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Customers will not be able to get their hands on Apple Inc's white iPhone 4 until later this year, the company said on Friday, conceding that making the model has proven surprisingly difficult.

Microsoft's February announcement that it would exert more control over the phones that use its upcoming mobile software, Windows Phone 7, would seem to be a challenge for HTC. After all, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker has made a name out of layering inventive software on top of other companies' mobile platforms.

Apple on Tuesday reported a $3.25 billion profit for its fiscal third quarter of 2010.

Apple's competitors are displeased at having their products singled out by Steve Jobs during Friday's press conference.

The Motorola Droid X is sold out online and in certain parts of the country at retail Verizon and Best Buy stores, despite Verizon Wireless' insistence on Wednesday that it would have plenty of the phones in stock. You will now have to wait until July ...

Apple will host a press conference to discuss the iPhone 4, said a company representative. Though no further details were provided, we assume that the conference will address concerns that the iPhone 4's antenna design causes increased dropped calls.

Consumer Reports magazine said it can't recommend the iPhone 4 to shoppers because of persistent reception issues caused by touching the Apple phone, and raised questions about Apple's explanation for the glitch.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that the company might blow its 4G lead due to a lack of 4G-enabled devices. The HTC-made EVO 4G, in particular, is almost non-existent. HTC is having a tough time making enough EVO 4Gs for Sprint.

Microsoft, which competes with Google and IBM in the productivity software market, is speculated to be developing a smartphone-compatible version of its well-known Office productivity software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

The smartphone manufacturer defies market expectations, posting a 40% rise in sales for the first six months of 2010.