Finally, top mobile phone carriers in the region have announced inking a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone in the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Australia later this year.

Globe Telecom won the exclusivity contract for the Philippines while SingTel secured the contract to bring iPhone to Singapore. India’s Bharti Airtel also announced getting a permit to carry the iPhone while Optus will be selling the much-awaited phone to Australia.

Insiders revealed that the negotiations was carried out only be a few people considering that the above mentioned telecom firms are reportedly sister companies. No dates have been mentioned yet but sources said it could be after the expected June (or July) release of the 3G iPhone.

The cat is out of the bag. Finally, there’s a worthy competitor to Apple’s iPhone and this time the competitor is expected to shake iPhone’s status in the touchscreen phone industry.

Even if the Blackberry Bold 9000 (Research In Motion) has not been released to the market yet, critics are saying that the upgraded Blackberry will surely stir people inside Apple because of its features that are still not found in iPhone.

The Blackberry Bold 9000 will have sharper display, faster processor, and wifi capabilities with 320×480 display, high-speed 3G networking, 1 gigabyte of onboard storage, Bluetooth compatibility and GPS.      Read the rest of this entry »

Dear iPhone-Codes.com,

Out of curiousity, I installed 1.1.3 upgrade on my iPhone but i was so shocked when the phone does not charge. The iPhone can still be synced to my power book and iTune but whenever I plug in the charger to the outlet, it doesn’t charge.

Please help me. What should I do?

Bryan F. of Wisconsin     Read the rest of this entry »

Apple is set to release the 3G iPhone in various countries in Europe and Latin America in the next few months but the iPhone maker has not been quoted on when the much-awaited phone will be available in Asia (except in India where the iPhone is set to be released this year).

Undeniably, Asian countries have contributed so much in the mobile phone industry, with India and the Philippines considered as SMS capitals in the world. China also has over 100 million mobile phone users (or more?) who are eagerly waiting for the arrival of the iPhone. Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea also are good market for the mobile phone.

But when will the iPhone be released in Asia?     Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, Taiwanese handset maker HTC launched what it considered as the iPhone killer - the HTC Touch Diamond. The handset runs on Windows Mobile latest 6.1 version and sports a 3D user interface. It has a 2.8 inch display that allows users to zoom in on content with the touch wheel or tilt it by turning it on its side. It’s also thinner thatn the iPhone.

The HTC Touch Diamond is the latest of the many handsets that were introduced in an attempt to shake off the iPhone’s status in the industry.  But can these so called iPhone killers succeed in whatever their manufacturers are aiming for?

We at iPhone-Codes.com don’t think so. These competing units will only make the iPhone more powerful, more user-friendly, and more software rich because Apple will never stop innovating features for the iPhone as long as there are manufactures that will try to take iPhone’s position in the industry.     Read the rest of this entry »

Apple reportedly to release 3G iPhone in Europe

Millions of Asians are waiting for the official release of Apple’s iPhone in the region. But the question that has not been answered yet is this: Will asians get the 3G iPhone?

“Selling the first genration iPhone in Asia will be like selling Playstation 1 to a market that knows the existence of Playstation 3,” said Anthony Chin Lee, an IT analyst in Singapore.

A source said Apple could probably ship the first generation iPhone to Asia (mostly unsold units from US or European stores) and this could mean lower sales for the iPhone in this region.          Read the rest of this entry »