Actually for Mexico it is called Telcel. I wonder how much it would cost here. I called them at noon and they were "I have no idea wut u talking aboot :o/" ...I bet it would go for like $900 dlls easily, stupid company >_>
...*writing from my now old iPhone 1.0 u_u *...

valhum

America, stop saying words about the damned iPhone.

Annex1

That video is great!!!!!! When that was made I went out and bought a copy of life magazine that featured a story about the making of the song. The sad thing is some of those people I don't recognize.

Anyway did someone say something about multiple carriers?

originalgermy

@jesusdiaz: bu bu, teh grammar!

"It also means a third new thing: the use of multiple carriers in many countries, an strategy change that may signal a move away from exclusivity in the future."

"an strategy change " should be "a strategy change"

sorry for being the Nazi

Metkis

Well at least more than a dozen people will buy the iPhone in Canada. Unlike the Zune announcement for Canada. I think some people paid attention. About 8 or 9 of them for the Zune.

Ken_Darrow

@jesusdiaz

Well played ... and he fathered the hottie on "the Office" [US]. Devilish powers explain a lot with that man.

DaveExile

@DaveExile: Not yet.

Ray Charles is awesome, but I don't know how the fuck he got in there. Same goes for Springsteen, Dylan, Wonder, and Co. I blame Quincy Jones! (who I recently show in a hotel in Hollywood and looks exactly the same as in this video. He's the devil, I tell you. THE DEVIL.)

jesusdiaz

Man, Ray Charles was awesome!

Um, oh, yeah, iphone 1.5 -- brought to you by at&t for $10 more a month... that's just as cool. Really.

p.s. (did africa, the point of the song, even get the iphone officially?)

DaveExile

Im still in love with my T-mobile Shadow.

Trance-Addict

Pretty cool stuff... it's rare we see anything about the iPhone posted here :P.

Metkis

"an strategy change " --> "a strategy change"

Metkis

as far as the "exclusivity" you know people can travel the world, see some cool shit, and perhaps buy a phone as the rest of the world does.
by list price, sim card based services that you only pay for what you use.

rather then this 50 bucks a month no mater how often you use it locked for 2 years shit.

damnElantra

According to apple here [www.apple.com] this will be available on Fido in Canada as well. Which yea, is still rogers, but thought it was worth noting.

kosikutioner

Cool.

Evangelion

Good thing I only have Verizon...no iPhone for me :(

WolfDemon

why is that jamaica and the domincan republic get it!!! man thats not fair, what about barbados!!! we are advanced...one of the most of advanced in the c'bean along with trinidad and jamrock, we all have a good market for it, sigh this is an all new level of depression

evilkenieval

what about barbados!!! or the caribbean in general??? sigh, y must we be left out? i mean we have Digicel and bMobile...please any assistance as to why or if we will get iphone??? man i want it, but legally!

evilkenieval

Rogers = SHIT. ABSOLUTE SHIT.
goddamn them and their overpriced internet, torrent throttling and ridiculously small bandwidth caps!
Fido = owned by rogers but a whole lot better.

Rob C

Rogers/Fido is the only GSM network in Canada. Fido used to have the best plans, which is why they never made any money and microcell (the parent) got bought out.

Canoehead

@92BuickLeSabre: as funny as the SCTV spoof is, this original is hilarious...especially geddy's moment of truth

RoscoPeeholePain

@RoscoPeeholePain: Are you sure that wasn't a SCTV sketch?

@DJJS: I know that wasn't an SCTV or SNL sketch, cause that's the funniest damn thing I've seen in a looooong time.

92BuickLeSabre

Man I love Kenny Rogers. Those were the days of great singers. Now we have Hannah Mountain Tana, and Bow WoW woof doggy, and ACORN, what a loud of crack

mrsalty

+ Watch video

way.. better! lol @chopstickhero: Michael Jackson : )

DJJS

Sure, blame Canada.

The Sword Master

man that song is painful. was canada's african aid song any better?

+ Watch video

i think the only one i can listen to without laughing is the brits "feed the world"

RoscoPeeholePain

Michael Jackson STILL looked freaky back then... wow.

Anyways, i'm wondering if Canada's data plans will be uber expensive like it already is!?

chopstickhero

just curious, are the royalties for this going to the appropriate charities? why don't u make fun of the jimmy fund while ur at it,

chrism123

Not to worry ... once we see the rates for unlimited data in Canada, we'll start whining again. Hint: currently Rogers wants $90/month for 350 minutes and 25mb of data (yes MB). There is no way they'll come close to what AT&T offers.

phoomp

oh venezuela...sorry for not mentioning! true what about it? and now that i am understanding u have to activate the iphone in store and not at home? makes a whole lot harder for me to buy it from the states and unlock it here, maybe thats why the price is slow, apple has their contract agreement with att guaranteed if no one can hack it first, but must activate, they (the good ppl) r left with paying some fee to the stupid att!

evilkenieval

Y'know, Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper really should have sung together more often than this one song. I mean, what gives with that?! Oh how music could have advanced.

After watching that painful video, I forgot this was an iPhone post. It's a good thing I only watch it about every 20 years or so.

CampSteve

@DavidFromCanada:

My signal has always been really good. I have had decent phones though and I am lucky that I live in Ontario, no offense...Clearly we are favoured (thats right, with a u).

I more have an issue with their business practices, especially mobile data and "high speed" internet. But, we're stuck with them and Fido is becoming more and more like Rogers everyday...

Brian

So anybody know how much the 3g unlocked iphone will be in france

utube2007

WTF happened to venezuela?!!?!?!?!?!?!

brachon

unless...could u buy the iphone without a contract and where? sorry for being so annoying but ppl...iphone! i want one

evilkenieval

@Brian: atleast u get it...

evilkenieval

@Brian:
Tis very true, I live in Nova Scotia and I can get a signal everywhere but my house. I can walk 2 blocks and get a signal.

DavidFromCanada

oh, and PS
ROGERS BLOWS!

Brian

I am hoping Rogers/Fido finally comes out with an unlimited data plan. They introduced one a few months back but it only works with "Rogers authorized devices" not including smart phones. I believe we pay for data than most of Africa.

I still think Rogers will find a way to screw us. I can't wait until the CRTC actually opens the market so we can have a real provider

Brian

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logikgr

Us Canadians can still whine. Rogers blows goats.

photophile

@utube2007: Aluminum foil

Kaiser-Machead is in your Macbook Pro!

giz where u got that video from lol

Godson

Even if the iPhone went to T-Mobile(US) they only offer 3G in New York so there wouldnt be a difference between that and the 2G iphone.

gamecrazychris

@pardyhardy:
it kind of bothers me as a Canadian that the iPhone coming to Canada is in the same train of thought as the iPhone coming to Africa. When I think telecom infrastructure, I don't think Africa...

Brian

How is the iphone gonna work in India, Qatar, Egypt and some of the african countries the iphone doesnt support Hini, Kriol, Swahilli, Malagasy, Sango, Wolof, Setswana and Arabic

utube2007

@DaveExile: Actually, yes.. a number of countries in Africa have signed on and will be carrying the iPhone... just like Canada. On July 11th it will be released in 70 countries... on every continent except Antarctica.

pardyhardy

What`s up with those hairstyles?

TallDudeFromBrazil

According to Rogers 'Something Big Is Coming July 11th' and there is a silhouette of something that looks like an upside down razor or an lg shine. Stupid Rogers..

Does anyone from Canada know how much different Fido is from Rogers? Are their plans different? I know they're practically the same company (except fido stores look like classy restaurants and rogers stores look like variety stores)

ethanlechcharles

Hurray for Rogers and their 60GB cap on hi-speed internet (up yo 95GB) where 5 PS3 demos uses 1/6 of your total bandwidth that month. Where renting 10 movies for your Apple TV uses 1/3 of the bandwidth.

Now we trust them with the data plan of the iPhone, damn we're going to be paying out the rear.

kylo4

@ethanlechcharles:
Think of Roger as the owner and Fido as the pet. When Fido customers get tired of eating static for breakfast, lunch and dinner, they have to beg their owner (Roger) for a piece of his network (for $5/mo).

True story.

Andwu

OMG its here in the Philippines!!!!

kevman90

Here's the thing: Vodafone and Optus are both rolling out 900MHz UMTS networks in Australia - but the iPhone specs say 850MHz.

Meanwhile, Telstra already has an 850MHz network here - but they *haven't* claimed iPhone support...

Perhaps a 900MHz model will be available too?

Namarrgon

@Andwu: So Rogers is bad, Fido is worse?

ethanlechcharles

Us in Canada must continue to whine! How much will it cost? What will the data plans be? Will I have 3G in my area? Why can't you tell us! Damn you Rogers! DAMN YOU!!!!

Stephanie

Get the iTouch. It's like the iphone. But you can't call anyone. Perfect for the rest of us.

swervie

For those of you young 'uns only born in the 1980s, here's a rundown of who the artists are in the video above and what they're famous for now, so that you too can follow along:

(In order of appearance)

- Lionel Ritchie - Nicole Ritchie's dad
- Stevie Wonder - Blind, black piano player/singer that came AFTER the blind, black piano player/singer that Jamie Foxx played before that horrible Stealth movie
- Paul Simon - Old guy who married Edie Birkel
- Kenny Rogers - Hocks Indian gaming and fried chicken
- Tina Turner - Ike Turner's punching bag
- Billy Joel - Guy who keeps drunk driving and crashing in Long Island
- Michael Jackson - Used to be a black man, now a white woman, was on trial for diddling little kids
- Diana Ross - Busted for drunk driving outside Tucson after she found out they don't serve booze at Canyon Ranch
- Dionne Warwick - Hosts Psychic Friends Network
- Willie Nelson - Old cowboy dude who can't seem to pay his taxes
- Al Jarreau - Don't worry, you'll never hear of him again
- Bruce Springsteen - Did that Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 promotional video
- Kenny Loggins - Hey, he's the gopher from Caddyshack, right?
- Steve Perry - Got replaced as Journey's lead singer by a guy from YouTube
- Daryl Hall - Playing at your local summer fairgrounds with his non-mustachio-ed partner, the poster boy against male plastic surgery
- Huey Lewis - You know, Back to the Future!
- Cyndi Lauper - Think Britney Spears, but the drama is all fake (like wrestling)
- Kim Carnes - See Al Jarreau above
- Bob Dylan - That mumbling guy from XM Radio's Theme Time Radio Hour program
- Ray Charles - Blind, black piano player/singer that Jamie Foxx played before that horrible Stealth movie

EBone

@EBone: Awesome! I thought I saw Cyndi in there...

quiksilver180

@Metkis: Do you have anything else better to do than to troll around and correct people's grammar in blog comments?

Couldn't... stop... watching... the... video...

quiksilver180

@swervie:

I agree but no GPS chip as of yet. Hopefully soon.

MacBandit

I'm from Canada, eh! And Rogers got the iPhone...

;_; I'm a sad panda now...

Silver_Back

@mor10: Nice. Does it come with a pocket protector?

bobdobbs's MBA is gettin nasty with LindsayJoy's MBP

sorry peeps. the iphone is a big chunk of overpriced overhyped crap:

[www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net]

mor10

@ethanlechcharles:

Personally I find Fido is better (definitely in terms of customer service) but any talk of them may be presumptive.

After speaking with a Fido rep I found they have not been given any information other than the fact that Rogers (their parent company) will be releasing the iPhone. They have not been told they will be getting it let alone given a date.

Knowing Rogers I expect they'll want to cover their own flagship customer base first and only if the demand is high enough and the stock to go around will Fido get it (did I mention I dislike Rogers)

Sven.T.Sexgore

hmmm, Portugal Vodafone and Orange? They just took the 2 smalles carriers. What about tmn and Optimus? Well, whatever. I'm outsourced to PT's/tmn's internet portal, so I was hoping for a decent discount here, but at 299 USD max (probably 250 EUR) there is not much more need for a discount.

On another note (literally). The song is, musically, lyrically and in arrangement pretty meh (nice to listen to at first, but that's about it) but, dude, there are some performers in it. The Bruce is really great and it's always nice to see, and listen to, Cindy Lauper again - what a voice. But even Mr. Jackson and his meandering-in-space voice I am starting to like. Probably means, I am getting old;-)

yogibimbi

What, no Brazil? Gonna stick to the old E65, then. Nokia FTW.

housermag

wanna know how piss i am on scale of 1 thru 10? 25!

i am totally bogged by this having AT&T one of the FEW MANY CARRIERS here in the worlds most CAPITALIST NATIONS GLOBAL WIDE is only serving the iphone when it can make a bigger impact business/personal lifestyle with maybe having more than just 1 damn carrier?

i live in los angeles, majority of people here have t-mobile. are they that stupid thinking at&t was gonna represent a good majority of the US population in cellular providers?

hell im also pissed at t-mobile. they are servicing over in germany and we the US people where t-mobile is located at and probably have the most customers they got get squat.

what the hell is wrong with just having the iphone out? any other carriers can provide 3g, data plan, unlimited text and etc.

ain't it enough for apple to get their sales up with such a great pricing they have on the iphone? now they want current at&t customers to force additional 2 year contract for that $200 subsidize? give me a damn break.

i will personally go in to that store buy a iphone 3g, and when they ask me for activation, i pay first and then just snap that phone in front of them.

inertial

Your definition of "world" is pretty lame. We're not getting the iPhone here in Taiwan, where most of the thing is actually from, even though we're one of the top economies in the world as well as the source of most of the electronics. If places like Botswana and Uruguay are getting it and we aren't, we're basically not getting it. Thanks, Steve Jobs. You could have been selling 3F iPhones in the mall downstairs from the world's tallest building in Taipei, but instead you not only elected to make it a back alley deal at the night market, you set off a whole torrent of Taiwanese hackers willing to hack your devices. Good luck complaining when that happens. Had we known you'd do this, we'd probably have sabotaged the chips before sending them to Apple.

BaileyEspizzo

... and Canada yawns. More Apple overpriced crapware. I can't wait for Steve, and his band of black mock neck morons, to drop the price after the suckers fork out the bucks (Loonies up here), just so you can be first. LOL

nelsongeek

Just don't ask for an iPhone here in South Dakota, of course since AT&T doesn't have a presence here, there is no one to ask anyways...

sdmoderate

Man, what year was that song released? "We Are The World" was cheesy when it first came out, and like any fine cheese, it just gets smellier with age. But man... must've been like '85, because I can feel that inner-4-year-old telling mom to change the radio station deep inside the station wagon of my heart...

NightElfMohawk

Will wonders never cease? 3G iPhone unveiled, to be launched in over 70 countries by years end, and I, living in the US still won't be able to buy one. Why you ask? Because I have the nerve (the nerve I tell you), to live in Vermont. Other countries are getting multiple carriers, but the US? Nope, we get stuck with just AT&T which is far from nation wide. This may be just more pointless whining, but all the one year birthday of the iPhone does is remind me that I have another 4 years to wait until the AT&T exclusive iPhone contract in the US is over.

ZakiaAsclepius

@housermag: In Brazil it's coming through Claro.

Brassen

@DJJS: @RoscoPeeholePain: way better than whatever crap the two of you just put up:

+ Watch video

im_back

@Brian: South Africa has a much better celphone infrastructure than Canada. It helps that it's a lot smaller, that they never had analogue or CDMA and that the landline service is so bad that almost everyone is giving up on it and going cellular only, not just the young'uns. I spent three weeks criss-crossing the country and the ONLY time I didn't have signal on my Blackberry was for a day in some wilderness camp in the Drakensbergs.

Canoehead

199? that's pretty cheap imo. many 'regular' phones especially in asia are priced much higher than that. for 199 you'd only get mediocre earthling phones.

but of course if you look into its spec iPhone 3G is really not that great. most phones have 3G now. so you're paying for the GPS and the design then... (and the brand of course). not bad tho.

i read here that Apple is subsidizing iPhone? fierce!

ysnlwr

so they put it in Mexico but not Puerto Rico :(

scott-e

Hmmmm... South Africa?

DJTripleRRR

updated additional countries from T-Mobile: (via Apple) T-Mobile International and Apple® today announced that the highly anticipated iPhone™ 3G will be available in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands on July 11, and in

Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia

later this year

scarab

Surely as soon as this is jailbroken and unlocked you are able to use it on any network? I live in the UK and am with 3G the service provider, as soon as this is unlocked,all you gotta do is stick your new sim card in and thats that. You might not have access to the 3G speed internet use without it costing a lot of money but its still an iPhone on a different network.

Really am suprised at all these problems and how people are so upset that the iPhone is not available in their country, its just importing the damn thing and unlocking.

Bazil

@DJTripleRRR: They get AIDS, I think.

But serious, AT&T is pissing me off, I'm actually getting interested in getting an iPhone and they're the only US carriers.

GOKOR

If you had to wait for the iphone as long as we did (when it was so close but oh so far) you would have been whining too. I guarantee it. In fact we were not whining, we were politely enquiring on an infrequent basis.

Camperton

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geel

México: América Móvil!?
eso nisiquiera existe aca!!
(that doesn't even exist over here!!)

hazaelox

I'll <3 the Jesus phone when Rogers announces the data plan pricing and it's less than what I'm paying to fill my car... oh, and copy/paste. ;)

CapitalC

Belgium was also listed with the "Lucky 22". In Belgium however there is a law that prohibits the sale of one product coupled with another product (dutch "koppelverkoop", loosely translated as "connected sales"). Basically it means that you cannot sell 2 products (a phone and a subscription) together unless you also offer the option to buy them separately. Mobistar (Orange subsidiary) seems to be the carrier of preference by Apple, but they have already denied that they will be ready by July 11 (see http://www.dvhardware.net/article27852.html). In India Vodafone will also be an iPhone 3G distributor, next to Airtel, according to Hindustan Times (http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=895d6492-2eb9-4d1f-848f-24666e1cf167&MatchID1=4706&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=7&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1188&PrimaryID=4706&Headline=iPhone+3G+coming+soon+to+India ) Apart from those minor inaccuracies, kudos for the report! menneke

YaffaNuddletits

does anyone know about south Africa, is it coming? our luck Zim will get it but not us... :(

mattsbi

Bruce Springsteen almost made me poop. That's a brilliant post.

ineptbeerman

Steve Jobs really messed up when they show the world map and the iphone presence. Mexico is part of North America! He explicit added it as part of "Central & South America". That is just ignorant.

xande

Rogers owns fido, its just a cheaper carrier with other bells and whistles

syl

So far as I can see, AT&T just negotiated $40 more of your money over two years with a $10 a month increase to data plans.

I won't expect Rogers to be anything on level with what AT&T offers, meaning the whining will continue over the high cost of the phone.

jicon

Obviously they won't be releasing an unlocked version in the USA, but what will the price be for an unlocked 3G in the UK and France? Gonna be there for a few months so it might be worth it just to get it across the pond so I don't have to turn off my data when I get there.

STLtoDCRick

Mmmm... Verizon... Thanks a fucking lot for turning down the iPhone in the first place, you short sighted profit mongers... mmmm...

smartboydan

There's no Brazil on the list???

What a shame!!!

We are investment grade now. (lol)

But the rumors here say that we are get the new IPhone here with the "Vivo" carrier.

jmprado

The Norwegian carrier selling iPhone is NetCom. It is a daugther company of TeliaSonera. http://www.apple.com/no/iphone/buy/

LakeeshaCoyote

@jmprado: actually, there are the first 22 countries. they'll get the iPhone July 11th (expect France, that'll have it July 17th).

but Brazil IS one of the 70 countries that will have it by the end of the year. on Claro (América Móvil), Vivo (Telefónica + Portugal Telecom), and maybe TIM (Telecom Italia).

Viakenny

@mor10: Maddox > rest of the world.

photophile