http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/o2 http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/o2 British wireless carrier O2 saw its website fail after receiving 13,000 preorders per second for Apple's new iPhone 3G. Whatever happened to British reserve? [Digital Daily]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5023379&view=rss&microfeed=true British cell company O2, Apple's iPhone partner in the U.K., reports that "tens of thousands" of iPhones were sold over the weekend. Two thirds of iPhone buyers were new to O2 and the company says it has ordered "several hundred thousand" phones for the holiday shopping season. Sadly, though, first-day lines disappointed. [Times Online]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321855&view=rss&microfeed=true While American analysts question whether an iPhone price cut means the uberphone is a disappointment, European analysts wonder how Apple secured as much as 40 percent of all revenue from partner O2, the British wireless carrier, on the eve of the iPhone's impending European launch. Orange and T-Mobile have been "confirmed" as the French and German mobile carriers, but things could change as Steve Jobs continues to negotiate for even a larger share of mobile revenue. [The Guardian]

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