Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:41:56 GMT

The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.

iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET via Yahoo! News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT

The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale.

Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (TODAYonline)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:55:25 GMT

A woman holds up an iPhone handset along a street in Hong Kong on July 5. The updated and cheaper version of the iPhone is set to be released in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on July 11, 2008 but in Asia, where ownership of the latest brand is crucial social currency, the sleek original has already become the must-have accoutrement trendsetters.

Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (Khaleej Times)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:34:01 GMT

HONG KONG - Mancy Li wants to get her hands on Apple's newest version of the iPhone, but she won't bother to queue up in Hong Kong when it is released in Asia this week.

iPhone tops Britney in web searches (Concord Monitor)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:26:02 GMT

In April, as rumors began to swirl about a new iPhone, 1.3 million people conducted nearly 7 million online searches for information about the iPhone or iPhone-related terms, according to a study by comScore Marketer, a web traffic measurement service.