With the success of iPhone in the USA, there are a number of countries that are craving for this gadget to come to their hometown. This pocket pc, cell phone and multimedia player- in- one handset has been the dream phone of most of us. Its large touch screen is also something that would delight users. It's the total cell phone experience. China Mobile has been talking with Apple Inc., makers of the iPhone, for quite sometime to allow iPhone to be introduced in China. The talks between the two companies have been temporarily halted this week.

China Mobile is the biggest cell phone carrier in China and has been the largest mobile operator in the world when it hit 349.66 million subscribers in September of last year. The company has its headquarters in Hong Kong. One of the spokesmen of China Mobile declared and confirmed that recent talks with US-based company, Apple Inc., had ended temporarily for the time being.

China Mobile did not give out a statement on why the discussions were stalled. Both companies are silent as to the reason for the termination or whether or not the talks and negotiation would resume in the future.

China Mobile has been talking with Apple Inc. since the last quarter of 2007. Huang Haibo, China Mobile executive, stated that earlier discussion with Apple Inc. did not turn out to be successful and no concrete plans were made on the issue of iPhone being offered to Chinese market.

Over 1 million iPhone were sold in the USA alone during the first 3 months of its launch. At present, it is being released in Europe. The Asia market would get a taste of this gadget by 2008.

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