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China shutters two bogus Apple Stores. But not that one

The fake retail outlet that launched a thousand news stories is still open for business

There were developments Monday in everybody's favorite story about China's disregard for western intellectual property rights.

China's official investigation of fake Apple (AAPL) stores in Kunming city -- triggered by the discovery by BirdAbroad of a knock-off so convincing that even some of its employees thought they were working for Steve Jobs -- turned up four similar MORE

iPhone 5: See you in September

Three sources tell Reuters production for the new model will be starting in July or August

Reuters, a wire service that still maintains extensive bureaus in the Far East, cites "three people with direct knowledge of the company's supply chain" who say that Apple's (AAPL) next generation iPhone won't ship until September.

The new phone will be largely the same as the old one, according to Reuters, but will have a faster MORE

Our iPad 2 wishlist

What the rumors about Apple's next tablet are saying, and what we think it has to have to stay competitive with Android and Microsoft Slate.

Ask people what they think of the iPad, and answers will vary. The word "magical" may be thrown around by some starry-eyed owners. "I don't get it," others will say with a shrug, while still others -- call them cynics, disbelievers, or just plain pragmatists -- MORE

iPad 2: New details emerge

As Apple gears up production, its Asian supply chain has started to sprout leaks

Two cameras, front and rear. Slimmer. Lighter. A better-resolution display.

Those are the salient details in a Reuters report Friday describing the next-generation iPad, now entering production for what is presumed to be an April launch.

The report, datelined Hong Kong and Taipei, cites four unnamed sources who claim to have inside knowledge about five of Apple's (AAPL) suppliers.

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Survey: Only 32% of smartphone owners is loyal to his or her brand

Even iPhone users expressed a willingness to switch, despite high satisfaction ratings

UPDATE: The numbers in this report have changed, thanks to reader Dennis Forbes, who got his hands on the original survey results. See here.

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More than two thirds of smartphone owners surveyed by a German marketing firm say they may switch to another operating system when they buy their next phone.

The smartphone that elicited the most loyalty was MORE

Reporter roughed up by Apple supplier

Kicked and dragged for taking photos of a Foxconn plant from a public road in China

Reuters' report Wednesday about the lengths to which Apple (AAPL) and its suppliers will go to guard Steve Jobs' secrets has everything: metal detectors, fingerprint scanners, product head-fakes, lawsuits, multimillion-dollar fines, a suicide, and employees afraid to breathe a word about what they do, even to their wives.

But the highpoint of the piece is a MORE