10/11/2008 - iPhone Beats Blackberry In Business Smartphone Survey

It may lack some vital business tools - no cut-and-paste, for starters - but it seems that Apple's 3G handset is gaining followers who see it as more than just a fun device.
The iPhone has received the highest customer satisfaction marks in the most recent JD Power & Associates customer satisfaction survey of business smartphone users.

15/09/2008 - iPhone Downloads Top 100m - Why Isn't Everyone Happy?

More than 100 million applications have been downloaded from the App Store since the launch of Apple’s 3G iPhone two months ago.
This landmark was announced today to a chorus of iPhone programmers voicing their displeasure towards Apple’s unclear and seemingly arbitrary “approval” policy.

02/09/2008 - Pay-as-you-go 3G iPhone due soon

UK customers are to be offered a pay-as-you-go 3G iPhone from later this month starting at GBP 349.99 (around US$630) for the 8GB model.
O2 , which has the exclusive handset franchise for the UK, will also be selling the 16GB model for GBP 399.99 (around US$720).

22/08/2008 - iPhone app developers target of VC funds

The success of Apple’s App Store is making smartphone software developers increasingly attractive to venture capitalists and phonemakers with millions to invest.
The head of one US$100m fund that invests in smartphone application start-ups has told the New York Times he expects to tap into the iPhone’s success.

21/08/2008 - Apple sued over iPhone's 3G issues

Tech-Ex reports in his blog that Alabama resident Jessica Alena Smith has filed a complaint against Apple.
The attorney representing Smith said the 3G iPhone hadn’t lived up to Apple’s promise that it was twice as fast as the pre-existing phones and would function properly on the 3G network.

19/08/2008 - Turkey and Kenya latest to agree iPhone deals

Telecom providers in Turkey and Kenya are the latest to announce they will be bringing the 3G iPhone to their markets as the international rollout of the handset continues.
On August 22nd, the current list of 22 nations where the iPhone has already been launched will be extended to give another 20 countries access to Apple’s latest product.

14/08/2008 - iPhone's growing corporate appeal threatens Blackberry

Questions remain about battery life, security and email options but it would seem Apple’s 3G iPhone is attracting increasing interest from the business world.
HSBC is considering equipping its employees with some 200,000 iPhones, according to HSBC’s Australia and New Zealand chief information officer Brenton Hush.

12/08/2008 - Blackberry dominates Apple - for now

The US smartphone market grew 67.3 per cent in the first half of 2008 with RIM’s Blackberry the firm leader with nearly half of all sales.
However, even with Q2 shipments dropping in anticipation of the new 3G iPhone, Apple retained the second place spot for the first half of the year with Motorola a close third.

01/08/2008 - iPhone tethering app vanishes from App Store

An application by Nullriver that turns an iPhone into a portable WiFi hotspot disappeared from Apple’s App Store 20 minutes after being made available - only to re-appear hours later.
Once operating the app is designed to give Wi-Fi-enabled devices internet access wherever a mobile signal is available.

31/07/2008 - Smartphone demand undented by economic woes

Global demand for mobile devices is expected to reach 1.3 billion units in 2008 despite financial uncertainties, according to ABI Research
As the recent launch of the 3G iPhone demonstrated, the public appetite for the latest, most sophisticated smartphones is strong.

28/07/2008 - Verizon gets a bite of Apple's success

Verizon Wireless has exceeded analysts’s predictions and posted impressive second quarter earnings of US$1.88 billion.
A key factor in the results was increased smartphone sales, which now account for 30 per cent of the US carrier’s device sales.
Denny Strigl, Verizon’s president and COO, even went as far as to give the build up of interest for the 3G iPhone’s launch earlier this month some of the credit for his company’s results.