The long-awaited Verizon iPhone will be available in February, and scores of new smartphone converts will finally be able to check their e-mail while brushing their teeth, play Plants vs. Zombies while chewing their morning muffins and carry out bank transactions while walking to work.
After a global launch that saw the iPhone 4 land in Japan, Germany, France, and the U.K., U.S. customers had their chance to get their hands on Apple's newest smartphone Thursday morning. And, despite early shipment to some customers and limited iPhone supplies, the crowds still turned up at Apple Stores across the country for the iPhone 4's official release.
Twitter Inc. has made another move to take more control of tweets sent to mobile phones, this time with the acquisition Cloudhopper Inc., a Seattle messaging infrastructure firm.
Adobe has been working feverishly to add full Flash functionality to smartphones, but hasn't made much progress with Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry.