News links: Virgin iPhone Australia, MobiTV and Friendster

Virgin Mobile to provide iPhone in Australia

The rest of the world is fighting for exclusivity but down under - all mobile operators are offering the iPhone.

Virgin Mobile is now getting on the bandwagon to sell the (already sold out) iPhones in Australia.

Source: http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/04/virgin.australia.iphone/
MobiTV
MobiTV now has 4 million subscribers for its mobile video programming servcie. This is an increase of 3 million in ten months.

Yikes - it seems that all US mobile operators are now pushing this service hence the enormous jump.

Source: http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/08/mobitv_reaches_4_million_mobil.php
Google’s Kimber goes to Friendster

Google’s managing director of South East Asia has left to join US social networking site Friendster.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Google-s-Kimber-jumps-to-Friendster/0,130061733,339291082,00.htm

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