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

  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

  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?

  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

  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.

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  Authorities won't rule out legal action in iPhone Ikee case

  Local authorities have refused to indicate whether any action will be taken against the Australian programmer who claimed to spread the world’s first iPhone virus.

• Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

  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.

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  Aussie made iPhone app hits world record sales

  Melbourne-based mobile phone game development company, Firemint, has announced that its six-month-old, top-selling iPhone application, Flight Control, has reached over 1.5 million sales.

• Apple reports iPhone 3GS shortages

  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

  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.

• Vodafone unveils iPhone 3G S pricing, allows free tethering

  In a shot across the bow of rival Optus, Vodafone has announced its pricing for the iPhone 3G S, including tethering without a monthly access fee.

• Survey finds good news for Apple, bad for BlackBerry

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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.