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To: Keith Feral who wrote (68816)	9/18/2007 1:34:25 PM
From: inaflash	Respond to of 213177

[Jobs] held out the hope that 3G iPhones could arrive in 2008. "3G needs to get back up to 5+ hours, something we think well see later next year," he said. ... Based on earlier reports, it is expected that Orange will be providing iPhone service in France and T-Mobile in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary and Croatia. Thanks for the link. I looked at the earlier link with the video, but didn't hear that part (might have missed it or it wasn't in the clip). If the "later next year" puts it around September, I think it will be good timing. Early adopters (Asia in particular which won't start till around March) won't be as upset, and all the American and Europeans will have figured out they really want the faster connection and need to upgrade :-) The T-Mobile Germany deal would be the biggest. Not only is Germany the largest of the big 3, but Austria/Netherlands/Hungary/Croatia combined add up to about another big one. All together, the European Union is probably a bigger market than the US. I would have expected good chances of meeting the same first 1 million units in one full quarter, but the fragmented rollout and potentially obstacles make that goal remote now.