Lawsuit claims iPhone breaks Calif. antitrust laws (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)

Timothy Smith has filed suit against Apple, alleging that the company has violated antitrust law with the iPhone. The Cartwright Act is whats at question here a California law that Smiths attorney says Apple has broken because it prohibits iPhone users from using a cell phone service other than AT&T.

Lawsuit claims iPhone breaks Calif. antitrust laws (Addict 3D)

Timothy Smith has filed suit against Apple, alleging that the company has violated antitrust law with the iPhone.

iPodObserver - iPhone 1.1.1 One Step Closer to Jailbreak (The Mac Observer)

Apple’s iPhone 1.1.1 is one step closer to opening up for third party apps now that the iPhone Dev Team has managed to implement a jailbreak on the smart phone. The unsupported hack allows only a subset of non-Apple applications to run, but developers are already hard at work expanding the list of supported apps

Lawsuit Claims iBricking iPhone Unfair (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

Timothy P. Smith and the legal team of M. Van Smith and Damian R. Fernandez have filed for a class action lawsuit against Apple. The suit alleges that the company acted in violation of antitrust laws by tying sales of the Apple iPhone to AT&T’s cell service and by “iBricking” the phone for users who installed software to unlock their phones.

News: Lawsuit claims iPhone breaks Calif. antitrust laws (MacCentral Online)

A new lawsuit against Apple claims that it has broken California antitrust laws by requiring users to use AT&T with their iPhone.

France Telecom CEO sees Apple iPhone contract uncertainty resolved by end-Nov (FinanzNachrichten)

PARIS (Thomson Financial) - France Telecom ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) chief executive Didier Lombard said he expects the situation regarding its Orange unit’s exclusive deal to market Apple Inc’s new iPhone ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) mobile phone to be resolved by the end of November.

Luxus-Edition - das Iphone in Gold (ZDNet Deutschland)

Die englische Firma Goldstriker hat eine “Gold Edition” des Iphones fr Mitte Oktober angekndigt, allerdings ohne den Preis zu nennen. Das Unternehmen vertreibt Mobiltelefone diverser Hersteller mit 24-kartigem Gold - auch das Apple-Handy. Iphone-Besitzer mssen ihr Gert einsenden und erhalten es dann mit der Goldschicht zurck.

iPhone Surfing with Fast Pages (SYS-CON Media)

A vast majority of users of Blackberry, Blackjack, Pearl, Nokia, Treo, LG, Motorola Q, iPhone and all smartphones say they now use them solely for e-mail and text messaging with an occasional disappointing peak at the web. This failure is largely due to the hassle of typing lengthy web addresses on tiny keyboards, difficult downloads that often don’t work and websites that are not user-friendly …

iPhone: Is Unlocking Legal or Illegal? (SYS-CON Media)

The Apple iPhone, which has already come under intense criticism for failing to allow third-party programs and for its incompatibility with the Flash and Java platforms, has a new challange to overcome in the form of a class-action lawsuit filed against it by a California resident claiming Apple is in violation of California antitrust laws by limiting iPhone to AT&T’s network only.

iPhone user files class-action ‘iBrick’ suit (Personal Computer World)

California resident Timothy Smith has begun a class-action lawsuit against Apple after the recent iPhone update which rendered unlocked phones inoperable.