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• 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.

• 10 top iPhone apps for IT pros

  By David Strom | 13 January, 2010 11:00

  While the frivolous iPhone apps usually get most of the media attention (yes, there really are over 175 apps that can produce rude bodily noises), there are quite a few apps that can help you do your job as an IT worker. While less notorious, they are worth your time to download and check out.

• Should your IT department support the iPhone?

  By Ryan Faas | 13 January, 2010 03:40

  When the iPhone was first launched in June 2007, it was generally panned by IT managers and systems administrators. It didn't support any encryption of user data, could not have any enforced security policies and offered no way to remotely wipe data if it were lost or stolen. At the time, a lot of companies weren't prepared to accept those security gaps. Perhaps more importantly, the iPhone didn't yet support any third-party applications or interact with most office suites.

• Google Nexus One vs Apple iPhone 3GS

  By John Cox | 08 January, 2010 08:45

  Google's Nexus One, built by Taiwan's HTC, offers much of what one expects in a high-end 3G smartphone. Yet is it enough, and good enough, to give the iPhone 3GS a run for the money? Initial reviews like its design, speed and integration with the Web. With a two-year T-Mobile contract (at $US80 per month), Nexus costs $US179 (or $530 unlocked). A CDMA version is due with Verizon Wireless in Spring 2010. In this slideshow, we focus on some of the key differences, comparing the two smartphones in terms of their published specifications, with some comments from (and links to) early reviews and assessments of the Nexus.

• Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

  By Network World staff | 03 November, 2009 15:29

  Motorola's new Droid 3G smartphone could have what it takes to grab a chunk of the mobile data market and rival the iPhone's success: Big touchscreen coupled with a sliding Qwerty keyboard, robust Web browser, the improved Android 2.0 operating system, and tight integration with Google services. This slideshow looks at both phones, based on their specifications.

• Apple reports iPhone 3GS shortages

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 June, 2009 08:27

  Apple's retail stores reported shortages of some models of the new iPhone 3GS Sunday, according to the company's own inventory tracking tool.

• iPhone 3GS costs Apple US$179 to make, says iSuppli

  By Gregg Keizer | 25 June, 2009 07:51

  Even though it has twice the storage space of last year's model, Apple's new 16GB iPhone 3GS costs the company less than 3% more to make than 2008's lowest-priced iPhone 3G, according to a tear-down analysis published today by iSuppli.

• Survey finds good news for Apple, bad for BlackBerry

  By David Coursey | 23 June, 2009 23:37

  Bad news for Blackberry: Forty per cent of smartphone users who don't already own an iPhone said they would switch to the Apple handset for their next purchase, nearly three times the percentage of non-Blackberry users who would switch to a Research in Motion handset.

• iPhone 3GS users to bombard YouTube

  By Oliver Garnham | 24 June, 2009 01:04

  Owners of Apple's new iPhone 3GS could make use of the handset's new video functionalityby bombarding YouTube with clips, according to one analyst.

• iPhone's new 'phone home' feature helps owner nail thief

  By Gregg Keizer | 24 June, 2009 08:18

  An iPhone 3G owner who was in Chicago to attend a convention used Apple's new "Find My iPhone" location service to pinpoint, then confront, the thief who made off with his phone.

• Carphone Warehouse spoils iPhone 3G S launch

  By Lexton Snol | 23 June, 2009 01:00

  iPhone reseller Carphone Warehouse spoilt the UK launch of Apple's new iPhone 3G S by failing to deliver pre-ordered units to its stores.

• No big iPhone queues in London

  By Lexton Snol | 23 June, 2009 01:02

  Despite reports that demand for Apple's new iPhone 3G S resulted in long queues of people lining up outside Apple Stores and reseller shops, London remained unfazed by the launch.

• O2 to cut off unauthorised iPhone web tetherers

  By Matt Egan | 22 June, 2009 08:02

  Apple iPhone owners who've upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0 have been told by O2 not to tether their phones to laptops in order to enjoy free 3G connectivity of their PCs. O2 says it will disconnect anyone who attempts to use their iPhone as a modem without paying the necessary charges.

• Apple claims 1M iPhone 3G S smartphones sold first weekend

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 June, 2009 08:41

  Apple announced today that it sold one million iPhone 3G S phones through Sunday, three days after the device launched, matching last year's sales mark of the iPhone 3G.

• iPhone 3GS keeps Apple ahead of the curve

  By Brad Reed | 23 June, 2009 08:07

  The iPhone 3GS's internal hardware indicates that Apple is still at the leading edge of smartphone innovation, say the electronics repair specialists at Rapid Repair.