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Continuing coverage: Apple's iPhone

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Elgan: Four things you need to know about Apple
Here are four things that Apple believes that explain the unexplainable.

iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code
iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show.

$2,000 tablet a perfect fit for Apple, says analyst
Reports that Apple will introduce a $2,000 tablet next year fit the company's historical pattern of going for the luxury end of the technology market, an analyst agreed today.

AT&T fires back at Verizon with its own TV ad
AT&T may have lost the first round in its lawsuit against Verizon Wireless and its TV ads yesterday, but the wireless carriers is fighting back with a new TV ad of its own.

China Mobile still in talks to sell iPhone
The world's largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom started selling the handsets there last month.

AT&T letter criticizes Verizon ad campaign
AT&T released an open letter defending itself against Verizon Wireless claims in an advertising campaign that its 3Gnetwork is superior to AT&T's.

Review: Taking the Droid on the road
To test whether Motorola's new Droid is good enough to vanquish his iPhone envy, David Haskin took it on a road trip.

Windows Mobile smartphone sales plunge 20% in Q3
Sales of smartphones running the Window Mobile operating system declined 20% in the third quarter at the same time that total smartphone sales surged 13%, according to an analysis of newly released sales data from Gartner Inc.

Confessions of an Apple Manager-Turned-iPhone App Creator
Former Apple employee Dave Howell, now the CEO of startup Avatron Software, talks about the early days of the App Store, his Apple experience and how he plans to do battle in the iPhone's wild frontier.

iPhone Sync Problems? Try This
I spent the better part of yesterday trying to resolve a problem with my iPhone: After migrating iTunes to Windows 7, it wouldn't sync properly.

Smartphone sales up 13% in third quarter
Gartner and IDC, using different counting methods, both report strong growth of smartphone sales in the third quarter.

Deathmatch: Motorola Droid versus iPhone
The iPhone has triumphed over all previous 'iPhone killers.' Does the Droid finally knock the iPhone off its pedestal?

Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones
Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer's self-described "prank," researchers said today.

iPhone security problems bring new risks
In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the SSH server that is installed on jail-broken iPhones. While one worm is a mostly a nuisance, the second siphons personal information from the iPhone, which makes it a serious identity theft threat.

China lauds iPhone app that spreads state views
China's film and TV regulator late Tuesday praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad.

NASA brings chemical sensor to iPhone
A researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center has developed a proof of concept of new technology that would bring compact, low-cost, low-power, high-speed nanosensor-based chemical sensing capabilities to cell phones.

Verizon sold 100,000 Droids over first weekend, analyst says
Broadpoint AmTech's estimate that Verizon sold 100,000 Motorola Droid smartphones during its first weekend drew a mixed response from analysts.

Apple as an obsessive-compulsive case study
Apple's take-it-like-we-serve-it attitude hits close to home for columnist Scott Bradner in light of a friend's medical product research

Tethering to iPhone still coming, AT&T says; no date set
AT&T today reiterated its plans to offer tethering on the iPhone, but again gave no date when that might happen -- more than a year after the carrier first said tethering would be coming "soon."

Migrate to Windows 7--Slowly, Part 6: iTunes
In Part 5 of my series on how to migrate to Windows 7 a little bit at a time, you learned a simple way to sync your Firefox and/or Internet Explorer bookmarks.

Verizon keeps needling AT&T with three new Christmas ads
Three new TV ads from Verizon Wireless escalated the battle with AT&T over fast 3G wireless coverage, this time with a sarcastic Christmas theme.

First look: Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris are risky for business
These hot new Google Android smartphones lack basic security and management capabilities, making them unusable in many business environments.

Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher
Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, security researcher Charlie Miller said today, and the proof is in the ikee worm that has infected some Australian phones.

Report: Apple readies smaller iPhone on Verizon
Apple will launch a smaller "world mode" iPhone next year that will be ready for Verizon Wireless to sell in the third quarter of 2010, according to an analyst report citing unnamed handset maker sources.

Update fixes iPhone sync problem with Windows 7 for some
Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones.

Blogs

HP to buy 3Com for $2.7B

In today's podcast: HP to buy 3Com for $2.7B; Microsoft to add Wolfram Alpha results to Bing; and iPhone attack code steals data.

Deal ends legal war over Skype's future

In today's podcast: Deal ends legal war over Skype's future; jailbroken iPhones hit by worm; and gigabyte BIOS update fixes iPhone sync problem in Win7.

Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up

An Australian, Rickrolling iPhone worm is now spreading internationally. The Antipodean prankster goes by the names Ash, ikee, ikex, ike_x, or @ikeeex. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers admire their new Rick Astley wallpaper, complete with "ikee is never gonna give you up" macro. Not to mention etsy.com fail...
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Latest Verizon ad puts the iPhone in the land of the misfit toys

AT&T is already suing Verizon because they believe that Verizon is misrepresenting their service in their latest ads. Wait until they get a load of the newest round of ads, headlined by the 'Misfit Toys' ad (below).

Motorola/Verizon Droid: When to recommend?

Ten pros and ten cons for choosing the Droid over other phones like the iPhone, the Pre, the G1 or a Blackberry.

Apple's App Store hits 100,000, displays ultimate irony

Apple's iPhone App Store, as long expected, passed the 100,000 app mark today. Apple has been counting down the milestones since the store opened, last mentioning 85,000 in a conference call last month. There are some interesting trends developing, however, that put that number into perspective.

Unlock/jailbreak new iPhone 3G software with #blackra1n app

Now you can jailbreak and unlock your iPhone -- even a 3G or 3GS with OS 3.1.2 or baseband 05.11.07. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers bow down and worship George "Geohot" Hotz. Not to mention really strange black & white photos...
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Ruiz steps down as GlobalFoundries chairman

In today's podcast: Ruiz steps down as GlobalFoundries chairman; Intel chipset causes problems for iPhone; and PC makers look to rural China for growth.

Chinese iPhone sales off to slow start

In today's podcast: Chinese iPhone sales off to slow start; Nokia finally kills off N-Gage; and Conficker infections top 7 million PCs.

Chinese iPhone has grey market to contend with

By most accounts, the iPhone's debut in China has been lackluster. Figures at the only Apple Store in Mainland China are incredibly bad. They sold 10 on Saturday and only one on Sunday. The Apple Store manager hopes that sales pick up during the week.

This, in a nation of 1.3 billion people and almost 800 million mobile users. In fact, China's leading mobile carrier has more subscribers than the US has citizens.

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