Going for just $500, the “dead ringer” clone phones were uncovered at Dandenong markets with fake Apple headphones, plus a heap of sports related clothing. According to the Carl Donadio from Global Brand Protection, the only thing that gave away the fact it was a clone was “that it had a Nokia charger point and several other key security features not present on the original model”. Although I’d highly doubt that it would run OSX, either.

In all seriousness though, if you’re buying any gadgets at the local markets and the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is…

[Herald Sun]

The data is from Comscore: US 3G subscribers have grown to 64.2 million in the past year, following the introduction of high speed data networks and handsets. That’s 28.4% of the population, which is only surpassed (on a country by country basis) by Italy and Spain. Overall, the total penetration in the five biggest European market is 28.3%–63.4 million people.

AU: I’m not sure if this study is just Europe and US or global, because I would have thought Australia would be in the top fiva at least (percentage wise).

[Yahoo news]