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The pre-ordering madness was a good indication that iPhone 4 sales were going to be through the roof, but this may have even surpassed those expectations: Apple's latest handset has sold nearly two million copies through Saturday.There you have it. 600,000 pre-orders have turned into 1.7 million iPhone 4 sales through this Saturday. The Sunday transactions haven't even been tallied up yet, but Steve and company already have another reason to look smug. That total eclipses the 3GS' already phenomenal 1 million units sold over a weekend, and stands pretty much head and shoulders above any other launch the mobile world has yet seen.

Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive in charge of hardware for the company's Leaves After Antenna Troubles. It is not clear if Mr. Papermaster was ousted or left on his own accord. Flagship iPhone, has left the company in the wake of widely reported problems with the antenna of the recently introduced iPhone 4. The New York Times reports that Apple spokesman, Steve Dowling, confirmed Mr. Papermaster's departure. Mr. Dowling said Mr. Papermaster "is leaving the company and Bob Mansfield, senior vice president of Macintosh hardware engineering, is assuming his responsibilities.