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  • China Mobile could deactivate 3G / WiFi on iPhone 3G launch

    Filed under: Handsets , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , Apple , OS X , China Mobile Currently, over 400,000 unlocked iPhones are roaming around China. Now that China Mobile is about to officially launch Apple's latest handset in the world's most populous country, we can only imagine that figure going up. In a bizarre twist of trying to keep a homegrown 3G standard ( TD-SCDMA ) alive, the carrier has announced that it is intending to launch the mobile with WiFi and 3G disabled -- a move that would make it less appealing to those who may be considering buying one, unlocking it and using it on the expected W-CDMA network from China Telecom. Uncool, China Mobile. Very uncool. [Via mocoNews ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
  • T-Mobile admits that 3G iPhone will be tested in Austria

    Filed under: Handsets , T-Mobile , GSM , UMTS , Apple , OS X derStandard , the same publication that announced that the iPhone would be sailing into Austria via T-Mobile is now reporting that the same carrier will be testing the 3G iPhone in the aforesaid country. During a press conference in Vienna, T-Mo Austria reportedly affirmed that a UMTS version of Apple's handset would "soon be available," and that Austria would be the "testing ground" for the new mobile -- not to mention "among the first countries in the world with the UMTS iPhone." Furthermore, bigwigs stated that "more flexible" offers would be made available, but details beyond that were scant. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
  • Apple's iPhone functioning with Vodafone?

    Filed under: Handsets , Vodafone , GSM , GPRS , HSDPA , Apple , OS X Here's an interesting one. While just about every citizen in Europe twiddles their thumbs and awaits an iPhone announcement for their side of the pond, more than a few impatient souls have been looking for ways to utilize the device in their homeland right away. Most recently, however, is an intriguing report that a US-sourced iPhone is functioning fine (save for the lack of visual voicemail) on Vodafone after a user swapped an AT&T SIM card into an O2 XDA, had the carrier add it to his current contract, and then stuffed the now-Vodafone-compliant AT&T SIM back into the iPhone. Interestingly, hordes of IRC participants are balking at the story, suggesting that SIM numbers are network specific and that Vodafone should not have been able to pull off the aforementioned feat of magic. Hmm, we wonder if Vodafone's bubbling excitement to get ahold of Apple's handset could have anything to do with it? Read - US iPhone works with Vodafone Read - Vodafone "looks forward" to 3G iPhone Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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