China Mobile "Open" To Apple's iPhone; Woz Uses Motorola Razr Not An iPhone

Has China Mobile been talking to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) over iPhone—or hasn't it? Reuters reports that China's largest mobile operator by customer base said today it had not been in "official talks" with Apple to bring the iPhone to the mainland, but that it was interested in doing so. China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou told reporters on the sidelines of an annual parliament advisory body meeting, "We have not yet officially begun talks with Apple over the iPhone. As long as our customers want this kind of product, we will keep all options open." In January, a China Mobile spokesperson said it had broken off talks with the Cupertino-based company, apparently unable to come to a revenue-sharing deal over content services, according to press reports at the time. Apple has never commented on the story.

In other iPhone news, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told reporters after his keynote speech at the Broadband and Beyond Conference held in Sydney, Australia today, that he was less than impressed with the gadget. The SMH reports Wozniak saying, "To tell you the truth I was really disappointed when the iPhone was introduced ... half the phones in the AT&T (NYSE: T) store at the time were 3G phones. I was shocked because Apple is bringing the full internet [to mobiles] - full web pages with pictures and everything - and it's not 3G and I knew that would be a speed detriment." He also dismissed the notion that battery issues, which Apple cited, were to blame, saying he got "as much life on my 3G phones as I get on my non-3G phones." Still, he liked the iPhone's user interface but reported he himself carries a Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Razr for calls and surfing the mobile web.

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