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Sawasdee iPhone 3G!

Well, it official. The iPhone 3G is legitimately coming to Thailand. In a recent interview, I had stated that I had some doubts that the iPhone would come to Thailand so soon, citing that they did not have any confirmed deals for content, which is what really rakes in the money in the whole iPhone money machine. But soon after that interview, there were some events which hinted towards a Thailand launch. It now looks like the baby brother in Thailand’s trio of major phone operators, True Move, who is often over looked or forgotten, has sealed the deal with Apple. Commenting on the question of what happened to their rumored deal, AIS has stated that the deal with TrueMove is nonexclusive, leaving the door open for speculation that AIS is still in negotiations with Apple.

Why TrueMove ?

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Apple sued over iPhone 3G hairline cracks

Chicago (IL) – Next, please: A Long Island resident is suing Apple for not having responded to hairline cracks found in some casings of the iPhone 3G. The new suit adds to previous iPhone complaints over 3G reception issues and false advertising.

Reports of hairline cracks in the iPhone 3G casing started appearing in August, when iPhone 3G owners described the problem, which seemed to affect the back of the handset, edges and the camera lens, in forum posts on Mac-specific websites. Owners of the $299 16 GB white iPhone model where especially upset since dirt made hairline cracks much more visible than it was the case with the black model.

Apple has not responded to these complaints and apparently decided to remain completely mum on the issue. Long island resident Avi Koschitzki felt that only a legal move could convince Apple to respond and filed suit in a New York district court, seeking class-action status. He accuses AT&T and Apple of deliberately ignoring the issue, although many users reported the problem to the company and wrote about it in the Apple Discussion forum.

“Although Apple was and is aware that the iPhones were and are defective, and that consumers have experienced repeated instances of cracked housing, Apple has nevertheless allowed the defectively designed iPhones to be sold to the public,” the filing states.

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