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Apple iPhone finally arrived at technology hub Korea amidst helium-filled balloons, flashing strobe lights, a blaring rock band and long lines of people who were waiting for 26 hours.

Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, Apple devices and iTunes music software, said it filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia Oyj is infringing its technology. In the suit filed today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, Apple claimed Nokia is wrongfully using 13 of its patents.

Phone maker Nokia is up for the challenge from Apple as the schoolyard dust-up between the two, launched last October by Nokia, rages on.

After years of complaints about early-termination fees, the Federal Communications Commission finally showed signs of a serious inquiry into the charges. And the shortcomings of AT&T Wireless' network, familiar to disgruntled iPhone users, drew wide attention for an ironic reason: Apple's decision to stick with AT&T when it launches its eagerly awaited iPad mobile computer this spring.

The world's first betting app for the iPhone has passed Apple's stringent vetting criteria and will go live on the App Store today, Siliconrepublic.com has learned.

Tech bloggers and Apple fans are buzzing about what may be the latest version of Apple's iPhone.

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg took advantage of a recent chat with the Wall Street Journal to talk a bit about Apple. Seidenberg said that Apple never wanted to make a version of the iPhone for Verizon's CDMA network, since it wouldn't be able to be as widely distributed as the GSM-based models it eventually produced. Uh, yeah, Ivan, thanks for joining the rest of us over here in the nation of Duh.

Potentially bad news now if you happen to be an avid tech consumer in the United States holding back on an iPhone purchase while waiting for AT&T's current exclusivity deal and its lock-in policy to come to an end.

iPhone owners are much more likely to download apps and get involved with social networking than their BlackBerry-owning counterparts, Compete revealed today in a new study. About 72 percent of Apple smartphone users are likely to have downloaded at least 10 third-party apps, but 73 percent of BlackBerry users have picked up five apps or less. The researchers add that iPhone owners are more willing to buy their apps than BlackBerry owners.

"iPhone makes for worldwide loss" reads the headline in Sunday's Guardian, whose editors apparently missed the flurry of similar pieces that appeared three weeks earlier.

After updating to iPhone OS 3.1, many users who depended upon Exchange support on their iPhones and iPod touches claim to be left out in the cold.

Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple's own iTunes service.

The Fall Atlanta Home Show (www.AtlantaHomeShow.com) is a highly anticipated annual event where the latest and most innovative features, products and trends are showcased, and where homeowners can see new products demonstrated and meet the professionals who offer them. The 2009 Fall Atlanta Home Show will be held Friday-Sunday, Sept. 25-27 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in northwest Atlanta.

TomTom's new app for Apple's iPhone is getting attention for its high price tag of $99.99 but is garnering positive first impression in the gadget blogosphere.

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of four newly granted patents for Apple Inc.

The apparent suicide death of a Foxconn employee accused of misplacing an Apple iPhone prototype has sparked an Internet firestorm and a police investigation.

Steve Jobs is on track to return to the helm of Apple this month after nearly six months of medical leave, according a report in The Wall Street Journal that cited unnamed sources.

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia filed last Thursday at the American Federal County Court in Delaware a law suit against Apple

Sure, iPhone users can be major bandwidth hogs - but there may be another cause for AT&T's wireless data issues: network configuration.

The second half of 2010 could finally bring a much-anticipated Verizon Wireless iPhone. A new hybrid chip developed by Qualcomm makes it possible to communicate with several different network technologies using only one component.