SingTel confirms iPhone for Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia

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In a singularly uninformative press release, SingTel, Singapore’s largest telecommunications company, has announced that it is bringing the iPhone to “Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia later this year” through several subsidiary carrier brands: SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe and Optus.

The latter confirms our earlier post that Aussies won’t be limited to Vodafone for their iPhone needs. Unfortunately no dates or pricing have been announced; it seems safe to assume this will cover the forthcoming 3G iPhone. In any case, this is good news for some of our Asia / Pacific iPhone brethren.

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O2 says Apple’s iPhone “no longer available” [updated x2]
O2, Apple’s exclusive iPhone wireless provider in the UK, in a message on its website early Thursday announced that both models of the first-generation handset are no longer available for purchase in the country. The announcement comes less than a…

Details on iPhones in Latin America

Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

All indications point to a large, international distribution of the iPhone that’s just waiting for to launch. Earlier in the week, Vodafone announced their intention to carry the iPhone in ten countries, and The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Vodafone, Telstra and Optus will carry the iPhone in Australia.

Today, Reuters is reporting that America Movil will carry the iPhone across Latin America. They’re in 16 Latin American countries, plus the Caribbean and the United States. As of March 2008, America Movil held more than 159 million mobile subscribers.

Of course, they were tight-lipped about the details of the arrangement, like exclusivity or plan specifics. We’ll see soon enough.

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Online Apple Stores run dry of iPhones
Often seen as the last reliable sources for iPhones, Apple’s online stores in the US and UK have stopped taking orders for any model of the device. Visitors to the phone’s section at either regional store are greeted with brief notices that both t…

Pianist
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Swisscom, France Telecom, T-Mobile all talk up 3G iPhone
iPhone carrier fun continues apace. In addition to yesterday’s news that Latin America would be picking up the handset later this year, we have a handful of additional news from the past week about other European countries. First up, France Telecom says that they’re currently in negotiations with Apple to…

MailCoaster
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America Movil to sell Apple’s next-gen iPhone in Mexico
America Movil, the largest mobile network operator and corporation in Latin America, said Wednesday it will begin selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone in Mexico and other parts of the region later this year. As of last March, the Fortune 500 company cater…

New iPhone Firmware Beta Has a 3G On/Off Switch: I Wish It Was Automatic

The iPhone’s recently released firmware 2.0 Beta 5 has a 3G on off switch for users. Underneath, there’s a warning that 3G browsing will kill your battery faster. While that’s more proof of the upgraded hardware we already expect, what I find most interesting is the manual control. It’s not too late to change it, but I was hoping that Apple would approach the 3G/2G power consumption and speed tradeoffs by having an automatic toggle for 2G and 3G:

It could have a smart mode that would turn 3G off to save battery for background email downloading, weather checking and standby; and then turn it on for YouTube, maps, web browsing and iTunes music store downloading. Wouldn’t that make a lot of sense? P.S. Apple, you can have this idea for free in trade for some copy and paste action in the next beta. [Chronic Dev via Apple Insider]

NBC at iTunes UK; Caris and Piper outlooks; new ‘3G iPhone’ photo
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Free episodes of Office, 30 Rock for iPhone users
NBC may not need no steenkin’ iTunes, but that doesn’t mean they’re prepared to ignore the legion of iPhone/iPod touch users out there. Hence, they’ve decided to make two of their most popular shows, The Office and 30 Rock, available to those on Apple’s mobile platform. In order to watch…

AT&T says Wi-Fi hotspots “included” in iPhone plan
Geez, AT&T, make up your mind already. First you’re giving free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. Then you take it away again. Now you’re saying that it’s included in the calling plans? An eagle-eyed reader over at MacRumors.com pointed out that if you go to AT&T’s iPhone page and…