Another gadget to hold your attention, one of the latest innovations in the field of technology, a mobile phone with a difference- iPhone, which is a multimedia, Internet-enabled mobile phone designed and popularized by Apple Inc. This multipurpose mobile phone has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The phone functions as a camera phone and a portable media player in addition to text messaging and voicemail. On iPhone you can also enjoy Internet services like email, web browsing and local Wi-Fi connectivity. There is a quad band mobile phone that uses the GSM standard and therefore has an international capability. The phone supports the Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology for higher speed and reliability.

The Apple Company led to the invention of the iPhone following the great success of the gadget iPod. iPhone was first introduced in United States on June 29, 2007 with lot of media frenzy and then in the United Kingdom, Germany and France in November 2007. Over a period of time this wonderful “Invention of the Year” has also traveled to Asian countries like India where it is in great demand.

Apple hasn’t officially introduced iPhone in India but yet one can purchase it from places like Pallika Bazaar and Nehru Place in Delhi or the Heera Panna shopping complex of Mumbai. Besides this some online sites are also selling unlocked iPhones in India. But it should be noticed that most of the online iPhone suppliers in India do not share their contact address. Earlier it was thought that Reliance Retail will formally launch iPhone in India but this could not happen for some reasons. Later there were rumors that Wipro and HCL will be selling iPhones in a legal way. However there is no confirmation for the same till date.

The iPhone in India works with GSM SIM card of Airtel, Idea, BSNL or Vodafone. But it cannot use the Visual Voicemail feature of iPhone. Moreover iPhone is GSM based and so it cannot work with Tata Indicom or Reliance CDMA network. It should also be noted that an unlocked iPhone purchased in United States, UK or Canada can also be used in India. All you have to do is to buy a local SIM card India and replace the AT&T SIM. But you must make sure that you have read properly the Apple Policies.

The most important thing to note is that the price of an iPhone varies in India. Few days back a 4 GB unlocked Apple iPhone was available for around 20k in India while the 8 GB unlocked iPhone came 30k nearly.

So if you are an Indian and planning to buy an iPhone, be careful before you make a purchase. It is better that you read online the views of those Indians who have already bought iPhones here. Talk to them personally and enquire that how good is this idea.