With the iPhone 3G currently available in only 25 countries, Mr. Jobs has some work to do if he wants to meet his goal of 70 iPhone 3G-filled countries by the end of 2008. Well, as of August 22nd, he should be about 20 countries closer. Below is the list of 16 nations (and carriers within those nations) in which the iPhone 3G is scheduled to debut two weeks from tomorrow (8.22.08), and word has it there are still four to be confirmed.

• Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay on Telefonica
• India on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone
• The Czech Republic on O2
• Estonia on EMT
• Poland on Orange and Era
• Romania on Orange
• Philippines on Globe Telecom
• Hungary on T-Mobile
• Singapore on Singtel

 

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The HTC Diamond is truly a diamond in the haystack.  With its release early this summer, the HTC Diamond is looking for its one millionth sale which is anticipated to take place next week.  Of course, when the men in the pinstripe suits predicted that this phone would hit two million sales before 2009, people chuckled.  But these penguins might be right, and with the HTC Diamond set to release to Sprint and Verizon, I think this goal will be reached.

 

Specifications of the HTC Diamond

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This phone truly is a beauty.  With its stunning black design matched with high-end features, this phone may just be the diamond you are looking for.

Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz

Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

ROM: 256 MB

RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM

4 GB Internal storage

102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.5 mm (T)

110 g (with battery)

2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution

HSDPA/WCDMA:

* Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz

* Up to 384 kbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

* Europe/Asia: 900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

TouchFLO™ 3D

Touch-sensitive navigation control

GPS and A-GPS ready

Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR

Wi-Fi® IEEE 802.11 b/g

3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus

FM radio with RDS

900 mAh battery

 

Talk time:

* Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA

* Up to 330 minutes for GSM

 

Standby time:

* Up to 396 hours for WCDMA

* Up to 285 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 145 minutes for WCDMA

Diamond in a Haystack

The HTC Diamond is speculated to release for Sprint in early September and with Verizon shortly after (30 days).  It does have more competition coming its way with the Android, but HTC users will love this phone with its slim, stunning design and innovative features.  For the U.S., we will have to wait to get our hands on this device, but once that happens, it shall be a diamond of a reunion. 

It looks like the newest thing in technology is getting back to nature. Mother Earth would be proud of these recently debuted gadgets that are seeking an earthier look. I guess we could have seen this coming, with the rising level of environmental concern, but there’s no denying that we were pretty surprised when we found not one, but several wooden cell phones. Here’s a peek at some of the newest, most natural gadgets around.

The Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop is “Dell’s greenest, most power-efficient consumer desktop” and if you choose the Bamboo external for the computer (for an extra $130), everyone will know you, too, are pretty green. This diminutive desktop also comes in six jewel-tone colors, but I think the natural vibe you get with this bamboo option makes more of a statement. Still not green enough for you? Dell also offers your choice of either free recycling of your old PC, or for an additional $6 you can purchase the planting of a tree to “offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated to power your new system.”

This one really caught us off guard. While I’ve been searching for cell phones that use environmentally-friendly methods of manufacture and preserve energy life, wooden cell phones have entered the market. This Maple Wooden Phone looks like a block of wood until you touch it, and offers a camera and an mP3 player, along with typical texting and calling functions. Surprisingly enough, this phone is not alone in the wooden phone market - we also found the LG Shine Wood - which, while not made of wood, sports a wood-like exterior. This only-released-in-Korea phone features top-of-the-line features in an eco-chic package.