Apple 3G iPhone Australian Release - July 11

For all you gadget conscious readers out there, you will soon be able to get one of the hottest items around, with the upcoming release of the 3G iPhone in Australia on July 11.

It will be available in an 8GB and 16GB, so what other features can you expect?

Well, as expected, it is 3G and Apple is claiming load times 36% faster then the Nokia N95 and the Treo 750.

It has the edge design similar to the MacBook Air, comes in black or white (no metal) and includes a flush headphone jack, but one rumored item that is missing is the front facing video camera.

if you work in the enterprise, it has the ability to work with MS Exchange. You will now be able to get push email, calendar and contacts with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

As rumored, it has GPS, with Apple using A-GPS, which uses a combination of regular satellite GPS data and location data from mobile phone towers.

With all of these features, you would expect battery life to suffer, but Apple claims 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio.

The App Store is for all those great 3rd party apps that will be coming out of the wood work now the phone is officially hitting the market.

One strange point of the Australian release is that Apple lists Vodafone and Optus as the carriers, but previously Telstra has been touting to have the World’s fastest 3G iPhone by Chritstmas; maybe they are yet to finalise their deal.

More details to come.

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Good news for all the people waiting to get their hands on an iPhone in Australia.

At the moment, if you want to use an iPhone in Australia, you have to purchase one from overseas then hack it to work on Australian networks.

Mactalk is reporting some interesting news on the iPhone. As usual, details are a little sketchy, but some of the points include:

• Last week of June release
• More than 1 carrier
• No contract lock in
• Current resellers will be able to sell iPhones
• Possible 3G iPhone

This information is coming from Australian resellers, who have been briefed by Apple. Unlike in the US, where you can only purchase a phone directly from Apple, or the locked-in carrier, AT&T.

No information on price yet, but this is one rumour I hope is accurate, as it will be a much better deal then the iPhones in other countries.

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