http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/18/hspa.in.italy.germany/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/hspa+intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ericsson on Wednesday announced it will partner with wireless provider Telecom Italia to bring wireless data speeds as fast as 28Mbps when downloading and 5.8Mbps when uploading thanks to HSPA+ technology. Milan will be the first Italian city to offer the fast speeds in June, with a nationwide rollout due for the second half of the year. At the same time, Telefónica O2 Germany has said it will lau... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/18/hspa.in.italy.germany/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/09/verizon.commits.to.limo/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/lgvoyager-top.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The LiMo Foundation on Monday announced six new wireless providers have committed to release LiMo Platform based handsets in 2009. The Linux OS-based phones will become available from Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica and Vodafone sometime in 2009. The open-source Linux operating system in the devices will be based on the latest version of the LiMo Platform.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/09/verizon.commits.to.limo/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/10/few.italian.iphone.fans/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/tim-milan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Italian interest in the iPhone 3G may be unusually low, early reports suggest. Although some 29 Telecom Italia stores are expected to begin selling the 3G within hours, at midnight local time on July 10th, a key TIM store in downtown Milan is said to have no lineups to speak of. Similarly, two Roman stores, including one on Via del Corso, are also said to be missing any lines. This contrasts wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/10/few.italian.iphone.fans/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/italian.home.activations/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Italian iPhone customers will supposedly enjoy the leisure of activating their iPhone from the comforts of their own home, while a third company ñ 3 Italy ñ announced it would also sell the iPhone, come September. Macity writes that both Telecom Italia and Vodafone will not be able to activate the iPhone 3G at the store, and will instead take both the device and SIM card home to perform the activa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/italian.home.activations/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/tim.iphone.3g.contracts/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Having already announced its pre-paid plans, Telecom Italia has published the official subscription options for the iPhone 3G. The cheapest subscription, Starter, costs ä30 per month and provides 1GB of data, but still requires customers to pay per minute or text message. The 250 plan (ä50) upgrades to 250 minutes and 100 texts, while the 600 plan (ä80) offers 600 minutes and 200 texts.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/tim.iphone.3g.contracts/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/tim.iphone.plans.leaked/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Telecom Italia's planned iPhone contracts have been leaked, an Italian site claims. A new memo, allegedly circulated amongst sales managers at TIM, suggests that there will be four two-year contract options beginning with the Starter, which costs ä29 per month but does not have any voice or SMS messages included, and instead charges 15 cents per minute or text. More conventional plans begin with... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/tim.iphone.plans.leaked/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/tim.reveals.iphone.costs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Telecom Italia has announced some preliminary details on its two-year subscription prices for the iPhone 3G, reports say. While it has yet not disclosed the monthly cost of each plan, the iPhone itself should cost approximately ä199 with an entry-level subscription; in a scheme similar to that of O2 in the UK, subscribers to high-end plans will receive the phone for free. Controversially, TIM wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/tim.reveals.iphone.costs/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/19/tim.iphone.3g.prepay/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/iphone3g.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Telecom Italia has announced some of its first pricing options for the iPhone 3G. As opposed to most carriers, TIM subscribers will have the choice of pre-paid plans alongside contracts; the former have been announced to be ä499 for an 8GB iPhone, or ä569 for a 16GB model. These prices are effectively identical to Vodafone's pre-paid options, and both companies will launch on July 11th.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/19/tim.iphone.3g.prepay/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/carrier.iphone.dates.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Cellular carriers will set their individual iPhone launch dates "immediately" after Apple's expected 3G iPhone announcement on Monday, says Reuters' Italian division. A claimed source from Telecom Italia (TIM) says the provider will make a more detailed announcement of its iPhone plans no later than Monday night or Tuesday morning local time, with the go-ahead hinging largely on Apple's official ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/carrier.iphone.dates.soon/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/iphone.canada.june.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/iphone-rogersmock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Canadian iPhone is set to be launched in June and will potentially have the least expensive data plan of any carrier announced to date, Electronista has heard. Sources from inside Rogers claim that the device should be available the same month as an expected US release of an updated, 3G-capable model rather than as part of any possible staggered launch. Pricing is still unavailable, though c... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/iphone.canada.june.leak/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:00 GMT