Does anyone know when the 3G iPhone will come out in 2008?
It seems that a common theme in dialog regarding the iPhone has become, “I’ll wait for version 2, thank you very much.” The sentiment makes sense in some ways; after all, the first-gen model lacks key goodness (3G radio, open platform, removable battery), not to mention the fact that companies frequently fail to get the first version of anything perfectly spot-on. Problem with waiting for version 2, of course, is that whole “waiting” part — but it maybe be a bit more painless than anyone had thought. AppleInsider is reporting that a Swedish carrier is reassuring a large client that the first 3G iPhone will be on shelves as soon as January of next year, silencing one of the largest criticisms — EDGE data — of the June ’07 model. That said, there’s no guarantee the 3G version will hop the Atlantic (or any other body of water, for that matter) in the same time frame; Apple might instead choose to starve North America of UMTS handsets the same way many manufacturers have. Furthermore, t
