The iPhone 3G to Reach Europe in August?

According to the New York Times, quoting information provided person close to the situation, the launch if the iPhone 3G in Europe should be in August. This information came as part of today's announcement of Apple-Vodafone partnership to distribute this popular device in 10 additional countries.
The goal could be to offer the new device right before the most important holiday period, giving future customers the possibility to be connected while being on the move.
This rumor makes sense with Vodafone agreement too, as the UK carrier was repetitively commenting that a non-3G iPhone would not offer all capabilities allowed by 3G. In addition 3G-linked services might also be a way for carriers to offer more financially interesting services such as the rumored Orange unified video-on-demand service which would give you the ability to watch a video or a show in the appropriate format depending if you log on from a TV, computer or a mobile device such as the iPhone; encoding and format being automatically identified .