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  The iPhone turns five: Evolution of a game-changer

• The iPhone turns five: Evolution of a game-changer

  By Galen Gruman | 16 January, 2012 10:49

  It was just five years ago that Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, which despite early criticisms came to redefine mobile computing.

• Evidence uncovered of possible next gen iPhone

  By Tony Bradley | 01 December, 2009 04:30

  Rumors are circulating that the next generation iPhone may actually already exist. Log data captured by analytics firm PinchMedia related to the iBart app have identified the existence of an iPhone 3.1. That is literally the only fact backing this rumor, but it hasn't slowed down speculation of what the next iPhone might entail.

• Apple investigates iPhone 3.1 OS battery problems

  By Daniel Ionescu | 22 September, 2009 00:27

  Apple is investigating reports of poor battery life problems from iPhone 3GS users after they upgraded to the 3.1 OS. The iPhone 3.1 software update delivered many new features, but some users also report that the phone's battery life is severely and adversely affected.

• Apple patches iPhone SMS vulnerability

  By Daniel Ionescu | 01 August, 2009 05:58

  Apple released the iPhone 3.0.1 software update, patching the SMS vulnerability revealed Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. The release notes of the 3.0.1 update were short and to the point: "Fixes SMS vulnerability" for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.

• iPhone 3GS battery life comes up short: is it the software

  By Daniel Ionescu | 09 July, 2009 00:06

  Another week, and yet another iPhone issue. Only this time, it's not overheating. Some users are reporting that the battery life on their brand new iPhone 3GS is not as long as they expected. And this time, it doesn't look like it's a hardware problem.

• iPhone 3GS gets jailbroken, hack available online

  By Daniel Ionescu | 04 July, 2009 00:53

  The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.

• Apple may patch serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone

  By Sumner Lemon | 03 July, 2009 17:41

  Apple may be working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could possibly allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.

• Apple prepping iPhone 3.1 software update

  By Daniel Ionescu | 01 July, 2009 23:47

  Only two weeks after launching the 3.0 software update for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is now working hard on delivering an update to the iPhone OS. The iPhone SDK 3.1 beta has been pushed out to developers last night, which already reported a few new features and refinements.

• Jailbreaking in the iPhone 3.0 era

  By Mel Beckman | 02 March, 2010 03:24

  In a few short years, Apple has established the iPhone as the mobile platform to beat. Each successive firmware update opens new, and often unmatched, features for users and developers to explore. Many of these features, however, find their roots outside Apple's walled-garden approach to the iPhone, as the jailbreak community proves time and again to be an innovative environment for off-limits apps that demonstrate new ways to push the iPhone platform forward.

• iPhone virus: What you need to know

  By Brennon Slattery | 01 August, 2009 02:10

  The iPhone's security flaws were laid bare at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas yesterday, and now the smartphone-clutching public has boiled itself into a frenzy. But how serious is this supposed iPhone virus, and what can be done to protect your iPhone from infection? Here is what we know, and why you probably shouldn't worry.

• As 3 big iPhone troubles surface, Apple dinged for secrecy

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 July, 2009 03:32

  The iPhone 3GS has been an undeniable marketplace hit since its release on June 19, and will likely continue to soar in sales despite three customer complaints that have surfaced recently. The big three gripes: the iPhone 3GS battery life is dismal, the 3GS overheats, and there's a serious SMS vulnerability.

• Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0

  By Galen Gruman | 03 July, 2009 21:09

  The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but does its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone? In May, I pitted the BlackBerry Bold in a head-to-head competition against the iPhone 3G, which handily beat RIM's business standard in most areas. After all, the iPhone 3.0 OS enhances the e-mail, calendar, and search functions that many BlackBerry users focus on and that IT loves about the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).

• Where the iPhone is driving Mac OS X

  By Galen Gruman | 24 June, 2009 20:38

  When Apple unveiled the iPhone 3.0 OS and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard at WWDC recently, I was struck that one of the most significant additions to Snow Leopard came from the iPhone 2.0 OS: support for ActiveSync and native Microsoft Exchange.

• iPhone 3G S: My life is still the same, only faster

  By David Coursey | 24 June, 2009 00:34

  Not to burst anyone's balloon, but the Phone 3G S isn't a world-changer--unless you've never had an iPhone, of course. For the rest of us, it's simply the world's most successful "speed bump" for an existing product.

• iPhone 3G S: What's missing

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 24 June, 2009 01:22

  Now in its third generation, the iPhone handset has made improvements with each successive model. This year, though, the improvements are less about what you see and more about what's packed under the chassis--and what's available in the iPhone OS 3.0 software update (accessible to current iPhone owners and on new iPhone 3G S units).

• The iPhone OS 4.0 wishlist

  By Nick Mediati and Ginny Mies | 18 June, 2009 10:50

  We've delved into iPhone OS 3.0 and so far, we like what we've seen. But after playing with it all day, we noted a few new features that should be thrown in for the next update as well as a few existing apps that desperately need a makeover.