According to the RBC survey, price and 3G network topped customers’ reasons for purchasing the iPhone 3G, followed by GPS and Exchange support. Somewhat surprisingly, third-party applications are not in huge demand, but then again, people are likely used to the “old way” of getting applications.

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Telstra, Australia’s largest mobile phone operator and the provider that once famously told Apple to “stick to its knitting” will now join the ranks of those companies gladly distributing the iPhone. No details about availability or pricing have been published yet, but we imagine Vodafone will get a bit of a headstart in offering the hand

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The new iPhone 3G will ship in a paper tray made that has a carbon footprint a tenth the size of a plastic tray, according to its manufacturer.

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A recent Reuters story detailed how the downloadable cell phone comic business could explode in Japan when the Apple iPhone debuts there for the first time on July 11th. Will it catch on over here?

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We just launched a specialized iPhone interface for FriendFeed. When you visit friendfeed.com in your iPhone browser, you will get the new interface automatically.

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For the smattering of Canadians wealthy enough to pick up an iPhone 3G from Rogers Wireless without worrying over the lack of an unlimited data plan, we’ve stumbled across what appears to be internal verbiage detailing the in-store activation process. Quite frankly, there doesn’t seem to be any real surprises here, but it is somewhat interesting th

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