We'll make this brief. Orange spokesperson Therese Wenger told the SDA news agency that it has secured rights to release the iPhone (
3G version, presumably) in Switzerland and more than 10 other countries -- take that
Swisscom! Other countries include Austria, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, and Romania. And
France of course where it's already on sale. See, that was quick and leaves room for a dozen or so other iPhone related announcements today.
Update: Official Orange
press release now out.
[Via
20minuten, thanks Pascal M.]
Looks like Intel's clearing out all its Classmate inventory in preparation for that new model -- it just inked a deal with Portugal for 500,000 of the chubby gray laptops. The Classmates will be manufactured in Portugal as part of the deal, and the final subsidized cost to students will vary based on each family's income, with a max of €50 ($78). Kids should be getting their new machines at the start of the new school year, so it looks like things should be moving along quickly here.
