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The talented guys at RipDev never seem to be hindered by the fact that to this point you really are not allowed to have an iPhone on the Russian networks but that all may change soon. It looks like Russian iPhone cravers may not have much longer to wait for their piece of the iPhone pie. Russian communications company VimpelCom has announced that they are working to bring the iPhone to Russia which will make them the first company to do so. They have not released any details yet, but VimpelCom representatives said they hope to be selling the iPhone “…later this year.”

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The iPhone nano rumors just will not die and maybe for good reason. The latest round of iPhone nano rumors comes from a source considered reliable throughout the world. The Daily Mail news outlet of the United Kingdom says that they recieved information on the iPhone. They say that the smaller version will be ready for the retail masses “in time for Christmas.” We reported earlier that Apple will be bringing a productRed iPhone 3G to the market just after Thanksgiving so we believe that this would be a great time for more release rumors.

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The new iPhone OS 2.1 beta 1 update is going to add improvements to the GPS feature on the iPhone.(Don’t confuse this with update 2.0.1, is a bug fixer for the current firware). With these new improvements, your phone will not only know where you are, but also what direction you are going and how fast.

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Currently you can buy the new iPhone 3G in your choice of black or white. You may remember our pre-iPhone 3G release report on the news that a red iPhone 3G was in the works also. We speculated that Apple might be inclined to offer a wider range of colors for their new iPhone similar to what is available for their wildly popular iPod line.

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Some Canadians say they were told that if they didn’t take the Rogers’ iPhone specific plans, anytime they used WiFi it would be counted towards their custom plans (like the newly announced $30/6GB promo). They said they were told that even though the iPhone would show WiFi, it would still count down 3G data, and that they would only find out when the bill came. We are now waiting on a statement of clarification from Rogers.

We didn’t run the story then because we couldn’t get any confirmation of the rumor, but now other reports of people being told the same thing at different Rogers stores has turned up.

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Proponents of the petition against Rogers Canada are reporting that their efforts starting to raise some hefty eyebrows South of the Canadian border. They are reporting that because of the petition (or for a reason that is completely unknown) Apple announced that they will not be selling the iPhone 3G in their Canadian stores.

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AT&T and Apple stores nationwide are preparing for the iPhone 3G launch scheduled for this coming Friday. The preparations include the installation of oversized iPhone 3G store displays (similar if not identical to those used for the original iphone launch) that show the phone’s features as they would be seen on the phone. The main difference seen with the new displays is that they have been updated a bit to show the sleek black back case of the iPhone 3G.
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Daniel Smith claims he has information gleened from multiple sources, including a senior Rogers representative,that show that Apple diverted delivery of a significant amount of its initial iPhone 3G  from Canada and re-routed them to Europe in reaction to protest over the Canadian carrier Roger’s steep rate plans. The rates offer a third fewer minutes and very limited data when compared with their neighbors to the south, AT&T.
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With the launch of the iPhone 3G only one week away we find that the new phone still has a few secrets that have not been reported. Upon a close inspection of the recently released iPhone 3G walkthrough video, some have pointed out a detail that we had not noticed before.
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We already know that we will be able to buy the iPhone 3g from Apple Stores and AT&T stores, but if rumors are true (and they rarely are) two other stores may be added to that list. The completely unconfirmed rumor says that Apple will allow sales of the iPhone 3G at Best Buy and Radio Shack Stores.

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A series of confirmations from AT&T have been trickeling out today. The latest says that the rumor that circulated earlier that said that the unsubsidized iPhone 3G ($599 and $699) would be “decoupled” (or unlocked) from AT&T is false. According to AT&T spokesperson Michael Coe the unsubsidized iPhone 3G will still be locked for use with AT&T only and the monthly service plans available for the unsubsidized phones will be the same as those for the subsidized phones.

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TheRegister.co.uk is claiming that Apple is circulating prototype iPhones that have physical keyboards amongst some mobile carriers in an effort to gauge the demand for such a device.

actual prototypes - not just mockups - have been sent to senior executives at some operators. I’m not allowed to even hint which operators… but I can report that the keyboard has “issues” which are not yet resolved.

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We already know that we will be able to buy the iPhone 3g from Apple Stores and AT&T stores, but if rumors are true (and they rarely are) two other stores may be added to that list. The completely unconfirmed rumor says that Apple will allow sales of the iPhone 3G at Best Buy and Radio Shack Stores.
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The latest rumors out of the United Kingdom tell of plans by British carrier O2 to launch the iPhone 3G early in the morning (8:00 AM). The rumors also indicate that the carrier may unlock the iPhone 3G for use on any carrier that supports it’s protocol and for pay as you go customers.

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Rumor of a leaked AT&T memo circulated the web today. The memo supposedly referred to a to date unknown feature of the iPhone 3G that would allow the device to take text messages and attach photos, audio and movies and integrate them into super MMS like messages. I am very skeptical of this report as I don’t think that a feature like this would have made it through the WWDC keynote without being touted by Steve Jobs.