Port Washington, N.Y. - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone 3G was the top-selling smartphone among U.S. consumers from June-August, commanding 24% market share, and was second only to Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) RAZR in overall mobile phone sales, according to a report from market research firm NPD Group.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) announced on Friday that it is recalling the USB power adapters sold with its iPhone 3G, after reports that the adapter's metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of electric shock.

Moscow - Russia's second-largest mobile network operator, Vimpelcom, has signed an agreement with Apple (NASD: AAPL) to distribute the iPhone 3G in Russia, Reuters reports. The phone is expected to start selling in Russia later this year. Reuters reported last week that Apple had also signed on with Russian mobile network MTS to sell the iPhone in Russia.

Frankfurt, Germany - German wireless carrier T-Mobile said it has sold over 120,000 Apple iPhone 3G units across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands since it began offering the device on July 11, Reuters reported, citing the German magazine Focus.

New Delhi and Warsaw - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Friday launched its iPhone 3G in India and Poland, but while crowds lined up at midnight sales at several locations in India, Apple's Polish iPhone carrier partner, Orange, said it paid actors to create "fake queues" at 20 of its stores in the country, Reuters reported. The iPhone 3G retails for a whopping $700 in India, compared with $199 in the U.S., but Indian carrier partner Airtel told Reuters it counted more than 200,000 pre-bookings before prices were announced.

Los Angeles - A day after acknowledging that a software update for its iPhone 3G was issued to help remedy widespread reports of problems connecting to 3G networks, Apple (NASD: AAPL) was hit with a class action lawsuit that claims the network is slower than was advertised. Filed in federal court by Birmingham, Alabama resident Jessica Alena Smith, the lawsuit -- which seeks class action status -- charges Apple with breach of express and implied warranty, and unjust enrichment.

Seattle - After weeks of relative silence on the matter, Apple (NASD: AAPL) for the first time confirmed the existence of issues with 3G reception on its new iPhone 3G, telling the Associated Press the new 2.0.2 software update for the device "improved communication with 3G networks." Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock would not tell AP whether any problem with iPhone 3G reception was related to the antenna, amplifier, radio frequency receiver, baseband or other component.

New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Tuesday released another update to its new iPhone software that wireless carrier partner T-Mobile said was intended to attempt to fix connection problems users are having with the 3G service on the new model, Reuters reported. "Our technicians said today Apple has issued a software update but it is too early to tell if the problems are solved," a T-Mobile spokesman told Reuters.

Cupertino, CA. - Dropped calls and choppy Web surfing is affecting 2-3 percent of Apple's latest smartphone iPhone 3G, according to BusinessWeek.com. Their unnamed sources say the glitches are related to a chip inside Apple's popular cell phone. The BW report reinforces an analysis by Richard Windsor of Nomura Securities, who said in an Aug. 12 report that the problem involves a communications chip made by Munich-based Infineon Technologies.

San Francisco - T-Mobile Netherlands has blamed Apple (NASD: AAPL) for any problems that iPhone 3G customers are experiencing with reception on its 3G network in the country, according to a company blog post that was picked up at MacRumors and CNET. "We suspect that it is a hardware / software specific issue of the iPhone itself," the company said, according to a Google Translate version of the posting. CNET has reported on worldwide issues with iPhone 3G reception in 3G mode, not limited to AT&T's (NYSE: T) network in the U.S.

Minneapolis - Consumer electronics and media retail store chain Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) announced on Wednesday that it has struck a deal with Apple (NASD: AAPL) to become the first third-party retailer to sell the iPhone 3G in its stores. Best Buy will begin selling the iPhone 3G, which will still require a two-year contract with AT&T (NYSE: T), on Sept. 7 from its 970 U.S. stores.

San Francisco - Following up on a piece it published yesterday on the reception problems that some Apple (NASD: AAPL) iPhone 3G customers are experiencing, both with AT&T (NYSE: T) in the U.S. and worldwide, CNET News.com on Tuesday posted a call for iPhone 3G owners to provide additional information for its study. "We'd like to have a little more data to see if there are any patterns connected to who is having problems, and who isn't," the report said. The questions ask if users have "experiences problems with dropped calls or flaky 3G connections," and also ask them to contact AT&T to find out whether the primary 3G tower they are connected to runs on the 1900MHz or 850MHz frequency.

Mexico City - Latin American wireless carrier America Movil (NYSE: AMX) announced on Thursday that it plans to launch Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone 3G in 10 more countries in the region on Aug. 22. The company said it will launch the iPhone 3G in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. America Movil counts 165.3 million wireless subscribers.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) reported on Monday that it sold one million iPhone 3Gs in the device's first weekend on sale in 21 countries, while the new App Store for both the new and first-generation iPhone racked up 10 million downloads. "iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend. It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) launched its iPhone 3G in 21 countries on Friday, but problems with activating the software plagued both purchasers of the second-generation device and those updating their first-generation iPhones with a software update that includes the new App Store. Various outlets reported that lines outside of Apple and AT&T stores were moving slowly, as servers were unable to handle the load of customers activating their phones in-store -- a new development meant to prevent consumers from unlocking them for use on competing networks.

London - O2, Apple's iPhone launch partner in the U.K., was forced to stop taking pre-orders for the device Monday when a crush of customers who received text messages of the offer from the company crashed the site, The Register reported. O2 had offered to have the iPhone delivered via courier on Friday to customers placing a pre-order. "The response was so great that the online store completely sold out of iPhone 3Gs within just a few hours," the company said. "Though O2 had invested several million pounds to increase the order capacity of the site, at times the site still couldn't process the sheer weight of demand."

San Francisco - As expected, Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs on Monday unveiled the new iPhone 3G, which he says is "twice as fast" as the first-generation model and will sell in the U.S. for $199 (8GB) or $299 (16GB) beginning on July 11. Apple also introduced iPhone 2.0 software, also to release on July 11, which will include support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, over-the-air push e-mail, remote wipe and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to corporate networks.