Gold Rush for Legally Unlocked iPhones?
Posted by xero | Filed under Technology
An interesting story here suggests that due to competition laws in Belgium mobile networks are not allowed to tie phones to contracts. According to this site, this means that the new iPhone 3G must be unlocked by default. If this is true (and it seems to be) then there will be a lot of European customers rushing to Belgium either physically or online to grab an iPhone if they have difficulty forking over huge amounts of cash for restrictive plans in their own countries. i.e. o2 Ireland!
Belgium’s Mobistar doesn’t waffle over iPhone 3G plans:
Belgium carrier Mobistar has offered details on its suggested iPhone 3G plans.
Technorati Tags: Apple, iphone, Mobistar, Belgium, unlocked iphone 3G
The New Amazon MP3 Widget
Posted by xero | Filed under Music, Technology, Web
The future will be widgetized! Your widgets will have widgets! Here’s another one.
Unlocked iPhone for Belgium in June?
Posted by xero | Filed under Rants, Technology
Unlocked iPhone for Belgium in June?:
Clamour continues as Apple preps wider iPhone launch plans, no exclusivity
Have Apple finally seen sense and given up on the idea of network exclusivity which resulted in rip-off pricing by O2 Ireland? Time will tell but seeing as O2 Ireland haven’t followed their UK counterparts by dropping the handset price by £100 it may be a long time before we see reasonably-priced iPhone plans here.
iPhone Paddy Tax
Posted by xero | Filed under Rants, Technology
Pat Phelan, the Cork based telecoms guru has taken a stance reminiscent of the “Michael O’ Leary School of PR” with his promise to drive potential iphone customers to Northern ireland in a bus to avoid o2 Ireland’s rip-off pricing. He makes a good point.
http://patphelan.net/irish-taken-as-fools-as-o2-ireland-iphone-package-comes-with-attached-paddy-tax/
However, much of the o2 tariff woes may now recede somewhat with the release of the “definitive” iphone cracking software, PWNage Tool.
iPhone Germany - €99
Posted by xero | Filed under Technology
In complete contrast to the market gouging being performed by o2 on Irish customers, T-Mobile in Germany has reduced the entry level iPhone to a mere 99 europes!
iPhone Ireland - Hilarious Pricing from o2!
Posted by xero | Filed under Technology
Many people will be able to get past the queasy feeling as they stump up 400 or 500 quid for a shiny new iphone. What is less palatable is the insane tariffs that O2 want to impose on Irish suckers customers!
The Irish blogging community were quickly on the case, using all kinds of colourful words to describe 02 and their pricing policy - and rightly so!
