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Top iPhone and Technology Related Stories from across the web
Apple Inc. said it’s looking into complaints from iPhone users who say their handsets aren’t performing as well after an upgrade to the most recent version of the device’s operating system. Apple probes complaints after iPhone upgrade
A survey of 300,000 applications for both the iPhone and Android devices found that 14 percent of free App Store software has the ability to access a user’s contacts on their iPhone. Study finds 14% of free iPhone apps can snoop contacts
The Wall Street Journal’s Walter Mossberg first weighed in on the new iPhone 4 last month. Now, after an additional six weeks of testing, Mr. Mossberg shares more of his impressions of the iPhone 4, including reception performance in a variety of coverage areas and whether the touching the antenna “hot spot” causes calls to drop. Digits Live Show: Mossberg on Life with the iPhone 4
Customers can buy Apple’s iPhone 4 or HTC’s Droid Incredible for the same price, but the parts that make up the HTC smart phone cost about $18 less than the parts in its competitor, according to two reports from hardware analysis firm ISuppli. IPhone 4′s parts cost more than Droid Incredible’s
Just as businesses, nonprofits and other organizations rushed to create websites during the mid-1990s, many of them are now deciding they need an iPhone app. Smart iPhone users know ins and outs of apps
MOBILE PHONE NETWORK OPERATOR T-Mobile has started taking online orders for the somewhat broken Iphone 4 in Blighty and, as you would expect, the prices are reassuringly expensive. T-Mobile flogs Iphone 4 in Blighty
Softbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile carrier to offer the iPhone and iPad, said Thursday that its businesses prospered during the April-June quarter, but net profit fell 29 percent as it booked large tax expenses. Softbank profits fall in April-June on heavy taxes
The customers are always satisfied with Apple’s product as iPad, iPod, iPhone, touch screen display and many more. Use iDisplay With MAC OS X For Your iPad/iPhone
Savvy iPod Touch users already know how to make phone calls on their devices: plug in a headset, find a Wi-Fi hot spot, and fire up a VoIP app like Skype or Fring. I can find at least two hassles in that process. Rumor: Gadget turns iPod Touch into iPhone
Motorola reported a phenomenal 600 percent leap in earnings this quarter, but is still behind Apple in mobile units sold and is far behind in smartphone sales, leaving Apple the top US phone vendor by units for the second quarter in a row. Android leader Motorola still well behind Apple’s iPhone
Hundreds of customers in New Zealand hoping to buy Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 4 were turned away Friday, in what one frustrated would-be buyer called a “nightmare” for customers. Snafus Plague New Zealand iPhone Debut

