This is the one tech issue that has had the world buzzing over the past week. After filtering through hundreds of blog posts, forums,a nd news articles, Headwires brings you a summary of local release information so far:

Availability

The iPhone will be released in 22 countries around the world on the 11th July 2008. Australia is one of those countries, and thanks to time differences, will be one of the first markets in the world where it will be available.
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Looks like there were a couple of key updates from the Apple folk.Probably the most important for us folk would be the 32Gb version of the iPod Touch. While still lacking in storage space when compared to the available Apple Classic cousin (which maxes out at 80Gb), most people don’t use all of that space anyway, so 32Gb may well be enough. 

So, early adopters, you can grab the new iPod touch version if you have a lazy $629 lying around. Those who can wait 6-8 weeks, save up and be prepared to (probably) pay less than $629 for the 32Gb iPod Touch.