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10-04-2008, 12:02 PM
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I love the people who have joined the forum today just to be naysayers. Welcome to MacTalk.
Me I am going with hope (and a little skepticism). I don't believe decryption would deliberately mislead us.
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10-04-2008, 12:05 PM
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- Apple will NEVER divulge any news about upcoming releases to Apple Resellers... EVER. (we wish!!)
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Possible!
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- not sure which country will get in next.. but its out of us and Japan (most likely Japan)
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Speculative. It could be both Aus and japan and even others like singapore at the same time
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- Walt Mossburg openly said last week that the 3G model will be released in 60 days
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walt said later that this statement was based on the various rumors going about and did not have any factual evidence
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- if they release a 3G iphone it will take about 6 months to get FCC approval in the states before they can begin selling it (as far as we are aware)
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I doubt that as i read that it was 3 weeks and not 6 months!
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- Telstra will most likely NOT be carrying the iPhone at this stage... they have pissed off Jobs enough as it is + Optus is owned by the biggest telco through Asia - it seems likely that they will strike up a deal for Aus as well.
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Again Speculative. The market size of Australia would suggest an open model instead of the closed model you are talking about. How many customers you think Optus has? enough to entice appl, i guess not!
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- there would have to be lock in contracts... Apple get revenue from these contracts!!
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Apple have said recently that they are not married to a particular business model. France is an example of what has been mentioned in this thread.
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- Jobs himself will be making the call as to who will get it next... so no one really knows anyway (except for the people that work right beside him that definitely don't leak info to rumour sites) - generally there is a panel who decide the release schedule of new products
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Did he personally come and tell you this? 
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- I know for a fact that the MD of Apple Australia doesn't even know (we spoke to him very recently) and there is no way he would leak the info even if he did know.
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Again, have you heard about something called an NDA?
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Hopefully we will get them by the end of the year, but as far as I can currently see it looks pretty bleak.
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trust me, it'll be sooner than that!
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I believe him. Everything we've discussed in the past has been 100% true and correct.
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What you believe is totally up to you
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10-04-2008, 12:08 PM
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- I know for a fact that the MD of Apple Australia doesn't even know (we spoke to him very recently) and there is no way he would leak the info even if he did know.
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10-04-2008, 12:09 PM
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I love the people who have joined the forum today just to be naysayers. Welcome to MacTalk.
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No Kidding. Welcome! 
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10-04-2008, 12:10 PM
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(2) Why would Apple launch the 3G/Next G model in a small market such as Australia, they would be launching the 3G/Next G model versions in England/Europe or US if they run 3G there ?
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Australia has been a testing ground for global companies in the past, they do test on small markets to see how things go before they make a more global decision. We all know that the Australian public a high tech, well informed nation. It is also far far away from markets in the US and Europe. What happens in their test market (financially) probably doesn't matter one bit to them, it's the buying trends and consumer interest in these models that they really want to analyse, before moving into other bigger markets. |
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10-04-2008, 12:17 PM
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Thats right, a perfect example is the Microsoft "It's not cheating" deal where students can purchase Office 2007 for either $25 for a year, $50 for 3 years or $75 for good. They then proceeded to push it out in the states.
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10-04-2008, 12:25 PM
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The important part of what my local reseller Manager told me is that they've been told nothing, they've spoken to the crew at Apple Aus and they either know nothing or have given no information.
The rest of what the store Manager told me is stuff you can read anywhere on the net right now...
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10-04-2008, 12:30 PM
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Looks like it might well be false info pushed out to see who's leaked it from Apple.. like the ol' Apple Asteroid (firewire interface for Garageband)....
Last edited by mechcon; 10-04-2008 at 12:46 PM.
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10-04-2008, 12:53 PM
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If I were Apple and considering launching the iPhone in Australia, I'd first want to build a few of my own Apple retails store in Sydney and Melbourne to ensure I could make a bit of extra profit by selling them direct (plus people like buying their phone's from an actual store). Then, once the stores were completed I'd use the iPhone as a launching tool to get a heap of media coverage about the new stores, and lots of foot traffic in the the doors.
.... oh wait - Apple's already doing that.... wonder when the stores will be opening?
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10-04-2008, 12:55 PM
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one of the guys at work has been testing a 3G iphone.
i took a photo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/...1a1dafbb_b.jpg
its pretty cool..
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10-04-2008, 12:57 PM
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This is all good and well but until its available on Apple.com.au then my plans haven't changed. An iPhone for me combines my iPod touch and sms from my crappy phone. I don't do many calls. I have wifi at home and work. I will order mine from priceusa at the end of April like I planned 1 month ago.
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10-04-2008, 12:57 PM
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hehe did that come with the p-p-p-powerbook. 
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10-04-2008, 01:02 PM
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10-04-2008, 01:07 PM
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So you're calling bullshit on the part of decryption's contacts?
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definitely, if in fact they are actually claiming they know anything with any certainty.
i dont think they have said that tho', its still just rumours and speculation.
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10-04-2008, 01:11 PM
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I'll do it soon, okay?
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Oh, for all the other journalists reading this article, my name is Anthony Agius. Seeing myself referred to as decryption is kinda weird  |
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