Apple's iPhone : Opinion Brief
Retaining the iPhone's 3.5-inch screen year after year means less work for developers, and a less-buggy experience for users.

The rumored 4-inch iPhone screen: Is bigger better?

The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Apple is preparing to debut a larger handset come fall. Say it ain't so, bemoan some nostalgic techies

 
Apple's iPhone : Best Video
The JoeyBra's marsupial-like pouch can hold an iPhone (plus a credit card, keys, and cash). You just have to be willing to fish it out.

An iPhone pocket... in your bra?

For women who hate carrying a purse on a night out, or find pants oppressive, two college juniors might just have the solution

 
Apple's iPhone : Instant Guide
An iPhone app that scans your face and tells you how ugly you are raked in $80,000 the day after it was featured on Howard Stern's radio show.

The Ugly Meter: The iPhone app that rates your attractiveness

The app is an unlikely bestseller, and parents worry that its superficial focus will damage self-esteem and aggravate bullying

 
Apple's iPhone : Forecast
The next iPhone will reportedly have a larger screen, a better battery, and the ability to use your handset as a credit card.

Apple's next iPhone: 5 rumored features

A smooth new metallic body, a 4-inch screen, and credit card-like capabilities are just a few of the goodies reportedly boasted by the tech giant's next handset

 
Apple's iPhone : Controversy
Critics are describing "Girls Around Me," an app that briefs users on nearby women's social networking info, as both creepy and dangerous.

'Girls Around Me': The controversial pickup-artist app

The new tool gives users social networking data about women who are nearby, and it's drawing the ire of privacy critics. But is it breaking any rules?

 
Apple's iPhone : Fact Sheet
Steve Jobs didn't like the name Siri, which means "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" in Norwegian, but he couldn't think of anything better.

How Apple's Siri got her name

Curious about the etymological origins of the iPhone 4S virtual assistant's handle? Look to Norway

 
Apple's iPhone : Best Column
In the future, virtual assistants like the iPhone's Siri may be able to learn about you cumulatively, providing increasingly customized advice.

After Siri: The ground-breaking future of virtual assistants

For many iPhone owners, Siri is revolutionary. But according to Norman Winarsky and Bill Mark at TechCrunch, we haven't seen anything yet

 
Apple's iPhone : Opinion Brief
Rumor has it that the next iteration of the iPhone will see its screen grow from 3.5 inches to 4.6 inches.

Does the iPhone 5 really need a bigger screen?

Apple is reportedly cooking up a new version of its ubiquitous smartphone with a 4.6-inch screen — on par with Samsung's buzzy Galaxy handsets

 
Apple's iPhone : By the numbers
Apple's devices are assembled by workers who are typically only 18 years of age.

What it takes to make an iPhone: By the numbers

Apple's glamorous gadgets are assembled by an army of 1.2 million underpaid, overworked Chinese employees. Here, a glimpse at their grueling factory lives

 
Apple's iPhone : Irony Alert
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tells The Daily Beast that Android's voice commands and operating system are easier to use than the iPhone's.

Irony alert: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak 'sings Android's praises'

In a seemingly heretical act, Apple's other Steve confesses his admiration for the enemy

 
Apple's iPhone : Instant Guide
Nissan wants to one-up your protective iPhone case with a high tech version that repairs its own minor cuts and bruises.

The 'magic' iPhone case that repairs itself

Nissan is going after accident-prone smartphone users with a new self-healing phone case

 
Apple's iPhone : The List
Steve Jobs, speaking at a publishing conference in 1997, stands in front of a giant poster of Pablo Picasso, featured in Apple's landmark "Think Different" campaign.

How Apple really came to 'Think Different': 5 takeaways

In Forbes, Rob Siltanen, one of men who worked on the Apple's landmark 1997 ad campaign, details how it all came to be

 
Apple's iPhone : Opinion Brief
Letting Apple fans search for information with speech, the iPhone's voice-activated assistant, Siri, may give Google some new competition.

Is the iPhone's Siri a threat to Google? 

Some say Apple's vocal virtual assistant — a big step forward in voice-recognition technology — could threaten Google's stranglehold on search

 
Apple's iPhone : Controversy
iPhone 4 users won't have access to Apple's new Siri technology, even though that's possible, because the exclusive iPhone 4S feature boosts demand for the latest phone, say critics.

Why Apple isn't offering Siri for older iPhones: 3 theories

Hackers found that Siri — Apple's new voice-controlled personal assistant — works on the old iPhone 4, which doesn't mean it'll be available

 
Apple's iPhone : Analysis
Apple's iPhone operating system iOS 5, presented by software VP Scott Forstall in June, may officially usher in the post-PC era.

Apple's iOS 5: Revolutionizing computing?

The new operating system for iPhones and iPads may dramatically change our lives — or at least make digital life less annoying

 
Apple's iPhone : Burning Question
Meet Siri, the iPhone 4S's voice-controlled assistant that some techies are calling a major game-changer.

The iPhone 4S: Is Siri a 'life changer'?

Reviewers are dazzled by Apple's new voice-controlled virtual assistant

 

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