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Developer Leaks Imminent iPhone 4.0? Not.

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UPDATED: TiPb heard back from the developer, and sure enough, it’s their app 4.0, nothing to do with iPhone OS 4.0. Move along. Notiong to see here…

CNET is reporting, and others are picking up, that a developer sent them a note saying:

“Just wanted to give you a heads up that we’ve submitted an [...]

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No 5 Million iPhone Deal for China Unicom?

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That rumored deal whereby China Unicom was purchasing 5 million Wi-Fi-less iPhones for a huge introduction to the world’s biggest cellular market? Turns out not so much with the 5 million according to a China Unicom spokesperson.

“Talks between us and Apple have been going on for some time, but no agreement has [...]

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Regarding that Leaked Black “iPhone” Bezel…

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Turns out that leaked black bezel that made the internet rounds prior to the iPhone 3GS’ rounds was… actually for a Creative Zii Egg. Says CNET Asia provides the picture, and MacRumors the short version:

The Zii Egg is a multi-touch iPod touch-like device that runs Google’s Android operating system. The device, though, bears [...]

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iPhone 2.2.1 Rumor Smashed!

That Russian website post about accessing a pre-pre-release of iPhone OS 2.2.1 and finding Push Notification Service and Notes Sync? Turns out not so much. BGR says:

The site that houses the forum has posted an update to the blog post that brought attention to the push notification claim, and has stated the original posting was [...]

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iHulk Smash Puny Rumors: 32GB iPhone, Australia, iTunes 8 (+ Laptops!)

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No, that’s not spring in the air, that’s the rumor frenzy ramp-up to Apple’s June World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), and here’s the aptly titled MacRumors with a mother load:

A MacRumors reader ran across a very unusual .Mac web page yesterday and was kind enough to forward it on. The page contained promotional images for [...]

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Adobe Smash Puny Flash Rumor!

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Will Flash come to the iPhone? Won’t it? Will it? Won’t it?

GearLive said yes. Adobe said maybe. El Jobso said too slow, too lite — where’s my middle?!. El Narayenso (er… Adobe’s CEO) said SD-OK! And… now Adobe clarifies that ambiguous yes with another maybe. Kinda:

“[T]o bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone [...]

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