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When Apple starts selling what it bills as the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet on Friday, the company's latest entry will only heat up the already sizzling smartphone landscape.

Bits is providing live updates and analysis from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Sprint and Palm enjoyed long weekend lines for the Pre smart phone. Analysts estimated 50,000 to 100,000 units sold.

A new way to profit from writing software for smart phones is emerging: Sell apps, then sell your company.

HTC plans to start selling a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system next month in China, the first such Google-based phone in the world's biggest wireless market.

The Palm Pre will go on sale on 6 June in the US and will only be available on the Sprint network. The much-anticipated handset will cost $199.99 (£129), after a rebate, and buyers must take out a two-year contract when signing up.

Microsoft is now letting anyone download My Phone, a mobile data backup program for Windows Mobile devices, which was released in February as an invitation-only beta.

Palm's comeback attempt rests squarely on the notion that it has found a better way to manage your complicated digital life.

A version of the iPhone that would work on Verizon’s network could be available as soon as next year.

The electronics maker reports $1.21 billion in net income, or $1.33 a share, on $8.16 billion in sales that include 11 million iPods, up 3% from the year-ago period, and 3.79 million iPhones, up 123%.