annuncerà la commercializzazione dell’iPhone lunedì prossimo, in occasione dell’Apple Expo di [...]

By: therry

therry — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:04:02 +0000

@Steve (#20)
It is not the exchange rate you must use to compare the prices, because of all different contextual data (couple years ago, exchange rate was just the opposite you know).
A good way to compare is to translate the price into Mc Donald’s Cheeseburgers both in US and in France for instance, because Mc
US Iphone = 199 cheeseburgers in the US
French IPhone = 166 cheesburgers in France

So, yes, it’s cheaper.

Ok it might seem strange to do that, but
1 - it is a valid and wise way to compare
2 - Iphone and cheeseburgers are the same kind of shit that keep the US from being a nicer country.

@Arnaud (#32)
This is obviously not a comment by Arnaud, but some hack.

By: meneame.net

meneame.net — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:50:21 +0000

iPhone llegará a Europa el 29 de noviembre por 300 euros…

Apple tiene previsto lanzar el 29 de noviembre el iPhone en Francia, y a un precio de 300 euros. Según publica TechCrunch Apple lo presentará durante la expo de Apple en Paris. A pesar de lo inicialmente rumoreado, será un iPhone prácticamente idé…

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- iPhone、フランスでまもなく発売？ — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:37:36 +0000

By: Sebhelyesfarku

Sebhelyesfarku — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:35:30 +0000

Overhyped crippled shite for Mactards and fashion lemmings.

By: john

john — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:06:28 +0000

Wait some months and price would go down. Then 300€ for iPhone would be a good deal. And do not forget that phone is locked for one operator.

By: Arnaud H

Arnaud H — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:40:18 +0000

This is obviously not Apple’s localization, but some hack.

By: Greenski

Greenski — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:52:29 +0000

I want to add an important detail. The french mobile operators are forced to give all the material needed by the customers to unsimlock their phones six month after the beginning of their contract.

So, Apple will indeed need to included an unsimlock procedure in his phone. The contrary will be an offense with french laws. So no matter protections installed by Apple, they will be forced to offer their own way to unblock the iphone.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:15:11 +0000

That’s interesting. Why don’t they offer an unlimited plan in France? I hope in the other European Countries this will be available as soon as the iPhone is presented.

It is strange, as there are providers in Germany that sell the MB for 24 EUR cents for mobile UMTS data transmission and there are already flatrates for around €25/month. We will see.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:14:10 +0000

@ #3) 300€ = $416 USD
How is this “surprisingly cheap” considering they are $399 in the U.S.?

I have a locked iPhone using the AT&T network. I’ve found that the network is fast enough when I’m not connected to WiFi. Everyone complains that the iPhone needs to use the faster 3G network, but they don’t realize that 3G is a battery hog and performance isn’t much better.

By: Geoffrey McCaleb

Geoffrey McCaleb — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:17:47 +0000

@Rollyo: I have a 3G Nokia (E61) and I find the speeds to be very good (train, stationary, $tarbucks, etc). Maybe its my network (TMobile), but everything has been pretty decent.

Sure its not as fast as a slow DSL line, but I certainly would never go back to GPRS speeds after this.

By: Ouriel Ohayon

Ouriel Ohayon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:03:39 +0000

bjurn

the problem is not the photographer, but the camera.

By: bjurn

bjurn — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:42:23 +0000

mighty strange that the pics of the iPhone are blurry and the other photos on this flickr account are perfectly fine (less blur). So what’s wrong with the photographer?

By: eHotelier

eHotelier — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:41:45 +0000

Ref #20 about connection speed in France:

Look at this survey:

http://www.itif.org/files/Case.....Policy.pdf

You will see that France has a better penetration rate, a better price and a better speed for broadband connections than the US do.

7th France: Average speed: 17.6 mbps - 1.64 USD/month for 1 mpbs
…
12th United States: Average speed 4.8 mbps - 3.33 USD/month for 1 mpbs

By: Rollo

Rollo — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:54:04 +0000

I’ve had a 3G Nokia for the last couple of years and it is SO SLOW. I only bother checking Gmail or doing Yellow Pages lookups when I have long minutes to spare, for watching the proverbial eggtimer. Perhaps it’s Symbian, perhaps the network, I don’t really care: to me 3G has been one serious letdown.

By: Andraz

Andraz — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:20:11 +0000

Although iphone is such a hype and it does have some nice features, conquering Europe wont be that easy. 3g is a must here, and locked service can be very problematic. Plus, Apple is getting some negative publicity lately with this revenue sharing model with the operators. Not good, not good at all. Stuff like this will bring Apple down to the Microsoft reputation and thats a killer for the brand.

By: Paolo Montrasio

Paolo Montrasio — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:55:34 +0000

France internet users obviously uses DSL or fiber, like any European country. The point of the previous messages is that launching a non-3G phone in a market flooded with 3G phones will make the iPhone a hard to sell good.

Actually, I bet a lot of people will be tempted to buy it anyway because Apple is glamour nowadays, and many will buy it, but GPRS data speed is really a jump in the past. It makes the iPhone look so old… It’s like selling now a phone from 2003. It will be slower than a 56k modem when people are used to phones with at least DSL speed, don’t even take into account the new HDSPA phones and data cards.

I imagine they’ll launch an iPhone3G later on but what’s hard to understand is why with a launch price of 300 Euros Apple didn’t add a 3G radio module. If that increases the price, let’s say, to 350 Euros it would still be better than what they’re paying in the US. Yes, it’s doesn’t include the unlimited data plan, but from a marketing and customer point of view 350 still looks less than 399

By: Jean-Michel Decombe

Jean-Michel Decombe — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:55:25 +0000

In response to the connection speed question, my Dad gets 28 Mbit/s for a price that is lower than what I pay here for 5 Mbit/s. There is also a 100 Mbit/s option through fiber optic. This is through free.fr, but I believe Orange offers up to 18 Mbit/s to the consumer. I don’t know of anybody over there who still uses a modem.

By: Question

Question — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:28:29 +0000

What connection does France use?

DSL or 56k modem

By: Mehboo

Mehboo — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:07:19 +0000

Cool, the price seems to be good