An update on the availability and pricing on the Apple iPhone 3G, according to sources within the industry:
AVAILABILITY

The arrival of the handset has been postponed to 26th September (vodaworld)

ESTIMATE IPHONE 3G PRICING

Apple iPhone 3G 8GB [...]

Apple have made a huge boo-boo by not preparing for high traffic loads and ‘bricking’ their customer’s iPhones. We mentioned earlier you need the iPhone 2.0 firmware upgrade to get your hands on all the new iPhone applications. Which means everyone who has a legit iPhone will be rushing to upgrade their software.
The issue [...]

Gizmodo just reported the first few photos (and video) of a white iPhone 3G unboxing by AT&T staff. We don’t know if the albino iPhone 3G will make its way to our shores but we have heard it won’t be coming to the UK.

The iPhone applications store will be launching soon, more news on that [...]

iPhonePortugal have released what they say are the first unboxing photos of the new 8GB Apple iPhone 3G, available in South Africa later this month. The photos dont look fake so this could be the very firts photos of iPhone 2.

Apple fanatics have started queing (1 week early) outside the flagship Apple store on 5th avanue New York to be one of the first to get their hands on a 3G iPhone.

Photo: Engadget

There’s been a lot of rumors and speculation surrounding the 3G iPhone coming to the shores of Africa. As many naysayers have annouced, “Even South Africa has no iTunes Music Store and the Apple presence in South Africa is meager”. All this deliberation has been proven inaccurate as Vodacom announced they’ll be offering the 3G [...]

Update - Vodacom has pushed back the release of the iPhone to late August because of huge international demand which resulted in low iPhone 3G stock levels.
So many people, expected Steve Jobs to come on the stage and make the new 3G iPhone official so that the media could crown it once again as king [...]