NYTimes’ Technology blog reports that Apple is currently in active negotiations with music labels about providing more mobile music content on their iTunes store.

One executive quoted specifically states that “[Apple wants] a big launch in June”, presumably referring to the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) scheduled to start on June 9th 2008. However, since negotiations only started a few weeks ago, the deals may not be in place in time for a WWDC announcement.
Apple reportedly wants to expand its Ringtone library and introduce the sale of “Answer Tones”. Answer Tones are customized sounds played to callers instead of the traditional ringing sound.

Another area of negotiation is the distribution of iTunes songs over the cellular network. For now, the iPhone allows you to purchase iTunes music only over Wi-fi networks. This had been thought to be a limitation of the slower EDGE data network, but it appears this mobile music distribution must be specifically negotiated with the record labels.
» Apple in Mobile Music Negotiations… for WWDC?

Breaking News:
France telecom announced that they will be bringing the iPhone to Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Switzerland and Orange’s African markets later this year.
So i’m getting the 3G finally official in my own country

The official press release can be read here.

I’m a little bit late with this news, but the’re still some up for grabs.
If you like to buy a cheap iPhone (and you live in the US) now is a very good time to buy one.
» AT&T Refurbished iPhones For $249 and $349

The CEO of Intel Germany Hannes Schwaderer announced that there will be 2 new iphones on WWDC, one with a bigger screen and one with 3G.

During the celebration of Intels 40th aniversary in Germany the local CEO talked about the new iPhones:

The new iPhone will use the newest Intel Atom chip and will be a little bigger then the current model.
» Steve Jobs is going to show 2 new iPhones ?

According to a unconfirmed source on the forums of Swisscom.

The iphone 3G will be released in 3 Colors (White, Black and silver) and will only be available on the 32GB model.

» iPhone 3G in 3 colors and 32GB ?