The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond.

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The iPhone 4G or the 4th generation iPhone is no doubt being talked about wildly in the blogosphere. In fact, with every passing day, new rumors and speculations arise as well as new concept photos being published by designers from all over the world. However, most often than not, the concept photo looks nicer than the actual device.

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Apple’s next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.

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Having Google as the default search engine on the iPhone is rumored to earn Apple more than $100 million per year in a revenue sharing deal between the two companies, a new report alleges.

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1) The LCD appears to be factory glued to the digitizer which is more similar to the first generation iPhones than the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The digitizer can be separated from the LCD on the 3G and 3GS models, which should be interesting to all, but for the repair folks like us–this means that the 4G screen repair price will be higher since both parts will have to be replaced at once.

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Alright ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the iPhone rumor mill and while this might be a bit of a stretch, it fits in perfectly with some of the rumored things going on with Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0, chiefly, the ability to have your contacts on the home screen.

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Apple has posted a shocking, if vague, warning to iPhone app creators in its developer forums : submit an app that uses user location data “primarily” for targeting advertisements and that app will be sent right back to you to be changed.

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A new set of clues to Apple’s future handhelds have been revealed today through a search of recent code. The iPhone 3.2 SDK used to write for the iPad includes references in the simulator’s library to N89, a previously unknown device.

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It came as no surprise to learn that in order to connect an Apple iPad to a W-CDMA style 3G network, you’ll need a micro SIM card. Being smaller this will lead to existing iPhone users slashing their existing SIM cards down to size. Those with long memories will remember that SIM cards used to be the size of a typical credit card.

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According to a hearsay report in Wired, Apple CEO Steve Jobs allegedly said the following at an internal town hall meeting for Apple employees coinciding with the launch of the iPad:

We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business.

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While all the focus might be on Wednesday’s announcement about the new Apple tablet, insiders are reporting other news as well. While most people have been thinking that Apple was looking to other carriers for the iPhone, it looks like it’s actually the other way around: AT&T is looking to drop their exclusivity on the iPhone.

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Is the iPhone OS due for an update next week? The latest rumours say so, with Apple poised to unveil iPhone OS 4.0 alongside its much-hyped Tablet. What’s more, the first details of what to expect have leaked online. Read on, get the inside info, but digest it all with a huge pinch of salt. Nothing’s confirmed until Steve Jobs sings his siren song next week.

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Apple has a three-pronged focus in mind for its January 27th press event, according to Fox News. A source at Apple is said to claim that in addition to a long-awaited tablet device, the company will probably spend its time on the iPhone 4.0 firmware, alongside an updated iLife suite. Apple has often launched iLife upgrades at the beginning of a year.

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Now there are rumours and then there are big RUMOURS and now it seems that France Telecom wants the next-generation new iPhone 4G in 2010.

Apparently and according to The iPhone Blog and of course they think it’s crazy as much as we do that the new iPhone will come sometime in May, well come on normally Apple release its device in July so what makes you think it will be in May.

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New patent applications revealed this week show Apple has investigated creating a stylus for use on a touch-sensitive panel like the iPhone, and creating dynamic user interfaces for mobile devices that would adapt to location and use.

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Apple is deliberately holding back on updating the iPhone firmware, a “close Apple connect” is said to have learned. While testing of v3.1.3 and even v4.0 firmware is believed to have been exposed in mid-December, no updates have been announced by Apple, or lately made available to developers or the public. The reason, says the source, is that there are too many references in current builds to Apple’s upcoming tablet, which the company does not want leaked.

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The Korean Times reported Tuesday that Apple is already negotiating with local carriers for an April launch of the 4th generation iPhone, which contradicts a Challenges report from today that Apple was planning on a May time frame for the release of the next iPhone upgrade.

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Another Apple patent today looks remarkably similar to the functionality of Google Latitude which Apple relegated to WebApp status earlier this year.  Obviously if Apple is working on their own version of Google Latitude (or owns the IP rights to this functionality), they’d be hesitant to put an app with the same functionality on their devices from another company.  Now it all makes sense!

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The ‘label’ has no doubt given this Hamburg, Germany user the opportunity of a lifetime for being in the limelight. Thanks to Apple Inc.! As he writes in the original (German) post (translated for your convenience):

“Seems to be an iPhone 3G (back and no compass, FW) 3.0.1 on it. However, the packaging is clearly designed for an iPhone 3G [S] 8GB. Ordered was a refurbished 3G iPhone 8GB.

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iPhone always manages to appeal the attention of the public. As for Apple next-generation iPhone (mobile Internet), there are more information again. First, news from Apple accessory supplier revealed that Apples next iPhone’s filmed strength will upgrade to 5 megapixel.

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