Many Congratulations to Apple as the first iphone 3g was sold today in New Zealand. The new faster, shinier and cheaper iPhone 3G will also start shipping today worldwide in 21 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US. iPhone 3G comes with 3G technology which offers faster networking and connectivity as compared to iPhone 2G. It also comes with built-in GPS and the new iPhone 2.0 OS with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and hundreds of applications available on Apple's App Store.

Here is the list of places and sites where you can get the iPhone 3G across the globe.

Australia: Telstra.com.au
Austria: T-mobile.at
Belgium: Mobistar.be
Canada: Rogers.com, Fido.ca
Denmark: Telia.dk
Finland: Sonera.fi
Germany: T-mobile.de
Hong Kong: iphone.three.com.hk
Ireland: o2online.ie
Italy: Vodafone.it
Japan: mb.softbank.jp
Latin America: América Móvil
Netherlands: t-mobile.nl
New Zealand: Vodafone.nz
Norway: Netcom.no
Portugal: Vodafone.pt
Spain: Movistar.es
Sweden: Telia.se
Switzerland:Swisscom.com
UK: Apple stores, O2 Stores, Carphone Warehouse
US: Apples stores, AT&T stores