http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/ Engadget Comments for O2's bringing the iPhone to Ireland on March 14th http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
The minutes seem very lacking, though. Does 175 include night and weekend? Does it only count for outgoing calls?]]>Feb 28th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Now thats a rip off. How do networks justify that?]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
The major advantage to the European cell phone market is you can buy pretty much whatever you want. In America you end up paying $300ish to buy a new unlocked GSM phone off eBay if you want something half-decent.]]>Feb 28th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Right now on my personal mobile, I pay $29 and get $120 worth of calls (we only pay outgoing), texts, etc while getting $60 worth of calls free when calling a phone on the same carrier. Browsing the network's page + features is mostly free.

The downside is that mobile internet fees are not included and are expensive.]]>Feb 28th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Still, they should have made it unlimited. It's unlimited in every other country. What gives, O2?]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Truly we get screwed over here!


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For reference, my iPhone (bought sometime in late summer maybe?) says 303MB of EDGE received lifetime, and 3 days, 7 hours of calls. So that's 4740 minutes. Hmm I guess that truly is lifetime. I thought maybe it reset after a firmware upgrade, but 1.1.3 was not that long ago and I don't talk on the phone that much.

It would be hard to break 1GB of EDGE in a month.]]>Feb 28th 2008 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
what was the Republic of Ireland Act 1948? ok, yeah the official name is Ireland, and the official description is the republic of ireland. isn't wikipedia great.

i always find how easy it is to upset the irish by calling ireland part of the uk. if we all called people from texas, california, new mexico, arizona, utah or nevada mexicans i'm sure they wouldn't mind.]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Northern Ireland did get the iPhone at the same time as the rest of the UK.]]>Feb 28th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Funniest thing I've read in a year. Laughed out loud.

Cheers!]]>Feb 28th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Don't let a scot hear you confuse the two. They're proud of being a separate country.]]>Feb 28th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Sorta like the colloquialism where people from the USA are called "Americans" and then there is confusion when someone from Canada or Mexico or, hell, Chile is called an American.]]>Feb 28th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 29th 2008 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Sounds like a job for the IRB to me... just when I thought the bloodshed was over they throw an iPhone into the mix :(]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
€399 might look like $399 but, in reality, that's $US604.00 for the '8 gigger'.

As ever, the folks on the other side of The Pond get ripped off. ]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
maybe they can call the 3G version the "f*ckedupteethPhone" when it drops over there....]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/An acceptable retort would have been alcoholiPhone. ]]>Feb 28th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
In case you hadn't noticed the recent news, Rogers has recently announced a 44% increase in profit, mostly on the back of wireless users -

http://www.thestar.com/article/306202

And Rogers would give that up even a portion of that why?

Besides, the iPhone is, like, sooo last year....

;)]]>Feb 28th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Oh and the entire student population is on meteor for the free texts between meteor so no luck there either! unlucky apple!]]>Feb 28th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Lets review - overpriced, no visual voicemail, charged for voicemail calls, capped download limit, expensive plans and 3G version in the pipeline. I've always wanted an iPhone but I'm not stupid. Ireland is the IT Capital of Europe - nearly every bluechip IT European company headquarters is based here. The iPhone will not sell in it's current state at the current rates.

Sorry Apple!]]>Feb 28th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/
Then why don't you just drive to his / her place? Seriously, aren't you guys still part of big, happy European family... :)]]>Feb 28th 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Feb 28th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/o2s-bringing-the-iphone-ireland-on-march-14th/Voicemail***
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Irish people are quite the tech-whores (very high penetration of gaming consoles etc., second only to Japan apparently), have more disposable income compared to our British neighbours and see electronic gadgets as quite the social status symbols. Riots will probably break out when it officially is available. After all, we miss the ole riots.
;)

I'd like to also congratulate all the people who ranked the uninformed person who thought the Republic of Ireland was in the U.K. If anything, that person will have at least learnt something today.

It's not that Irish people get offended by being called British (though obviously some do) it's just the incredulous frustration that something so obvious (to us) is still perpetuated by so many elsewhere in the world. I suppose it's the same as people in Northern Ireland who don't get recognised as British.

The fact that Engadget readers are most likely more intelligent than your average Joe to see this perennial error resurface time and time again obviously can irk people.

Maybe the U.N. should announce a "Get Your Nationalities Straight" Day. It's really not that difficult.

For the masses: Canadians are not Americans. Kiwis are not Aussies. Irish people are not British. (Though the term Northern Irish CAN be used for someone in the North so it *is* technically possible to be British AND Irish at the same time though not the other way wround. Scratch all I just said, it is bloody confusing).

:)
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