The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
I guess the answer to that will be “no”, and any existing iPhone user will need to wait until the hackers figure out how to unlocked the reportedly very locked down iPhone 2.0 firmware. Hopefully that won’t take too long.
We also don’t know whether Apple will somehow be able to remotely re-lock unlocked iPhone 2.0 firmware upgraded devices through its ability to “push” notifications to users.
Basically existing iPhone owners are well advised to stay away from iPhone 2.0 firmware until it’s all sorted out by the hackers.
There’ll no doubt be some other Aussie iPhone reviews out there, mostly all complimentary to the device. I have an original iPhone so I know, it’s a fantastic gadget and the new iPhone 3G is an evolutionary improvement.
But in true Apple style, the existing design is being milked while the “true” next revolutionary update is still being worked on for probable release next year, where Steve Jobs will get up on stage to announce that he’s “revolutionised video calling” or revolutionised the phone again (again!) or something similar in his smoothly seductive reality distortion effecting style.
In any case, it’s still very easy to predict the 3G iPhone will be a hit. It’s the first official iPhone to hit Australia seeing as we missed out on the first version, fulfils the 3G promise of much faster speed, adds in GPS, delivers new software capabilities and is available from three phone companies to boot!
It has also "inspired" many of its competitors to create iPhone clones, although the true revolution is in forcing other manufacturers to come up with simpler, easier to use interfaces that still deliver power features which actually get used by consumers for their benefit rather than being mostly ignored or misunderstood.
Of course you can wait for those other manufacturers to catch up, or you can just get an iPhone "today" instead.
Most people who see the iPhone want one immediately. Despite suggestions of limited stock for launch day, iPhones should be in plentiful supply throughout the course of the year.
Make sure you check it out, but be warned: you’ll probably find yourself walking out of the store proudly owning a new iPhone 3G - or wishing you had!
David Bass
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