iPhone in India

Good News !! for the gadet lovers. This September, Indian market will have the most sought-after gadget – the iPhone available. According to a leading financial daily, the iPhone is expected to be launched with telephone operator Vodafone in the first week of September.

Features - include quad-band world phone support, a 2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, a speakerphone, e-mail and a Safari Web browser. Memory caps out at 8MB and there's no 3G support or wireless downloads, but the iPhone will garner interest simply because it exists.

Price - report says that the California-based Apple would first launch its 8 GB version of the iPhone, a touch-screen device with WiFi capability, an e-mail client, online music store, TV feeds and map-based guides. The iPhone 8GB version is estimated to be sold for a price ranging from Rs 27,000 to Rs 28,000.

Memory - Althought it has 8 GB as if now, but report added that the 16GB version would probably be launched by mid-2009, depending on the sales and market response in India.

A spokesperson from Apple says the carrier deal for India is still being worked out with the UK-based Vodafone, which is also likely to be the carrier for the Australia’s iPhones.

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