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Apple 2.0's ten most-read stories of 2011

A stock-market anomaly, a new iPhone, a second iPad, two new wireless carriers, a swarm of lawsuits and a malware false alarm

Out of the 793 items about Apple (AAPL) filed in this space over the past 12 months, these were the 10 that -- for good or ill -- interested the most readers:

Snapshot of an Apple flash crash: What triggered the sell-off that knocked $10 billion off the company's market cap? (Feb. MORE

Today in Tech: Meet Amazon's holiday helpers

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* It's official: AT&T (T) will not acquire T-Mobile. The country's largest wireless carrier nixed the deal after the FCC and Department of Justice's attempts to block it. "The AT&T and T-Mobile USA combination would have offered an interim solution to this spectrum shortage," AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in a MORE

Morgan Stanley: Apple may sell 190 million iPhones next year

A proprietary survey finds demand for iPads and iPhones much stronger than expected

The results of an AlphaWise survey of U.S. consumers conducted for Morgan Stanley the week after Thanksgiving was full of surprises, reports Katy Huberty in a note to clients issued late Wednesday.

iPhones are selling surprisingly briskly. Based on the survey and last week's comments from AT&T (T), Huberty estimates that Apple (AAPL) could ship anywhere from 31 to MORE

Today in Tech: Kindle Fire comes under attack

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* AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is reorganizing the Internet company. Its dial-up services will be merged with Web services, which includes AOL Instant Messenger. The other three divisions will include advertising, local services, and the Huffington Post media group. (Bloomberg)

* Amazon's Kindle Fire has come under, well, fire, over some MORE

J.P. Morgan: Verizon is getting its iPhone reward this quarter

The carrier will add an estimated 1.2 million new accounts, more than double AT&T's

"Santa's Sleigh Needs More Room for iPhones." That was the headline on a note to clients Thursday by Mark Moskowitz, who follows Apple (AAPL) for J.P. Morgan. Moskowitz was upping his iPhone sales estimate for the current quarter from 25.3 million to (a still relatively conservative) 28 million.

"Christmas Is Coming Early for Verizon" could have been the MORE

ChangeWave poll finds 96% of users satisfied with iPhone 4S

Up from 93% with iPhone 4. What they like most: Siri. Least: Too short battery life.

Despite widely publicized reports of unexplained battery drainage, the satisfaction ratings on Apple's (AAPL) latest iPhone continue to hover in what ChangeWave research director Paul Carton calls "nosebleed territory."

In a survey of 215 new iPhone 4S owners, 77% declared themselves "very satisfied" and 19% "somewhat satisfied" with their new phones. Only 2% were "disappointed."

Given the margin MORE

The amazin' elastic iPhone 3GS

Who gets hurt most by Apple's entry into the $250-$400 mobile phone market?

In a 36-page report to clients issued Monday, a Credit Suisse team led by Kulbinder Garcha took a close look at the iPhone's price elasticity -- Econ 101 jargon for the question: "If I lower the price of my widget, how many more will I sell?"

Garcha et al.'s focus is the iPhone 3GS, which Apple (AAPL) last month began MORE

Morgan Stanley: What iPhone really needs is more carriers

The key to future sales growth is signing up new cellular operators, especially in Asia

In a series of well-researched charts, Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty has put her finger on the one factor -- all others being equal -- that really drives smartphone sales: The number of cell phone operators that sell the thing.

In a report issued to clients Sunday, Huberty shared the results of an analysis of 760 carriers in MORE

Telecom's big hang-up

America's big telcos are struggling to survive the implosion of the local phone business. Now, the latest figures show revenue from cell phone calls is beginning to disappear too.

FORTUNE -- Back in the 20th century, selling phone calls to Americans seemed a practically perfect business, growing during good times and bad -- and turning AT&T into the nation's most widely held stock. Selling phone calls in the 21st century is proving a MORE

Smartphone sales fell in the U.S. for the first time during Q3

Analyst sees "ominous signs" for Android vendors. Says Q4 may be the quarter 'droid users switch to Apple's iPhone 4S

Drawing from AT&T's (T) and Verizon's (VZ) reports for the September quarter, Morgan Keegan's Tavis McCourt sees what could be bad news for the makers of Android phones and good news for Apple (AAPL).

In a note to clients issued Monday, he writes (I quote):

After analyzing AT&T and Verizon results, we believe it MORE