iPhone

cbr954

I was listening to Matt Cooper on Today FM this evening and one of his contributors said that the iPhone was going to be released here in a few weeks. There's nothing about this on the Apple rumour sites so I don't know if it is fact or conjecture.

babypink

rumour

Kid Nothing

there was something in the Business Post a while back about it being released over here in April i think. Might be some news on it at this Apple conference at the end of February.

Still a rumour though!

ZENER

cbr954 wrote: »

I was listening to Matt Cooper . . . .

There's your problem right there . . . .

ZEN

AlanD

it's to be discussed tonight during the tech slot at about 6:30.......

I must say I got a little excited.

closest news item I've seen is the article with the 3g store owner who had talks with Steve Jobs at MacWorld.

WizZard

So is it Meteor or O2 I wonder?
Vodafone have confirmed to me twice that they are not getting it... So bang goes my contract with them!

Cabaal

Doubt it'll be Meteor, likely to be O2 or maybe Vodafone

440Hz

Its gonna be O2, they pretty much confirmed that already.

dblennon

It's gonna a be a while i Spoke to a guy in the know @O2 and he said that apple are looking to take too much of a cut from the monthly contracts.

Since Ireland has a small poulation it's an unrealistic amount to expect even the most optimistic take up isn't worth the cost to them at the moment.

Creamy Goodness

amull87 wrote: »

there was something in the Business Post a while back about it being released over here in April i think. Might be some news on it at this Apple conference at the end of February.

Still a rumour though!

that the computers in business magazine?

they don't know their arse from their elbow tbh.

unclebill98

Well its O2 in England, no way its going to be anyone else over here. I'm vodapone, so not happy with that!!

projectmayhem

i would have assumed it'd be o2 who would carry the iphone over here but a little birdie told me vodafone want in on the contract

unclebill98

Cant see O2 signing up for it without some kind of control over its EU usage. Doubt it make good business for O2 to have let slip to other operators...

Tanabe

Last I heard O2 had won the contract for them here in Eire.

I'm sensing an unlocked phone answers all questions asked here though?

440Hz

Tanabe wrote: »

I'm sensing an unlocked phone answers all questions asked here though?

Try the mobiles forum!

eamon234

There are an awful lot of "Tech Correspondents" around at the moment who seem to do nothing but talk through their holes appearing on radio stations and getting columns in magazines and papers. I'm no expert but I've seen an awful lot of misinformation being bandied about and it's clear that there are a lot of these guys out there who are just spoofing and winging it because nobody else in the building knows a thing about Tech. I think the iPhone is a clear example of this - there has been so much stuff just made up on the spot about it and thrown out there just to fill space. I'm not getting at the real journalists here - the good ones know who they are!

440Hz

Well said eamon, spot on there. Tech corresondent my ***, most of the time anyway!

projectmayhem

eamon234 wrote: »

There are an awful lot of "Tech Correspondents" around at the moment who seem to do nothing but talk through their holes appearing on radio stations and getting columns in magazines and papers. I'm no expert but I've seen an awful lot of misinformation being bandied about and it's clear that there are a lot of these guys out there who are just spoofing and winging it because nobody else in the building knows a thing about Tech. I think the iPhone is a clear example of this - there has been so much stuff just made up on the spot about it and thrown out there just to fill space. I'm not getting at the real journalists here - the good ones know who they are!

agree'd. i hate tech experts because they're usually completely dimwitted. one day trawling through digg and you'd be more of an expert then these guys. they seem to get all their information from vaguely educated guesses and sales pitches.