Telstra Corp. (TLS.AU) has had talks with Apple Inc. (AAPL: 187.00, +1.91, +1.0%) , which is planning to launch its iPhone handset in Australia next year, and is testing the device, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
Australia’s largest telecommunications company has began talks with California-based Apple, Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.

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Molson Coors Brewing Co. has egg on its face after pulling the iPhone as a contest prize in Quebec. There was controversy over when Apple’s phone will be available in Canada, so the beer company admitted it made a mistake to offer the iPhone.

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Canadians, like Kiwis, have been patiently waiting to get their hands on unhacked, network connected iPhones.

But it looks like America’s northern neighbours may not get Apple’s killer gadget at all.

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Well, I started writing an article for this week describing how there was no freaking way I’d buy a hacked iPhone. At the outset, it seemed a risky venture. The hardware hack, though definitely an elegant piece of work, was just a bit too much for me. When I started stirring pixels last week for my article, the software hacks seemed too much as well.

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TradeMe is blocking the sale of Apple iPhones, it says, to stop fraudulent auctions.

There is not yet an official on-sale date on the highly-desirable phone, despite numerous private imports.

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Don’t wait until the official launch of the iPhone in India (in 2008). Get your unlocked iPhone now! The iPhone is years ahead of any other phone available today.

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TAIPEI: At the end of an alley in the most violent city in Taiwan, a black Mercedes-Benz sedan blocks a sliding-glass door that opens only from within. Inside, technophiles can buy iPhone knockoffs for two-thirds the legitimate price.

With a touch-screen and Apple’s logo on the back, the “iClones” look just like the real thing, but Apple does not plan to offer iPhones, which combine a phone, music and video player with wireless Internet, in Asia until 2008.

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Rogers Communications Inc., operator of the only wireless network in Canada that uses the same technology as Apple Inc.’s iPhone, said consumers may have a while to wait before the handset goes on sale there.

While Rogers would ``love’’ to sell the device, Apple hasn’t set a release date in Canada, Rogers Chief Operating Officer Nadir Mohamed said at a conference in Toronto today.

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For many technology geeks it’s a given that Australia sits at the end of the rollout queue. But it hasn’t stopped many from getting their hands on Apple’s iPhone.
Since it was launched six weeks ago, several iPhones have made their way to our shores, and Australians are paying a high price to get their hands on one.

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Past a guarded gate on the outskirts of this city sits one of the world’s largest factories. In dozens of squat buildings, it churns out gadgets bearing technology’s household names—Apple Inc.’s iPods and iPhones, Hewlett-Packard Co.’s personal computers, Motorola Inc. mobile phones and Nintendo Co. Wii videogame consoles.

Few people outside of the industry know of the plant’s owner: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. With a work force of some 270,000—about as big as the population of Newark, N.J

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They’re not easy to find, and if you have to ask how much they’ll cost to run in the Great White North, you probably can’t afford one.

Getting Apple’s slick new iPhone to work in Canada is easy—at least for an expert—an Ottawa software engineer has found.
But paying the stiff bill for iPhone service in this country could be more of a challenge.

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Beijing, China (AHN) - China, the world’s largest market for cell phones, is now the latest market for unauthorized iPhones, nearly a year ahead of the official Asia launch of Apple’s popular device.

Dian Nao Bao, a local electronics newspaper reported Monday the $499 and $599 device launched in June in the U.S., is selling for up $1,170 in China’s capital city, as well as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

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After two long weeks back in Australia with my WiFi only iPhone I’m pleased to say I’ve finally got it working on an Australian GSM network. And it works perfectly (albeit with no visual voicemail - but I’ll survive).


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Freelance journalist Gabriel Pollard interviewed John Ballinger who has what is believed to be the first unlocked iPhone working in New Zealand on the Vodafone New Zealand GSM network.

Ballinger, director of Bluespark Ltd., managed to unlock the iPhone without having to solder anything. This is unlike George Hotz, the first person to unlock the iPhone, who had to by using a different method involving soldering.

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KT Freetel Ltd. (032390.KQ), South Korea’s second-largest mobile service provider by sales, said Friday it is in talks with Apple Inc. ( AAPL) to get the rights to distribute the iPhone in South Korea.

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Announcements that Apple has signed three operators for provision of the Apple iPhone in Europe make it doubtful that South Africa will see a local launch of the product any time soon - if ever. There are several factors making it unlikely that the iPhone will be made available in South Africa for the foreseeable future - and now with network operators being announced for Europe that have no ties to South African operators, it seems more doubtful than ever.

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It seems the iPhone is big in India. So big, it has it’s own website offering a pay-per-touch service.

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The Chinese have done it again. This time managing to add simplified/traditional Chinese and Japanese support to the iPhone with the 8 GB costing around 1100$ USD…

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haha. one can dream. sh*t, i would drop six bills on a second iphone any day over paying seven bills for a razr 2. phones are sooo damn expensive in korea! ...

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I have just returned from a ten-day family trip to Japan in which I brought an Apple iPhone along and want to share my experience. I purchased my 8GB iPhone as a “laptop replacement” so that we could travel as light as possible. The primary role of our iPhone was as a casual Internet and email device. The secondary role was as an entertainment device for my children while on the airplane. (You can run out of things to pass the time for a three year old and a six year old during a twelve-hour flight from New York to Tokyo.)

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Eugene Butman, General Director of Apple IMC Russia has stated while answering the question of iPhone shipment to Russia, that nobody knows when the shipment would take place. “With all responsibility I can declare that there is no a single person on the territory of Russia and Europe who knows when iPhone will appear in Russia”, - he remarked.

However the sources of CNews in Apple IMC are saying somewhat different information, that long awaited device may appear in Russian market in September-October of 2007.

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SINGAPORE: Some say it is probably the most coveted gadget of the year!

Mobile phone users in the US queued overnight just to be the first few to own it!
And even before the much-touted iPhone is released in Asia, someone in Singapore already has it!

But there’s a catch.

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A newly-launched Apply iPhone has created a huge impact world wide. Now there are rumors flowing about India launch of the iPhone.

Apple India unnamed sources revealed that Apple’s phone-cum-ipod will soon enter the Asian market. It would first hit Japan, followed by India and China in early 2008.

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TUAW reader Nathan spotted this banner ad at the bottom of South Africa’s Cellucity’s home page. As you can read, Cellucity states that the iPhone will be available for sale this September and that it will be the exclusive distributer. Cellucity is a retailer for Vodacom, one of the four South African mobile networks. It looks like the global iPhone roll-out is moving forward.

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