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AFP - Apple’s international launch of iPhone 3G began in New Zealand and Japan on Friday, as a freshly-opened “App Store” tempted fans with independently created mini-programs for the coveted devices.

PC World - Amid cheers, queues and smoke, Apple’s iPhone made its Japan debut on Friday morning.

AFP - Apple’s international launch of iPhone 3G began in New Zealand and Japan on Friday, as a freshly-opened “App Store” tempted fans with independently created mini-programs for the coveted devices.

PC World - Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak said he’ll be waiting in line overnight to buy an iPhone 3G.

AFP - Apple on Thursday threw open the virtual doors of an “App Store” brimming with independently created mini-programs promising to make iPhones even more coveted.

NewsFactor - Apple had some trouble rolling out its MobileMe site on Thursday to replace its .Mac online subscription service. The .Mac site was shut down Wednesday evening to migrate users to MobileMe, but problems reportedly kept the new service offline longer than expected.

AFP - New Zealanders were the first in the world to get the chance to buy the much hyped iPhone 3G Friday when three stores opened just after midnight.

NewsFactor - The Apple iPhone will account for 6.3 million of the 18.1 million touchscreen phones sold in the U.S. this year, for an impressive 35 percent market share, according to Strategy Analytics.

AFP - Apple on Thursday threw open the virtual doors of an “App Store” brimming with independently created mini-programs promising to make iPhones even more coveted.

Top cell phone maker Nokia announced today that nine more firms, including telecom operators “3″ and TIM, have agreed to support its new open mobile software alliance Symbian Foundation.

Nokia said on June 24 it would buy out other shareholders of the UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian for $410 million and make its software royalty-free to other phone makers, in response to new rivals such as Google.

Nokia said the foundation has now 30 members after also mobile operators 3, America Movil and TIM, chip firm Marvell, and services and software providers Aplix, Elektrobit, EMCC Software, Sasken and TietoEnator joined.

The initial board members are AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone.

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