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Wow, watch the video. Just wow.

How often do you see analysis of the porn industry … by a pornstar?

Edit: Huh, there’s other stuff done by her on youtube, and yes she actually is a porn star. Google away.

Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.

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Finally, the rest of the world can get their hands on the iPhone. Since the 3G version will probably be rolling out in the Us some time in June, will it be an international release? Probably not, but one can still hope. What Vodaphone doesn’t mention is whether or not it will sell the iPhone unlocked. It will probably depend on the legislation in the countries it’s releasing it, but considering how Apple can make carriers pay for the privilege of selling the iPhone, and Vodaphone probably did pay for the privilege, it’s unlikely to be sold unlocked in most of the countries, either that or Vodaphone is gonna make it a hassel to unlock it.

Meh, there’s always eEbay.

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The German arm of mobile services giant Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) donned the crown of concerned corporate citizen and persuaded a Hamburg court to act against competitor Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) for selling locked versions of the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone. The court granted a temporary injunction against Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile unit and its practice of selling the iPhone in combination with a two-year contract.

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Hmm, you know I don’t think Vodaphone can sell the iPhone locked without looking reeeally (more…)

A friendly neighborhood AT&T employee forwarded us a purported memo for AT&T retail store employees that could provide a rather telling clue about the next-gen iPhone’s release date this summer if it proves true. A similar memo went out last year around this time requesting that employees not take any vacations between June 15 and July 15, and this year those dates are June 15 and July 12 — which seems suspiciously early, but that’s what the man says. The memo cites “an exciting Summer Promotional Launch,” which we’re guessing doesn’t refer to some new Motorola flip phone. Also telling is the fact that employees might be able to take some vacations later within that window when things die down a bit, which seems to imply that Apple could be aiming for a launch date right around the iPhone’s one year anniversary of June 29th. How romantic.

Engadget >Leaked AT&T memo points to 3G iPhone release in late June?

Hmm, if AT&T asks employees(lol @ the spiderman reference) not to take vacations, it must mean that there will be an event that require all/most of the employees to be executed successfully. That really sounds like an new iPhone launch, and if any telecomm company is going to be chosen to release the new iPhone, it’ll most likely AT&T, given it’s exclusivity deal with the current gen iPhone. It also mentions that employees can take a break afterwards when “thing die down”.

So AT&T expect a flurry of activities after the event? Well, there aren’t any other phones with the ability of attracting a massive explosion of press coverage besides the iPhone. (more…)