IphOnerZ|IPHONE SUPPORT EXCLUSIVE FOR INDIA

(Updated with additional countries) The iPhone 3G will be launched in five more countries on August 22nd, according to announcements. India’s Bharti Airtel, the Czech Republic’s Telefonica, Estonia’s EMT, Romania’s Orange and the Philippines’ Globe Telecom have all revealed that the iPhone will ship domestically by the end of the month. Only GT has announced any official pricing plans, but details for the other carriers are expected later through their official websites.

Vodafone is set to be a second carrier of the iPhone in India, but has yet to declare a release date. Unfortunately, India does not yet have a fully operational 3G network, so carriers in India will not be able to offer the full features of the iPhone.

The iPhone 3G is currently being sold in 22 countries, and with these five additional launches, Apple moves closer to its goal of bringing the iPhone 3G to 70 countries by the end of the year.

Update: Poland, Hungray and several Latin American countries will also see the iPhone 3G launched on August 22nd. Poland will have two carriers release the device, Orange and Era. While in Hungary, T-Mobile has won the exclusive rights to sell the device. America Movil announced that it will be launching the iPhone 3G in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

In recent months Steve Jobs has been flying more frequently around the world. When Jobs flies on his personal jet he bills Apple, and these expenses show up in the Apple quarterly reports. In the most recent June report, Steve’s expenses jumped from $30,000 to $102,000. It is also notable that in the last three months of 2007, Jobs racked up $550,00 in expenses. These peaks in travel time for Jobs show a strong sign that he is involved in face-to-face discussions with potential partners, assuring investors of his health admist concerns that have hurt the stock.

While it is unclear as the to specific nature of the trips, Jobs may be integral in negotiating with carriers to bring the iPhone 3G to more countries. Apple introduced the iPhone 3G on July 11 in 21 countries; France became the 22nd country to sell the revamped smart phone on July 17. The company said that the latest iPhone would go on sale in 20 additional countries by August 22.

It could also have something to do with the new mysterious product that Apple has referred to as a “future product transition”. Unfortunately there is no real evidence as to what Jobs recent spike in travel is related to, but the spikes do show that Jobs is working on something that requires his frequent involvement.

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This information states that the iphone ll be launched in the additional 20 countries by august end, i hope in INDIA also it gets launched.

keep watchin people..