With the iPhone on sale in over 22 countries today the day will not be complete without some launch day humor. The iPhone is already on sale in the US and some of you have already told us what you wish to do with your existing iPhone or your plans for the iPhone 3G.

Since the iPhone isn’t out here in India, i’ve been left with nothing less than hope to see the iPhone in my hands. Whatever that is, below are some comics courtesy Joy of Tech. After having a look at the comics make sure you visit the site for some geeky laughs. Whatever they meant!!

Rogers Rips of the Canadians!!

Sorry Boss, Don’t have enough $$

iPhone 3G WooHoo

Raiders of my Wallet

The Weekend Before a Keynote

So have you brought the iPhone 3G yet or is this just another gadget you must possess?

With the iPhone 3G all set to go on sale tomorrow morning, there are still some unanswered questions about the iPhone 3G.. Apple seems to have coordinated review spree from Walt Mossberg, Edward Baig, and David Pogue, all out with major hands-on reviews.

All the three of them feel that the iPhone 3G is a good hardware device and a good upgrade over the original iPhone that we saw an year earlier. But just like the original compromises with the iPhone still exist and that make it hardly a must-have device.

But that brings us to the important question.. Will you buy the iPhone 3G when it goes for sale this friday? If you are not planning to buy one what is it that is holding you back from buying one? Is it the cost, or is it the carrier choice or is it the design cues since you are going to have to acquaint yourself to a completely new experience of mobile phones..

Or are you going to rush to the nearest Apple Store first thing tomorrow morning and get the iPhone 3G? Or are you going to stay with your first gen iPhone? We’d love to hear what your plans are…

I for one will surely be lining up to buy the iPhone when it makes an appearance in India. Here’s a chance for all you guys to be a little bit of nostradamus..

Will the iPhone 3G be a hit or miss?

When Steve Jobs had unveiled the original iPhone last year, I was completely bowled over. It was light years ahead of any other smartphone out there in the market. Since the initial release was US only, and unlocking of the iPhone wasn’t a good idea, I held off purchasing the iPhone and patiently waited, waited till this day.

With today’s launch of the iPhone 3G, the iPhone has become a more compelling device than it was last year, and here are 5 reasons why you must have the new iPhone..

Before I move onto outlining the 5 reasons, here is a fact. Many people world over held off from purchasing the iPhone, some for the lack of 3G, some for the lack of a good camera, some for its price. But the fact is that Apple managed to sell almost 6 Million iPhone’s last year which is no small feat.

But with the launch of the 3G iPhone, Apple has managed to shoot more than a couple of birds with one arrow, and that is why it is here to stay..

So here are the 5ive reasons why you must have the iPhone when it comes out this july..

• Price

Well the new iPhone comes in at a price that is hard to resist. The original iPhone was darn expensive for most people, but the new iPhone comes in at 199$ which is an amount most people can afford.

As Steve himself said during the keynote about 50 percent of people surveyed who didn’t buy an iPhone said that they didn’t because of price.

So now with 199$ price point, I’m sure Apple is going to sell a shit load of iPhone’s worldwide.

• Presence of 3G

3G was one of the most demanded features, when iPhone initially came out. With the most advanced browser on a smartphone, the original iPhone’s sole missing point was 3G.

With the latest iteration however Apple has managed to plug the hole. 3G is nearly 3 times faster than the EDGE that was a part of the original iPhone.

Time for some innovative web apps to see the light I guess.. and Mobile browsing got a whole lot better than it was..

• GPS and Location Aware Services

Google had once said that they have seen extremely high usage of Maps via iPhone. With just Cell tower triangulation and WiFi triangulation in the original iPhone we saw high usage of maps.

Now with GPS we’re heading off for a whole new era of Location Aware Services. We already saw a prime example of that during the keynote with the demo of Loopt.

With features like Search, Directions on a tiny mobile device that fits your pocket, the world just got a lot more smaller isn’t it?

• Applications Galore

The App Store will be the single most important feature of the new iPhone. We already some cool demos during the keynote like blogging apps, games, medical applications. The SDK is the most compelling mobile development platform ever.

You as a developer are only limited by your imaginations.

Add that with the distribution model that the App Store has, people are going to go crazy over the apps. Way better than downloading apps for your Windows mobile or Symbian phone.

The iPhone Apps will be a bigger success than the Facebook platform for sure..

• Sync via MobileME

The iPhone 3G brings about a new age of mobility never seen before by normal users. What has forever remained a feature for the enterprise for ages now is in the hands of normal people like you and me.

Complete sync between the iPhone, your PC and MAC and the internet. What more could you have asked for?

So are you going to stand in the long queues this July 11th when the iPhone 3G comes out?

As we’ve been expecting for months now, Steve Jobs finally unveiled the iPhone 3G today at WWDC. With the release of the iPhone 3G Uncle Steve managed to put an end to months of speculations of what we’ll see in iPhone 3G.

Here are the specs and my thoughts after the jump…

• Available in white/black
• No more recessed headphone jack
• All metal buttons
• 3G / GPS
• Comes in 8/16 GB models
• 5 hour talk time (3G) / 10 hours talk time (2G)
• New USB wall charger

Well I’m quite sure you might be a little shocked to see the specs. We were all expecting a little bit more from Apple for sure. Here are some of the features that I feel Apple should have improved upon.

• No improvements to the camera, its the same old 2MP. Look at your competition Apple!!
• No copy/paste. Is this all this difficult for you guys to develop?
• No MMS. Again this is dumb, considering the mobile media device Apple projects the iPhone, what’s the point without MMS?
• Note’s don’t sync! Why Apple? When everything else on the iPhone can sync why not Notes that is probably the easiest to sync

Apart from these minor gripes, I don’t really have any major complaints about the 3G iPhone. The expectations were running a bit high this time around, but Apple has more or less delivered.

Features that make my heart ache for an iPhone are GPS, and third party apps via the App Store. I can’t wait to see it in India, but I wonder we Indians aren’t used to contracts as such so how exactly are carriers like Bharti and Vodafone planning to sell the iPhone.

Well all said, I haven’t mentioned a word about the price have I? Well Apple has got the pricing right this time and the new iPhone will sell for 599$… 399$…. 199$. Yes you heard that right, the new iPhone will sell at 199$ subsidized for the 8GB model and 299$ for the 16GB model.

What are your thoughts about the new iPhone? Expect some more details about other announcements at the WWDC namely Snow Leopard, MobileME in the coming posts.

Oh yeah! You can buy the iPhone 3G on July 11th if you are in one of these countries or you got to wait a bit more longer.

Voice your opinions in the comments..

Looks like the iPhone fever is not gonna die anytime soon. The Rumor mills have been abuzz over the past few months with talks about what features the 3G version of the iPhone would bring to the table. As everyone suspected the 3G iPhone would indeed reveal itself the coming June 9th.

According to Gizmodo who have got information from sources close to Apple, the second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year’s end, as previously thought. The new model will also herald new sales policies in some countries.

Also expect the upcoming iPhone to reveal a completely a new strategy on part of Apple. The iPhone will no longer be a carrier exclusive device in many of the countries it will launch in. Expect the newer iPhone to come with 3G(Obviously who doesn’t know that!!), Real GPS, A Better Camera and many more added goodies.

Also I’m not sure when we’d see iPhone Software 2.0 which is currently in beta. But I guess Steve Jobs would want to reveal what the new iPhone would have and also demo cool new additions into the iPhone Software.

Coming back to my native country India, I’ve been waiting for the iPhone ever since Steve Jobs first unveiled it, and I’m excited about the new iPhone. Considering that India won’t be getting 3G services anytime soon, WIFI is a hard commodity to find in India, I’d expect the Apple Marketing Team try different marketing techniques to promote the device, as Internet usage is still picking up in India, and mobile Internet usage is more or less unheard of in most circles.

But before June 9th, Apple has a serious problem at hands. Looks like Refurbished iPhones keep all the data from the previous user of the phone, making the refurbished phones a serious breach of privacy. For more details on this serious privacy issue visit TUAW.

Just 20 Days more to go for the whole world to see the all new iPhone. Bring it on Apple!! Sound off your views in the comments.

Image & News Credit : Gizmodo

Things are starting to heat up a little bit in the iPhone arena. The rumor mills are all active with buzz as to what new features the 3G model of the iPhone will bring.

In all chances I believe that Apple will unveil the 3G version of the iPhone during this years WWDC. But if you can’t wait till June 9th, here are spicy bits for you to feast upon.

Engadget got tipped off that the enterprise beta of the firmware has the "missing" magnifying glass-contact search feature that we saw during the iPhone SDK announcement earlier this year. There is also an inbox-like button that doesn’t seem to do anything. Apparently it shows meeting invites, with an icon badge that shows how many invites have been received.

I’m sure you will all agree on the fact that features in the UI are more obvious than the other newer features that are buried deep inside the iPhone software. The noted iPhone hacker Zibree found references to SGOLD3, a chip that would give the iPhone 3G capabilities. Electronista found a Greek iPhone-unlocking website reveal numerous textual clues about the firmware. Tidbits include "A2DP," which is a Bluetooth profile that allows streaming of CD-quality audio wirelessly, and a Bluetooth remote control. Other capabilities include GPS capabilities, a YouTube plug-in for mobile Safari, and Google411 integration. Pretty Cool eh!

Looks like Apple is also clearly taking concrete steps to prevent the unlocking of iPhones. A new clearly identifiable "BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING" indicates that the iPhone may one day refuse to work with other carriers no matter what you did to it.. Hardware unlocking would still be possible though.

Features aside, TGDaily seems to believe that we will see the 3G Model in similar price points like the existing models. 8GB one 399$ and 16GB one for 499$. We might as well see a 32GB Model though. There are not going much changes in the way the iPhone operates, and the casing of the iPhone is also expected to slim down a bit.

This is it for now. We will see a lot more happening in the run up to this years WWDC. Things are definitely heating up now, but I’d want the iPhone v2 to come with atleast a 3.2MP camera, and Video recording capabilities. A 2MP camera doesn’t cut it these days does it?

What are your expectations of iPhone take two(as Uncle Steve would say)?

I believe the spectrum that is going to be auctioned should be able to hold atleast 5 Carriers. I would expect Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance to pick up spectrum. I am not sure about the foreign players, but I believe that AT&T should be able to pick up spectrum as well.

Here are some of the rules that the Government has laid for the Auction :

• Winners will be required to pay 0.5 percent of total adjusted gross revenue to the state on an annual basis for the first three years of operation, rising to 1 percent thereafter.
• Winners will not be allowed to trade or resell the spectrum and they will not be allowed to merge in the first five years after the grant.
• About 30MHz of spectrum will be sold in total.
• India will also auction licenses for broadband wireless (WiMAX) services, with the reserve price fixed at 25 percent of the amount for 3G spectrum.

The 3G spectrum is a good opportunity for equipment manufactures Nokia and Ericsson to beef up their bottom line. My only wish is that Google should enter the Auction and buy this spectrum. If it can do that and complement the 3G service with an advertising model, then I am sure it will make 3G services pretty attractive and cheap.

Keep your fingers crossed, because the 3G revolution has just begun. Also spectrum for WiMAX is being auctioned and the Indian government sees this as a way forward to Fixed broadband and to improve last mile connectivity.