What most news outlets in Europe seem to completely ignore is the fact that the iPhone SDK will be USA only for now. There's no way for international publishers to obtain signing certificates or get their software onto the iTunes shop.

It's typical for Apple's US-centric world view. I wonder how long it will take them to get the iTunes software shop working for international customers this time and at which rate; Apples dollar exchange rates are still from the golden years of the american economy.

P.S.: First screenshots of the iPhone SDK are up

400k Mobiles are on the China Mobile network and by the frequency one can spot these things in the wild (metro, bus, elevators, ...) that number may be very true. Yet Apple continues bricking the phones with every upgrade. Get a clue. One thing left to say is that 400k is a huge number for a quasi worthless brick for it's users, the iPhone has no Chinese input and needs to be "jail-broken" first so you can install 3rd party hacks to get chinese input working. That's a first: millions of customers want to get rid of their US$550-600 and that company does not want their money.

Also Interesting: Smugglers Return iPhones to China