Yesterday news hit that the iPhone will be available on Orange in the UK, and today we hear the exciting news that the iPhone will be available from Vodafone in Ireland!

This is really great news for both customers and developers. From the customers point of view, there will soon be some real competition to O2 in Ireland. Prices are likely to drop and features currently unsupported by O2 (Internet tethering and visual voicemail) may come to O2 customers if Vodafone decides to add these to increase the value of their iPhone package.

From the developer’s point of view it means a whole lot more customers! Developers might soon see Vodafone customers who wanted an iPhone but didn’t want to move to a different company, or those who found O2’s tariffs too expensive.

I’m certainly looking forward to seeing what happens to the Irish iPhone app market in 2010!