Nokia, the country's dominant handset player, is plotting to steal Apple's thunder. The company is set to launch its latest high-end phone-the N96-which calls a 'killer product' on Tuesday in India, three days before the much-awaited 3G-enabled iPhone's debut here. The N96 was tipped to be launched globally in October and this may perhaps be the handset maker's first global launch in India. Industry experts say Nokia is rushing the N96 to India to counter the hype associated with the 3G...

A new $100 million fund invests in start-ups specializing in iPhone applications.

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Face it, folks -- internet browsing shouldn't be confined to your desktop / laptop. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of options out there when looking to get the intarwebz (and we mean the whole intarwebz) in your pocket. For those out there who've found the perfect one from the smattering of choices, throw Adam (and countless others) a bone here.

"I have a BlackBerry Pearl and the web browsing on it sucks like a tornado. What I want is a web browsing device that rocks me like a hurricane. I'd rather not have something large, even as large as a netbook like the Eee PC. There are the Nokia tablets. There's the Archos 605 / 705 WiFi. There are UMPCs like the Q1 Ultra. Then there's the iPhone / iPod touch. I'm looking for something that I can access the internet on from the couch or the john with a full HTML browser. And I need something that won't break the bank."

So, whatcha got? After you're done posting your answer from the lavatory, send over a question of your own to ask at engadget dawt com.

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Audi of America has created Audi A4 Driving Challenge for the iPhone. Gamers navigate the A4 through a series of courses. Five courses are included, each one more difficult than the last. The driver runs three laps on each course, lap time and course time being displayed. Controls for accelerator and brake are located on the touch screen, steer...

Many iPhone 3G users have reported issues with their 3G reception. I've written an article discussing my hands on experience with the reception issues and my trials and observations

The title should draw you in, so go to my blog to check out the entire story.

A list of some apps I like to use on my iPod touch.

Pandora + Simplify Media + OrbLive = complete multimedia solution for iPhone

This happened in Poland. The telco, Orange, paid fake “interested customers” to queue for the launch of iPhone. iPhone 3 G I supposed.

It may say $30 for unlimited family texts on their own iPhone website, but apparently they don't mean it.

I think consumers should have remote wipe on iPhone. For more information please email us at contact@kbmonline.ca.tt

While Apple has opened the iPhone to third-party applications, they are also reportedly keeping a very close eye on which applications are allowed to run on your phone.

This is the cheapest Brand New iPhone 3G in the World.

Describes how to make time machine back up the backups folder for your iphone or ipod touch.

Is it---a camera----is it a mini computer---is it a Bluetooth---is it an Ipod?? NOOOOOOOO, its all of the above in one---Its the Apple IPhone. Honestly I'm NOT Techie. All these new gadgets just boogle my poor little mind. Sooooooo, for my sake and yours I searched the internet to find out exactly what an IPhone is.

The Telecom Giant Vodafone will offer the much awaited iPhone in India. The telecom giant has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe.

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The iPhone 3G will soon be coming to Russia now that Mobile TeleSystems and Apple have reached an agreement. Phones will go on sale starting in October, but the specific release date is not known at this moment. This isn't a big shocker considering Steve Jobs said that a carrier agreement with Russia would happen [...]

A spokesman for Orange in Poland unabashedly proclaimed that they "have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone." An interesting technique to be sure, we're just wondering if these actors will give up their places when it comes time to actually buy the phone, or if they're going to actually go through and get an iPhone (maybe give them out for free after?). It's not something we would have done, and it would have probably worked had the spokespeople not acknowledged it so openly. "Why yes, that is a sock in my pants. Why do you ask? "[Reuters]

The much hyped iPhone is launched in India for a whooping 700 $ . The phone sucks and still it costs as hell !