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Flickr has once again posted the statistics for which cameras are the most commonly used on the photo sharing service. Not surprisingly, their Camera Finder now shows the 2-megapixel iPhone as being as popular for taking the photos uploaded to the site as the digital SLRs like the Canon EOS-40D, Nokon D80 and others. Needless to say it's much more popular than the other smartphones, maintaining a wide lead over the N95.

Not long after 10,000 apps became available in the App Store for download, Apple revealed that 300 million apps have been downloaded from the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. The news was revealed in the form of online advertisements placed on the Wall Street Journal and New York Times webpages, information that had not been previously revealed to the public.

The iPhone has displayed a 327.5% gain in market share in the worldwide smartphone market for the third quarter this year, rising from 3.4% to 12.9% in just the quarter, despite the slowing worldwide economy's effect on smartphone sales. iPhone sales have also passed sales of Windows Mobile devices in North America for the first time.

Now that the iPhone has bested the cellphone industry in the US, they've set their sights on a new target: handheld gaming devices. Apple CEO Steve Jobs commented in an interview with the Wall Street Journal recently that the popularity of games on the device could make it a more convincing gift option.

Drawbacks like the lack of a physical keyboard and copy/paste functionality don't seem to be hurting the iPhone too badly in the enterprise market. A recent study by J.D. Power and Associates recently found that among business types, the iPhone ranks higher than any other smartphone with business users.

It seems like just yesterday that we heard that the iPhone had become the second most popular handset today in the US, right behind Motorola's RAZR. Now a study by NPD Group finds that during Q3 this year the mighty Motorola king was finally dethroned and replaced by the Appleocracy that is the iPhone.

It's always interesting to see how people express their iPhone fandom. When Kyle Buckner, a design student at Virginia Commonwealth University, was given the assignment "to create a pedestal to hold [a] 'precious object'," he decided it was only fitting to tribute his favorite gadget, the iPhone.

Growing iPhone sales have placed Apple among the top ten cellphone suppliers in the US, moving to the number six spot, bumping RIM off the bottom of the list. The company snatched 2.3% market share in Q3. Surprisingly, despite the apparent oncoming economic downturn, much of the sales seen during the quarter came from low-inome households.

iPhone carriers across the world are seeing significant increases in profit due to the device, according to a recent report. Both Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless and Softbank in Japan reported strong demand for the device, with the Japanese carrier reporting a 1.9% climb in the September quarter.

Analyst Charlie Wolf with Needham Research released a research note earlier today that Apple may be wise to slash the price of the iPhone down to $99. He suggested that the company has room to do so financially, and the new, drastically more affordable device would allow them to take control of the smartphone market.