So the iPhone is available in India…I tried out two yesterday (one in pic on the right). The phone connects to Indian GSM networks (both Airtel and Voda-Essar worked), and one can send and receive text messages. The buyer claims that unlocked phone was bought off Ebay US, and shipped to India. Total cost for each phone was $500 (around Rs. 20,000). The phone works both with WiFi and GPRS, though I found typing messages a bit irritating. One change that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) should make is allow the keypad to realign when the phone is held horizontally; I wasn’t too impressed with the battery life. Another issue was copying contacts from older phones. The photo on the right was taken with my N95 (review), which costs around Rs. 10,000 more than the iPhone.

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P.s.: there was a hacked iPhone at the PCUK launch party as well. We also have a seminar, “iPhone And Beyond: The Content Opportunities” on Sep 20 at Landmark Theater in LA.