iPhone hits India – Its official !

The iPhone 3G is available in 8GB and 16GB at Rs 31,000(730$ US) and Rs 36,100(850$ US) respectively.

Vodafone – iPhone

Data plan info:

Postpaid plans for iPhone

iPhone 499 iPhone 799 iPhone 999
Monthly fees (Rs/month) 499 799 999
All local calls (Re/min) 0.60 0.60 0.60
All STD calls(Re/min) 1 1 1
SMS (Rs/SMS)
Local 1 1 1
National 2 2 2
International 5 5 5
Free minutes (Local +STD) per month 199 249 299
iPhone data browsing charges 5p/10Kb 5p/10Kb 5p/10Kb
Free data usage (MB) per month 50 250 600

Or you can just add an iPhone data plan on your already existing Vodafone Postpaid plan:
Postpaid data plan for iPhone

iPhone Data Pack 199 iPhone Data Pack 499 iPhone Data Pack 699
Monthly fees (INR) 199 499 699
iPhone data browsing charges 5p/10Kb 5p/10Kb 5p/10Kb
Free data usage (MB) per month 50 250 600
Savings % 61% 81% 89%

If you’re a Prepaid customer you can simply add the below Prepaid data plan for iPhone on your Vodafone Prepaid tariff plan:
Prepaid data plan for iPhone
iPhone Prepaid data Bonus Card

Monthly fees (INR) 100
iPhone data browsing charges 5p/10Kb
Free data usage (MB) per month Nil

iPhone 3g : 24 countries on July 11th

Sony unveils “Rolly” – What is it?

The Sony Rolly SEP-10BT “Sound Entertainment Player” is officially here. Though it’s not really clear what the utility of this gizmo is.

Its not the pet robot, nor is it a portable audio player, or stereo.

US Teen exchanges hacked iPhone for Nissan 350z !

A New Jersey teenager has cut a sweet deal to trade a hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels and three further iPhones.

George Hotz, a 17 year old living in Glen Rock, made the announcement on his blog, having successfully unlocked the Jesus phone. Duly released from the shackles of AT&T, the device was then swiftly offered for sale.

Japans fastest bullet train : n700

The obsession never ends! Type N700, a new bullet train developed in Japan is said to be the fastest yet.

The n700 can hit speeds of up to 186mph (previous record was 168.5mph). This translates to a 2hr 25mins ride from Tokyo to Osaka. It uses a new form of Automatic Train Control (or ATC) to monitor the train’s speed and stability during curves in the track and also boasts a 30% increase in acceleration, which reduces the amount of time it takes to reach its maximum speed.

All that money to save 5 mins ! Oh wait.. was it the japs who said, time = money ?

iPhone sells 500000!

Ok so the accurate figures may not be available yet… but to sell half a million phones within the initial week of launching the product is a darned good feat! Originally Apple thought they would sell “only” 200,000 iPhones on Friday and Saturday. When businesses closed on Sunday over half a million phones had been sold! This considering supply issues at AT&T store.

Survey results show that 95% of buyers purchased the 8 GB model with 50% of all customers switching from their current service provider to AT&T.

So now the worries have begun as to whether Apple can keep up with the demand.

Source : Engadget

2nd Gen iPod Shuffle goes BLACK ;-)

They say innovation is a quality for successful entrepreneurship. The Chinese for one
have definitely taken this up a notch!

How can you go wrong with a functional mp3 player for 15$ ?? I have seen a lot of fakes in the asian markets. From the pictures the black shuffle seems impressive, they even got the packaging right.

Added bonus : Its “assomboled” in China

Source : Engadget

ztc 321 = iPhone ?

The chinese never cease to amaze us with their blatant copies of practically everything ranging from movies to fashion to electronics and currently even cellphones. Im sure in a short time they will offer services for getting duplicate parents, brothers, sisters and what not in case you need a replacement!!

The ZTC 321 stands as testimony to the ingenuity of the Chinese factories. It is rumored to be the iPhone that apple will put out shortly
The ZTC 321 ships with 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 playback, a jog wheel, and a silver iPod-like back.

I wasnt able to get the price, but whatever is your bound to buy it because it will be a steal!

Source : Uberphones

Naked iPod nano!

PC Watch, Japan has ripped apart an iPod Nano to get a closer look. Not surprisingly the memory for the iPod is manufactured by Samsung

Source : TechEblog