UK iPhone

Reports have surfaced of evidence for a partnership between Carphone Warehouse and O2 for the UK iPhone launch. Carphone Warehouse apparently had a teaser page up on their website for a little while, referring to iPhone. Reportedly, analysis of the source code revealed references to O2 as well as Apple and iPhone.

Backing this up to some extent is the recent comments of O2 chief Peter Erskine at the company’s second-quarter earnings update; he sidestepped the issue of iPhone by saying he was not in a position to comment, but then coyly added, “What we can say is we’re excited about the product and we certainly hope to be marketing it later in the year when it launches.”

Finally, for what it’s worth, I signed up for Carphone Warehouse’s Talk Talk home phone service recently, and was soon thereafter phoned by one of their mobile phone salesmen, who wanted to know the situation with my mobile. When I made it clear to him I was waiting for iPhone before signing any new contracts, he didn’t miss a beat, offering to let me know when he had one available for me. Sales patter? Possibly. But then the O2 salesman phoned today, and said the same thing…

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