At last we know. The 8GB iPhone 3G will be available here in Aus in a month's time for "no more than US$199" (16GB for US$299) from Optus and Vodaphone. Thanks to our great exchange rate Aus dollars should be pretty close. No idea yet of plan costs.

built-in GPS
3G that is 36% faster than 3G on competing 3G phones such as Nokia N95 and Blackberry Pearl

        • Talk time:
                • Up to 5 hours on 3G
                • Up to 10 hours on 2G   (up from 8hrs on old iPhone)
        • Standby time: Up to 300 hours  (up from 250hrs on old iPhone)
        • Internet use:
                • Up to 5 hours on 3G
                • Up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi
        • Video playback: Up to 7 hours
        • Audio playback: Up to 24 hours

camera still 2 megapixels
no front facing camera so unfortunately no video iChat

MobileMe (replacing .Mac) looks brilliant and finally might be worth the US$99 per year

-Mart
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Martin Hill
email: mart "at" ozmac.com
homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com
Mb: 0401-103-194  hm: (08)9314-5242

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