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iPhones from around the world
Where in the world are Apple's missing 1.3 million iPhones? Iran? Holland? South Africa? Yes! Lots of other places too.
We asked for pics and you answered: iPhones from around the world, from countries where the iPhone isn't even sold with service. Canada makes sense, as a quick trip across the border will land you an iPhone. China also makes sense, as it wouldn't be Hong Kong without a gray market plethora of unlocked iPhones, would it? We got reports from almost every part of the globe, and put together a nice little gallery to show just how popular this gadget is -- service or not. Where there's a hack, there's a way...
We asked for pics and you answered: iPhones from around the world, from countries where the iPhone isn't even sold with service. Canada makes sense, as a quick trip across the border will land you an iPhone. China also makes sense, as it wouldn't be Hong Kong without a gray market plethora of unlocked iPhones, would it? We got reports from almost every part of the globe, and put together a nice little gallery to show just how popular this gadget is -- service or not. Where there's a hack, there's a way...
Gallery: iPhones around the world
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
steve said 12:22PM on 2-06-2008
TETHER ! I am traveling around right now and I want to tether with the iphone! I have tinyproxy working half the time, but is this still the way to go? I heard something about proxy directly through SSH...
any insight on this out there?
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ICEBrk said 3:14PM on 2-07-2008
I tried both and use tinyproxy, quicker than setting up the ssh every time, would be nice if there was a better solution though.
ski kit said 1:55PM on 2-06-2008
Can someone please refer me to where I can download the skin/icons/wallpaper for that first phone, the one from India of just the springboard/home screen??? Its amazing!
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Drew said 2:28PM on 2-06-2008
That looks like a variant of this "Wood Shelves" theme (the bows added on):
http://modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19836
cylonite said 2:56PM on 2-06-2008
You can get the different versions of this skin here
http://www.iphoneskinning.com/2007/12/spargettlouie-mantiarealizeoptica.html
Pete said 2:14PM on 2-06-2008
That is a cool collection of photos. Some of them don't really show proof of where they are, but others are quite artistic.
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cylonite said 2:54PM on 2-06-2008
ankit's screen looks great :D
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JoeB said 2:56PM on 2-06-2008
iPhone librals! We need to find 'em and smoke 'em out of their holes! lol.
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Cory said 3:01PM on 2-06-2008
Check out this article titled:
iPhones Without Borders
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=21
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Eckofish said 3:27PM on 2-06-2008
The world is a small place indeed.
iPhone Czech Republic (23 of 84) is using the Twitter web clip I submitted to webclipme.com.
Just a simple Twitterific bird on a white backdrop.
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yaqui said 3:32PM on 2-06-2008
Hey Victor I sent you a picture of the iPhone working in the Dominican Republic with Orange but it didn't make it to the gallery. :(
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Ari B said 3:41PM on 2-06-2008
The text message in the Israel iphone picture reads "Hey, the Hebrew works great!"
lol
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artifex said 3:44AM on 2-07-2008
Funny how they blot out faces but not the phone number on that screen.
Reza Tayebi said 3:47PM on 2-06-2008
Yeah. They really are missing iPhones.
Sometimes I feel Apple does not care about international customers at all . I mean each time I have a question about my computers or have a problem with them. I don`t really know what to do. There is no real support on Apple`s website.
Apple supports in Asia are usually not responding , or can`t speak english ... . So I end up calling an apple support in USA which takes a lot of time and money.
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KTswami said 4:34PM on 2-06-2008
Great idea for the gallery! This is begging for a Google Maps mashup and a Flickr slideshow. (hint, hint.)
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valthewu said 4:58PM on 2-06-2008
After skimming through the gallery, tuaw should remind itself of their international reader basis. and act different than apple...
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Victor Agreda Jr said 5:21PM on 2-06-2008
I don't get it. What'd we do wrong now?
artifex said 3:47AM on 2-07-2008
yeah, this comment does seem pretty vague.
valthewu said 4:52AM on 2-07-2008
i meant that in some posts of tuaw, the authors can't imagine having readers from all over the world.
this post, with all those comments from all over the world should be evidence.
Jon Makkinje said 5:25PM on 2-06-2008
you forgot iPhone USA!
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