Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone," due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA (hear that, Verizon?).

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Smartphone market unfazed by recession
A record 43.3 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, according to a new report from IDC.

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the decade
Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has had a helluva decade.

Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia
Facing competition from Apple and RIM, Nokia has gone from 50 percent share of the Wi-Fi handset market to 35 percent in the past year, says new In-Stat report.

Originally posted at Crave

Parallels 5 boasts huge speed improvement
Virtualization software that allows Intel-based Macs to run Windows and Linux adds 70 new features and is even faster than Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels CEO says.

Apple reaches 100,000 apps, 2 billion downloads
Company's App Store hits another milestone as it surpasses 100,000 applications available in less than 16 months since its launch.

Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7
A hacker asks victims to pay $7 to get instructions for fixing a security hole in their jailbroken iPhones.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

China Unicom: 5,000 iPhones sold in first weekend
While the numbers don't come close to the original iPhone's first-weekend sales in the U.S., the Chinese carrier has other factors to contend with.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

Intel comments on iPhone sync glitch
The chipmaker says it is investigating a glitch that prevents an iPhone from synching with certain PCs and circuit boards that use a new Intel chipset.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Apple's iTunes pitch: TV for $30 a month
Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? Apple hopes so, and it's been pitching such a service to TV networks in recent weeks.