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Filed under: Handsets, T-Mobile, Apple, OS X

There’s still plenty of emerging details and news on the iPhone 3G kicking around, but in this place’s what you need to know from the minor bits floating around over the past few days:

• Jobs also told NYT that Apple’s acquisition of PA Semi was, in fact, intended to reduce Apple’s reliance on third-party chip makers. Specifically, he said, “PA Semi is plan to do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods.” So, guess that’s that.
• Per the feature showing up missing on a number of Apple’s international iPhone 3G product pages, iLounge compiled a list of carriers which may or may not planning on implementing visual voicemail. Vodafone in Europe, for example, will not have it at launch, and will delay its rollout until later this year.
• A video of a new iPhone beta build running on live hardware shows videos at this time in portrait or landscape modes, and includes video playlists. We’ll take it.
• Although DT’s iPhone page reads differently, German paper Welt has it that that T-Mobile Germany will be selling it for €1 — so basically free, not unlike O2’s iPhone 3G launch in the UK.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

Read - Jobs mentions PA Semi plans
Read - Visual voicemail support varies from carrier to carrier
Read - Beta build with portrait-mode video
Read - DT releasing it for €1 (see also their iPhone page)

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Filed under: Culture, O2, GSM, EDGE, Apple, OS X

The UK’s O2 has apparently given six employees the boot and are investigating another 20 after it came to light they were using their 20 percent staff discount to buy iPhones and sell them on eBay. While no exact number was given, apparently they bought “noticeable quantities” of everybody’s favorite — and at this time discontinued — set, to help pad their retirement fund. Of course, with handset sales likely stagnating while everybody waits on the iPhone 3G, you’d think O2 might have given them a break for clearing out all that old stock.

[Via RCRNews]

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Filed under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA

We’ve already been treated to some specs, press shots, and pricing info, and at this time the gents at Mobileslate have given us a bunch of nice unboxing pics to round out the affair. Hopefully we’re still on for Monday, June 16th launch Dat. as these pics and that crafty Bluetooth headset snapped in the back have us feeling fairly curious. Follow on for a whack of nice pics.

[Thanks, Eric]

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