Staff Techdrunk 
It has been just around 3 days only after the official launch of the Apple iPhone3G and now the company sources have claimed and declared the sale of one million pieces of the phone. The handset was launched on Friday, July 11 and is now available in 21 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US. The phone is also expected to go on sale in France from the 17th of July.
Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO announced in a media release that the “iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”
The Apple iPhone3G has been one of the most anticipated gadget in recent years. There have been countless reports of people lining up and camping in front of stores worldwide, ahead of more than a week before its launch. Like the hugely popular movies and book franchises such as the Star wars and the Harry Potter novels and films, the Apple iPhone3G has an almost cult like following and it is a prestige to own one as most customers said so.
The new iPhone 3G features a blend of state-of-the-art technology with a sleek and stylish outlook. Some of its features include a super fast 3G networking, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services and iPhone 2.0 software with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. The applications for the iPhone available through the new App Store, are remarkably innovative unlike anything users have ever seen on a mobile device. It is a carnival with an amazing array of applications ranging from business to games, education to entertainment, finance to health and fitness, productivity to social networking There’s something for everyone. No matter what you’re interested in—gaming, chatting, social networking, traveling, news, sports, finance, or business—there are iPhone applications made especially for it.
Apple is a prominent and leading IT company with a impressive history of innovative and award-winning hardware and applications. The company spearheaded the digital media revolution with its ever popular iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online stores. Now, Apple Corp. has marked its grand entry in the mobile phone market with the launch of the new iPhone 3G.
The Apple iPhone 3G comes in two versions and is priced at $199 for the 8GB model, and $299 for the 16GB model.
