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Usually a cause for techno-euphoria, Apple's iPhone-a-palooza event on Tuesday had an unintended and unlikely effect: It made some corners of the Internet mad.

Apple needed to compete with Android, so it now has phones that are free and phones that cost $400.

Despite a year's worth of speculation surrounding a 5th iPhone model, Apple spent today's press event talking about a brand new version of the popular iPhone 4. It doesn't have a bigger screen, or sleek new form factor, but it does give iPhone fans a new reason to be excited.

Apple Inc. is unveiling a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone - more than a year after it launched the iPhone 4. Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino on Tuesday morning. The invite says "let's talk iPhone," implying the secretive company intends to show off the latest version of the device.

With an iPhone event scheduled for Tuesday at Apple‘s Cupertino, California campus looming, spy shots that appear to be snapped inside a Brazilian factory and an update to Apple’s iTunes software seemed to confirm an Apple update to the slablike iPhone 4. Less certain: a thin, wide-bodied handset with a teardrop shape. Case designs for a teardrop-shaped handset have already begun appearing on blogs, and, briefly, on the web-site of handset case supplier Casemate.

T-Mobile’s chief marketing officer Cole Brodman recently published a letter on the company’s official blog addressing customers and discussing the carrier’s view on the iPhone. At first glance, it reads like a simple breakdown as to why T-Mobile doesn’t offer the iPhone. Brodman’s explanation of T-Mobile’s current iPhone situation, however, also reads a bit like a plea to Apple.

A "fairly different" and quite attractive iPhone 5 should be in stores by mid-October, say sources cited in three reputable publications.

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC fires a fresh salvo in its ongoing war with Apple over patent infringement.

Google Android is opening up a substantial lead over Apple and other platforms in the U.S. smartphone market, new data from ComScore suggests. In July, Android devices accounted for 41.8% of the U.S. smartphone user base, up from 36.4% three months earlier. Apple inched up to 27%, from 26%. Meanwhile, Samsung increased its lead in ...

Samsung's chairman has asked top management to strengthen its software capabilities as Samsung finds itself embroiled in an intensifying patent battle with Apple after Google announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.