Airtel to open 3G iPhone booking

Bharti Airtel and Apple announced the launch of the 3G version of iPhone in India later this year, for which the booking has already been started. Soon customers will be able to purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers. Details of pricing and availability will be announced at a later date.

3G iPhone combines all the features of iPhone with 3G networking, which is said to be two times faster than the first generation iPhone. It has built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, a joint press release said.

It also has iPhone 2.0 software, which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications with iPhone SDK.