The iPhone's coming to Spain...

[El Jefe]

Apparently Telefonica will start selling the iPhone in Spain from the 11th of July.

Anyone going to be buying one? I suppose it will cost an arm and leg both to buy and run...

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[calendula]

el jefe - what is an iphone? - i detect some muted excitement from you in the news that telfonica will be selling it! Regardless of arms and legs - how will it improve my life?

[El Jefe]

The (Apple) iPhone is currently the biggest wanna have mobile phone on the market - especially for gadget lovers like me!

It's got a stack of cool features like...
Touch screen instead of buttons
Camera
GPS (find your location and stuff nearby)
Multimedia, so that you can listen to songs and watch videos (although I can't imagine watching too many video on a 3.5 inch screen)
Internet
Email
and of course, you can also use it like a telephone...

;)


Will it change your life? Probably not this year in Albox, but I think the mobile market will change quite rapidly over the next few years and eventually we'll all be carrying iPhone like devices. The biggest changes will come when we're connected to the internet 24/7. It may take a while before that happens in Spain, but it's on the way - no doubt about that...

Here's a couple of links that will tell you more...
Apple iPhone (http://www.apple.com/iphone/)
How Location Aware iPhone Will Change Your Life (http://lifehacker.com/395171/how-your-location+aware-iphone-will-change-your-life)

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[silversalmon]

Hi Jefe
Do you have an apple Mac machine as the iPhone will do a lot more if you have?
Silversalmon

[silversalmon]

Hi Calendula
I belive the cost of the iPhone will start at £100
Silversalmon

[El Jefe]

Do you have an apple Mac machine as the iPhone will do a lot more if you have?

Sadly, no - perhaps I'll make my next laptop a Mac - I like the look of the MacBook Air...

100 quid you say - that's about 125 euro - sounds pretty affordable. I wonder what it will cost to run though? ;)

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[El Jefe]

Well, wouldn't you know it - it looks like Telefonica stuffed up..!

Anyway here's the full story (in English):
Spanish IPhone 'Still Not Arrived' (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/spanish-iphon-2.html)
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