Analyst confirms Apple slid past RIM to become number two smartphone vendor
engadget.com 11/7/2008 — So apparently Apple knew what it was talking about after all. Research firm Canalys says that Apple stole the rug out from underneath RIM in the third quarter to become the world's number two pusher of smartphones, taking a hearty 17.3 percent market ...

Apple May Lower iPhone Production 40%, Friedman Says — Apple 11/4/2008
Apple may cut iPhone production by 40 percent in the current quarter from the previous period as consumer spending slows, Friedman, Billings Ramsey & Co. said.

Games Ringing a Bell for iPhone Users — Apple 11/4/2008
Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier's 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games. To reclaim his phone, Furrier had to buy his son an iPod Touch, which Alec quickly filled with Pac-Man, Magic 8 Ball and ...

Appiphilia casts light on iPhone apps — Apple Hot News 11/5/2008
“Because iPhone apps seem to multiply with every click,” Michelle Maltais (latimes.com) offers a new weekly series for those with “an irresistible urge to download iPhone applications.” Called appiphilia, the new LA Times column “highlights and ...

Apple's iPhone tops BlackBerry in J.D. Power smart-phone survey — Apple 11/7/2008
Apple's iPhone earned the top ranking from business users rating advanced cell phones, putting it ahead of Research In Motion's BlackBerry, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday.

iPhone tops all other smartphones in J.D. Power customer sat survey — Apple Hot News 11/10/2008
Although the lack of a physical keyboard “was supposed to be a deal breaker for hardcore smartphone users in the business world,” suggests Philip Elmer-DeWitt (fortune.cnn.com), iPhone “ranks highest in customer satisfaction among business types, ...