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Airtel takes a sudden lead

Mitesh Ashar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:14:32 +0000

I am a bit late to blog this, but was a bit tied up through the day to do it. The grapevine was abuzz that it would be Vodafone who would first launch the iPhone, and that would be 15 days before Airtel. But, Airtel has suddenly made the announcement today that it will be launching the iPhone 15 days from now, that is 22nd August. Although, Airtel has not given any hint about the price. Maybe they’re waiting for Vodafone’s offerings to be announced.

The quick action from Airtel may also be seen as an attempt from Airtel to boost up initial sales so as to avoid lower sales due to the bad name it has been earning. I have lately noticed that every now and then someone from Delhi/Mumbai is complaining on twitter, jaiku, kwippy and other microblogging platforms about their bad Airtel connections.

Anyways, it is too quick to comment on whether to go for Airtel or for Vodafone for our iPhones, and only time will tell who surfaces out as a winner in this race, which Airtel currently leads.

Too many rumours and too much hype about the iPhone

Mitesh Ashar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:52:36 +0000

I agree Tech 2.0 is big and can be relied upon. It is the one which triggered the news about iPhone 3G launching on 18th of August by Vodafone. But the grapevine, as notorious as it is supposed to be, has added all sorts of rumours about its price.

But it is for sure that if the iPhone does launch for the price of 12,000, I would really consider buying it, but only after I find out a bit more about the data plans that are going to be attached to it.

I eagerly await Vodafone’s & Airtel’s press releases to tell us more about the iPhone in India. That would decide the fate of the phone that would reach into my hands.

When will I be able to lay my hand on the iPhone 3G?

Mitesh Ashar — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:07:09 +0000

Loads of Indians are awaiting the launch of the iPhone 3G in India. I am equally awaiting for the phone to unleash itself into my hands.

I was happy to know that instead of the earlier reports of the iPhone 3G being launched in October this year, the iPhone 3G is most likely to come forth around the end of August, although only with 2G operations.

Also, it makes sense to wait for the iPhone to join the bandwagon. For the same price-tag that the phones in market are available, I would get 8 GB instead of 2/4GB(which most smartphones are limited to) alongwith some really amazing features, an iPod and the future ability to use 3G.

Also, for all the bloggers around, I just thought of mentioning about one of the very very few free open-source apps coming up on the iPhone’s AppStore. The Wordpress for iPhone app is going to be a part of the apps going to be available in AppStore, using which we shall be able to blog on our wordpress.com blogs smoothly over the iPhone. Although it is not yet clear whether people with native Wordpress installs like me and many others would be able to enjoy this software.

Anyways, I have already pre-registered with both, Airtel and Vodafone and I hope to lay my hands on the baby soon!