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iPhone Catches Fire Aboard Aircraft

Siri was the talk of the town when Apple launched its latest smartphone iPhone 4S Oct. 14 and it fascinated the techies.

Apple Inc. has released the beta of iOS 5.1, the upgraded version of its newest mobile operating system, to developers; iOS 5 was similarly released, a month ago. Questions are being asked if the forthcoming version of the operating system will be free from the bugs that plagued its predecessors. It is also interesting to note that Apple went straight to a 5.1 version, skipping iOS 5.0.2.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is seeking to cash in as companies switch to rival smartphones with a new tool that offers some of its important security features for sexier devices like the iPhone.

Apple released its iOS 5.1 beta to developers on Monday with the new build available for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad and both the third and fourth generation iPod Touch.

The Apple product was glowing red and emitting a significant amount of black smoke when it suffered a minor explosion on a Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney, Australia. This is not the first time Apple's lithium batteries overheating have caused fires and combustion, and the burning iPhone 4 incident still has no definite cause from Australian authorities.

AT&T offers both the iPhone 4 and Atrix 4G for $100 on their Web site, but which one is better? iPhone 4 is over a year old now, and Atrix will be getting the Android 4.0 update next year. Besides the new software update, Atrix has a bigger screen and one of the highest resolution displays out there. It's even got a fingerprint scanner so once the 4.0 update hits, you'll have a bevy of security features to choose from including the Face Unlock.

Sources say Hitachi and Sony have begun to ship Apple 4-inch LCD panels for a new iOS devices. Is this the iPhone 5?

The long-awaited iPhone 4S launch helped Apple Inc (AAPL.O) take top spot in the British smartphone market in October, overtaking phones using Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android platform, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Monday.

Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.

Apple broke its single-day sales record on Black Friday thanks to online deals and popular products, earning more than four times what the company makes in a day.

Apple has delivered a significant blow to the world of jailbreaking and all those waiting for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 by finding and patching the jailbreak-prone exploits in iOS 5 betas. In order to avoid losing vital exploits any further, Chronic Dev has come up with a new program that requires you to attach your iOS device to your computer and click a single button.

Solid Black Friday and weekend checks indicate Apple is off to a solid holiday season as traffic at Apple stores was extremely robust with positive checks at other channels.

Ac1dSn0w supports the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, the iPod Touch 4G and the original iPad, all running on iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1, for a tethered jailbreak and is reportedly much easier than Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze.

Apple's next iPhone may sport a larger display, putting in line with some of its Android based competitors, and mark a departure from the current form-factor used since the iPhone first appeared in 2007.

It has been more than one-and-a-half months since iOS5 users have heard of an untethered jailbreak for Apple devices running the company's newest mobile operating system, have heard from hackers collective, the Dev team.

The next-generation Apple iPhone, already being dubbed the iPhone 5 by analysts, may hold more than just media and contacts. Advancements in near field communications technology, or NFC, can turn Apple's venerable iPhone into a digital wallet.

A new jailbreak app has appeared in Cydia that lets you monitor mobile devices remotely. Sounds creepy? But MobileMonitor does allow users to track nearly every facet of an iPhone's usage remotely, without the knowledge of the user of the device.

Droid Bionic preceded the Razr by only a few months, but it's already been out-muscled by its newer, faster, thinner more expensive big brother. Both devices are exclusive to Verizon and they are two of the most expensive devices out there.

Apple iPhones and many tech gizmos are popular on Black Friday, but there are now three iPhones available at different prices (more if you include the two most expensive versions of iPhone 4S) to choose from. The prices vary, so if you can't decide just based on the price, here is what is different about each device.

Yes, we don't have an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak as yet, but thanks to the Sn0wbreeze and Redsn0w tethered jailbreaks, coupled with the Semitethered patch, we do have some really cool tweaks that make you want to jailbreak your iDevice. Here is a rundown of a few of the gems so far.