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• Talks to bring iPhone to China in final stage: state media

  - 2008-09-02

  SHANGHAI AFP — China Mobile, the country's largest handset operator, is in the final stages of talks with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, the world's largest mobile phone market, state media reported Tuesday. The two companies are likely to conclude the talks soon, the 21 Century Business...

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• 'Beautiful mistake' makes China factory worker a celebrity

  - 2008-08-27

  SHANGHAI AFP — A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world, her employer said Wednesday. The unidentified worker flashed a smile and made a peace sign to a co-worker...

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• High price takes shine off Apple's iPhone India launch

  - 2008-08-23

  NEW DELHI AFP — Sticker price shock has spoiled the launch party of Apple's iPhone in India, home to the world's fastest-growing mobile market, local media said Saturday. The 3G or third generation phone sells for more than triple its US price tag in India -- a new key...

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• Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China

  - 2008-08-22

  BEIJING AFP — Apple said Friday they were investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro-Tibet album became a hit on the online music store. The iTunes download site has been unavailable for many users within China in the past week,...

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• 'Phoney' queues used to spur Polish iPhone launch

  - 2008-08-22

  WARSAW AFP — Poland's biggest telecoms operator, Telekomunikacja Polska, acknowledged Friday that it had paid young, hip-looking film extras to stand in queues for the national launch of Apple's iPhone. "It was a marketing move. We thought it was a pretty interesting strategy," TP spokesman Wojciech Jabczynski told AFP....

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• China Mobile says main hurdle in Apple iPhone talks cleared

  - 2008-06-27

  BEIJING AFP — China Mobile said Friday the main obstacle keeping iPhone out of the world's largest mobile phone market had been cleared now that Apple has dropped its revenue-sharing demands. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said this week he would like to see the device introduced in China...

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• Taiwanese firm debuts potential rival to Apple's iPhone2

  - 2008-05-13

  TAIPEI AFP — Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. unveiled Tuesday a mobile phone it said was designed make web-browsing as easy as making phone calls, with the device seen as a rival to Apple's upcoming iPhone2. On a 2.8-inch display, users of the Touch Diamond receive animated access to...

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• 'Fifth Beatle' Aspinall dies: company

  - 2008-03-24

  LONDON AFP — Neil Aspinall, a schoolfriend of Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison who managed the band's Apple Corps music empire and was dubbed "the fifth Beatle", has died, the firm said Monday. Aspinall was 66 and died in New York after a brief illness, London-based Apple Corps...

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• Company sues iTunes over alleged patent violations

  - 2008-03-12

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — A small US firm said Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit accusing Apple's online music store iTunes of using its patented technology for distributing digitized music and video. ZapMedia Services Inc. is demanding unspecified damages and royalties from California-based Apple for supposedly using its intellectual...

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• Macworld ranks swell as Apple's 'cool factor' spreads

  - 2008-01-16

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — They come sporting mohawks, full-body tattoos, multiple piercings, and hair in brilliant colors -- the ever-growing congregation of the "Mac-faithful" -- basking in hip technology and declaring love for their iPods, iPhones and everything else from Apple on show at the annual MacWorld Expo. This...

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