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In-flight fight for stubborn iPhone-loving teen

A teenager who refused to turn off his iPhone during the landing of a plane got a punch from a fellow passenger for his trouble.

Police in Boise, Idaho, the flight’s desination, arrested the alleged assailant, 68-year-old Russell Miller.

Miller reportedly became angry when the 15-year-old, who was listening to music and playing a game on his fondle slab, ignored requests from airline staff over the intercom to switch off electronic devices on the final approach on Tuesday night.

“He punched him so hard there was a mark on the teen’s arm,” Boise police spokesman Kent Lipple told a local TV station.

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Verizon iPhone due within weeks, says Bloomberg

A report from Bloomberg Businessweek says that not only is the Verizon iPhone likely to appear by Valentine’s Day, but that Apple will probably hold “one of its splashy product introductions” announcing the new product — and the end of AT&T iPhone exclusivity.

The report also does away with the notion that Verizon would announce its iPhone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, or that Steve Jobs would make Vegas-bound reporters add a Cupertino, Calif. leg to their journey on Monday or Tuesday, for a pre-CES launch.

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