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Earlier this week there was an announcement from apple and Vodafone, that they will be brining the iPhone to more countries. The sales of the iPhone in the last year have been phenomenal and with the extension to 10 more countries it is expected that the high sales numbers will increase. Apple has been questions about their approach to delivering the iPhone to a couple of countries first. Part of this will of course create an even bigger hype once it is finally launched, but a source in Apple said that they simply can’t keep production in line with demand. And their goal at the start was to make sure that they can supply the US market first and then take it from there.

Countries with the iPhone

• United States of America
• Great Britain
• France
• Germany
• Austria.

New Countries getting the iPhone via Vodfone

• Australia
• Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Greece
• Italy
• India
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• South Africa
• Turkey

Countries getting the iPhone

• Ireland

This roll out has been longer than expected, and in the past months Apples share price has had a high volatility. Last month Apple’s iTunes surpassed WallMart as the top music seller in the US

A story from BusinessWeek suggests that because the apple iPhone is starting to sell out in some Apple Stores, that it’s possible the new version is soon on the way. If stocks are lowering and they are not being replaced, one reason could be that Apple are not giving their stores iPhones v1 because v2 is soon to be on the way. It is also possible that there maybe be a lack of iPhones being manufactured, due to some manufacturing problems.

So there we have it, are they stopping producing the iPhone v1 in order to build up stocks of the newer version. With up to 20 US Apple Stores sold out of the iPhone, and no known date for a restock it has to be looking this way. Bring on the 3G iPhone !

Often people have been asking what the iPhone second version will look like. Already this year we’ve seen the iTouch increasing in size options, and now you can get the 32 Gigabyte version. Currently the iPhone only ships with 8GB or 16GB. So the iPhone version 1.5 will at least contain more storage space. In the 2nd round of things we are predicting that the iPhone will decrease in size (weight/thickness and dimensions) and that they will finally add the faster 3G network capability.

We also expect that the display will be at a higher resolution, so that images/movies and internet browsing is easier on your eyes. Granted these are just our predictions and you can never know what Apple will have up.

iPhone V2 Features

• Screen size 3.5 inches
• Screen resolution 320 by 480 pixels (163 ppi)
• Input method Multi-touch
• Operating system OS X
• Storage 16GB / 32GB
• GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz)
• Camera 2.5 megapixels (higher quality)
• Wireless data Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR / 3G
• Battery* (increased)
  • Talk time: Up to 10 hours
  • Standby: Up to 300 hours
  • Internet use: Up to 10 hours
  • Video playback: Up to 9 hours
  • Audio playback: Up to 40 hours
• Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
• Weight 4.5 ounces / 120 grams (lighter)

You will know when the new iPhone comes on the market, because we won’t post a new blog post for quite a few weeks.

If you have suddenly become unhappy with your desktop wallpaper, why not try something more creative. Make your own ! Have a look at how these people, in effect, made their desktop transparent, so that you can see the items behind the screen. Doing something like this will really add a sense of depth to your computer.

In the first one you can see the charger and the chairs behind the screen.  And see how the cables match up ! It’s absolutely amazing !

Here is a 2nd Generation iPod, and the background screen has been changed (we will bring you details on how to do this in another post).  The background screen of the iPod looks like it’s not really there because it matches up with the pieces of paper on the left and right hand side of it.

more of these can be seen here, sadly they are not all Macs, so you have been warned !

Earlier today we saw that the 2nd Generation Shuffle was cut in price. This nifty little fellow which doesn’t have a display, and has an integrated clip is a great product.

So now the 1GB shuffle is selling for under $50. Previously it cost $79, and is now selling for $49.  And Apple upped the ante by also adding a new product. It’s the 2GB Shuffle , and what’s more it is selling less than that it’s 1GB yesterday, it’s now $69. So for $69 you can have something the is so small and still stores over 500 of your favourite songs. Weighing in at just a grain over 15 grams, this is something you definitely need to check out.