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Lots of people claim that Apple's (AAPL) iPhone is the first smartphone to really unleash the potential of the Internet on a handset. And they are right. iPhone users suck up so much more Web time than Blackberry (RIMM) users (even though far more Blackberry units have been sold over time) that...

Like a Phoenix risen from the ashes, Motorola (MOT), the one-time purveyor of that grey clamshell phone that everybody had back in the day, reported its second consecutive quarterly profit. It earned $12 million, or a penny per share, compared with analyst estimates of a break-even quarter. The...

Already loaded with more than 25,000 applications, the shelves at the iPhone app store are about to get a lot heavier. A nifty software-development tool that makes it much easier to build applications for the popular Apple (AAPL) smartphone is expected to lead to a lot more personal finance...

Mark Curtis has come to America to sell digital icecubes on hot summer days. The CEO of Flirtomatic -- a mobile flirting social-network startup -- has attracted $15 million in revenue by selling flirting and virtual goods, like digital ice cubes, to an audience starved for fun with no strings...

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has been a leader in nailing Apple (AAPL) news and trends ahead of the Wall Street pack. On Monday, he sent a note to clients stating that Apple will likely be selling its iPhone on other carriers in the U.S. sometime next year, as reported by TUAW. I think Apple...