Had a chance to speak to the guy in charge of iPhone deployment at Maxis. Good news is that visual voice mail will be implemented within a month or so. Maxis is also working hard to provide localized content and providing support to developers. How much and how - I did not inquire.

I found it remarkable that this was a pure Maxis event with Apple nowhere in sight. My take on this is that Apple regards Maxis as ONE cellular data provider. I do not think that they will be the ONLY one. I was unable to get much information from the Maxis guy with regards to the deal arranged with Apple other than the negotiations took 6 months. I'm assuming that the other telcos are in negotiations too.