It is with anxiety that the fans of new technologies waiting by beating the twelve badaladas tonight.

It is that time is beginning to be sold in 22 countries (including Portugal), the new version of Apple’s phone, the iPhone 3G.

In our country, the operator Optimus and Vodafone already secured its venda and once by midnight will open venda of strategic points to provide the equipment. Soon, the TMN have the iPhone.

Faster and adapted to the 3G technology, the new iPhone appears to be available in two versions of 8 GB and 16 GB (in the colors black and white) and combines features multimedia, touch interface (does not have the traditional keyboard) and surfing the Internet .

With autonomy for 300 hours on standby, the iPhone 3G stores music and films, is equipped with GPS and brings integrated camera. Moreover, allows easy access to e-mail, contacts and installation of various computer applications.

At midnight, the Optimus vai the iPhone launch 3G in isolation in stores Fnac (Colombo and Norteshopping) and Apple (in Lisbon). For the same time, Vodafone open the doors of four stores in the country (Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro), to sell the phone, whose prices range between 129.90 euros (on plans to sign) and 590.90 euros ( casual or the operators plan to pre-pay for the Optimus).

Soon, TMN will also market the 3G iPhone. The chairman of Portugal Telecom (PT) assured yesterday that the company’s leadership in the mobile telecommunications market is “a way to ensure the iPhone.” Negotiations with the TMN Apple will remain in place and Zeinal Bava not advance, for now, when the phone vai be placed in its network. “We have a good relationship with Apple,” said Bava, adding that “given the position that TMN holds in the market, I believe will have the iPhone.”

Meanwhile, the operator vai launch this month, in isolation, two new devices that promise to compete with iPhone, the similarity of characteristics: the HTC Diamond, available next Monday (449 euros in pre-paid plan) and later , The Samsung I900 Omnia.