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• Apple claims 1M iPhone 3G S smartphones sold first weekend

  Apple announced today that it sold one million iPhone 3G S phones through Sunday, three days after the device launched, matching last year's sales mark of the iPhone 3G.

• iPhone 3GS keeps Apple ahead of the curve

  The iPhone 3GS's internal hardware indicates that Apple is still at the leading edge of smartphone innovation, say the electronics repair specialists at Rapid Repair.

• Optus reveals iPhone 3G S pricing, tethering free with Net pack

  Telco Optus has announced its plan pricing for the new iPhone 3G S, which includes a free handset with some 24-month contracts. Free tethering, however, comes with a catch.

• iPhone 3G S tear-down reveals 3x speed boost

  The iPhone 3G S' hardware, including a faster microprocessor and a faster graphics processor than those in last year's model, supports Apple's claims that the new device is two to three times faster overall, a just-completed tear-down shows.

• Apple fans flock to buy iPhone 3G S

  The iPhone's magic is still there: The crowds turned out to see -- and buy -- Apple's iPhone 3G S early Friday morning as it launched around the world.

• Apple iPhone 3G S Friday launch already attracting long lines

  Apple Stores around the world will open their doors at 7 a.m. local time to accommodate eager shoppers who want to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone 3G S. The stores will open 1 hour earlier than the company had previously announced at last week's Apple WWDC keynote. AT&T stores in the U.S will open at 7 a.m. as well, but only for existing customers who preordered the phone; everyone else will have to wait for AT&T's regular opening time of 10 a.m.

• Apple iPhone 3.0: Evolution, not revolution

  The first iPhone was revolutionary, the first smartphone that really worked. People who expect the iPhone 3GS or yesterday's iPhone 3.0 software upgrade to be equally exciting will be disappointed. Not because the product is bad, but because It's hard for any third release to be as dramatic as the first.

• Expert: AT&T botches iPhone 3G S upgrade price concession

  AT&T bungled its chance to make amends with angry customers today when it said it will reduce the price of the new iPhone 3G S for some, but not all, current subscribers, a crisis communications expert said Wednesday.

• Apple delivers iPhone 3.0 update on schedule

  As anticipated, Apple opened the download gate for iPhone OS 3.0 today shortly after 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT.

• iPhone 3G S: The early returns are in

  On the grand launch day of the iPhone 3.0 software update (which is available to iPhone users around the word as I write), some of the tech hotshots have gotten their hands on the brand-new (and yet unreleased) iPhone 3G S.

• iPhone 3G S: The S is for speedy delivery

  The "S" in the name of the new iPhone 3G S stands for speed, both in the phone itself and how it's being delivered to some customers.

• Optus iPhone 3G S pricing plan reveals tethering charge

  Details of Optus’ pricing plans for the upcoming release of the iPhone 3G S are available, and it has been revealed on forum Web site Whirlpool that the telco is to charge for iPhone tethering.
  

• iPhone 3G S still not enterprise-ready, analysts say

  The new iPhone 3G S boasts remote data wipe, hardware-based encryption and tethering of the device to a laptop that would seem to please business users interested in protecting data and enhancing productivity.

• Doom Comes to the iPhone

  Fans of the classic "Doom" series may want to preorder the new iPhone 3G S immediately, because the venerable first-person shooter game is coming to the smartphone next week.

• iPhone surcharge protest highlight carriers' loss of control

  Ask smartphone users anywhere in the U.S. what they think of their wireless carriers, and you will get an earful.