iphone

Kiruba has raised few very valid arguments on the launch on iPhone in India.

First, You can’t just walk to a mobile store, pay about Rs 9950, pick up the iPhone and walk away. You’ll have to sign a long term contract (approx two years) with either Airtel or Vodafone, the mobile operators that Apple has tied up in India. Both Airtel and Vodafone are tightlipped about what the monthly rates are but the US rates give a rough indication of the costs. AT&T, the service provider in the US, charges $30 (approx Rs 1,200) and for business use, it is $40 (approx Rs 1,600). There’s a good chance that the costs in India will be around these figures

Just saw the apple keynote of WWDC 2008. Steve Jobs talked about the new 3G iPhone and its superiority over the Edge network. The video about the speed comparison was interesting, Safari took 59 seconds to load nationalgeographics.com on Edge. Interestingly Opera browser on my Blackberry 8310 (Edge network) takes 25 seconds to load the same page!

The load time on 3G network for Safari was 21 seconds.

Madhur tagged me a little while ago.

THE RULES :

1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

So here are the 8 facts about me

Few are dying to get their hands on the Apple iphone and few want to blend it. Well that’s how life is!

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