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Official from Apple: iPhone 3GS & 3G in Saudi Arabia is unlocked

Written on 1 Mar, 2009 at 11:16 in News | viewed times | 86 Comments
Official from Apple: iPhone 3GS & 3G in Saudi Arabia is unlocked

Update: The iPhone 3GS from Mobily is unlocked too. You can use STC’s SIM cards. I have been receiving e-mails stating that Mobily employees are claiming that the iPhone 3G is locked to the Mobily SIM cards. Other employees claim that... (Continue reading)

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iPhone 3G released in Egypt, without Arabic, disabled GPS and no Egypt App Store

Written on 14 Nov, 2008 at 9:24 in News | viewed times | 14 Comments
iPhone 3G released in Egypt, without Arabic, disabled GPS and no Egypt App Store

The iPhone 3G is now available in Egypt. It is sold by Vodafone and mobinil. The iPhone 3G will cost the same from both carriers: 3800 EGP (2,615 SR/$698) for the 8GB model and 4450 EGP (3,065 SR/$817) for the... (Continue reading)

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Egypt will probably not get the iPhone 3G

Written on 16 Oct, 2008 at 2:13 in News | viewed times | 1 Comment

I recently discovered (thanks to Zsafwan and Mazen) that GPS devices are banned from use in Egypt! Telecoms Law 10/2003 outlaws the import of GPS-equipped mobile phones, and retailers found selling them could lead to the confiscation of their entire stock.... (Continue reading)

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Egypt and Jordan left out of the iTunes App Store

Written on 12 Jul, 2008 at 13:29 in News | viewed times | 3 Comments

Egypt and Jordan, two of the 3 Arabic speaking countries to get an official iPhone release did not get their own iTunes App Store like Qatar. This is a bit odd considering the fact that many other countries without the iPhone... (Continue reading)

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iPhone software version 2.0 still without Arabic

Written on 10 Jun, 2008 at 2:09 in News | viewed times | 4 Comments

According to the specifications of the new 3G iPhone. The iPhone will not have any Arabic language support at all. Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian,... (Continue reading)

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iPhone for Jordan and Egypt’s second carrier

Written on 17 May, 2008 at 0:10 in News | viewed times | 0 Comments

From the Associated Press: France Telecom’s Orange said in a one-sentence statement that it will sell the handset in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and African markets later this year. This raises issues regarding... (Continue reading)

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Egypt first Middle Eastern country to get the iPhone

Written on 6 May, 2008 at 11:08 in News | viewed times | 2 Comments
Egypt first Middle Eastern country to get the iPhone

Vodafone announced that they signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone starting in ten of it’s markets. Which includes Egypt, Australia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. This is in fact... (Continue reading)

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