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Apple is geared to see huge profits next year with analysts predicting the company will sell somewhere between five and seven million iPhones in China in 2010 as a result of its deal with the country's second-largest mobile carrier.

Apple hit back on Friday over the affair of the exploding iPhones in France by dismissing the whole story as nonsense and suggesting that the owners were either negligent or liars, the Times reported on Friday.

A senior executive from Apple Inc will meet France's consumer affairs minister on Friday to discuss a number of incidents in which screens on some of its popular iPhones were reported to have shattered for no obvious reason.

China Unicom will announce a deal to sell Apple's iPhone in China as soon as Friday, an analyst said, citing an industry source with direct knowledge of the situation.

Apple Inc is getting closer to clearing the hurdles to start selling iPhones in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

IPhone maker Apple Inc told U.S. regulators it has not approved Google Inc's Voice application, which could challenge the wireless industry's giants, because it interferes with the iPhone user experience.

Apple officially responded to an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and explained its role in the absence of Google Voice from the App Store.

AT&T Inc, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, said on Friday it played no role in a decision by Apple Inc to reject Google Inc's voice application on the handset.

AT&T Inc, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, on Friday said it played no role in a decision by Apple Inc to reject Google Inc's voice application on the popular handset.

Market researcher Richard Doherty said that Apple has developed two tablet computers prototypes: a 6-inch oversized-iPod version and another with a bigger display. The researcher speculated that the smaller Apple tablet would cost about $679 and will probably run on an iPhone-based operating system

When it comes to Apple's tablet rumor, the plot thickened today.

Apple is investigating media reports that one or more of the company's iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said Tuesday.

European Commission officials said Tuesday that Apple Inc. is looking into reports of exploding iPhones and iPods, after several dissatisfied customers claimed that their devices had exploded.

Apple Inc is investigating media reports that one or more of the company's iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

China Unicom, the potential exclusive distributor of iPhones in China, has poured 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion) to buy 5 million units from Apple, ready to sell the first batch in September, local media reported on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - An expected surge in smart-phone sales could bode well for the iTunes music store's belated entry into Latin America.

Apple Inc said on Friday it has issued a software update to fix a vulnerability that security experts said could allow hackers to take control of the iPhone and use it for identity theft.

Sources said that Apple Inc is to hug the huge Chinese market, leaking the pictures of new iPhone models for Unicom in China, NetEase reported on Friday.

Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple Inc's iPhone that they said hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other crimes.

Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple Inc's iPhone that they said hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other crimes.

A new iPhone virus has been discovered on Thursday that could infect every iPhone in the world through Short Message Service (SMS), or text messaging.