There are many iPhone 4 knockoffs in China, and most of them looks very similar to Apple’s iPhone 4. However, this SoPhone looks almost identical. Infact at first sight, this phone doesn’t look like a knockoff at all. Moreover, not only does this phone have the same appearance as the iPhone 4, the UI looks and works just like iOS 4.x.

According to Hitwise data released today, Facebook was the most visited website in the United States for 2010. Facebook.com took 8.93% of site visits between January and November 2010. Google.com came second at 7.19%, Yahoo! Mail third with 3.52%, Yahoo.com came fourth at 3.30%, and YouTube was at fifth with 2.65%.

AT&T has been exclusively holding the iPhone for three years now, and it looks as if it’s finally going to come to an end soon. Apple is expected to announce the Verizon iPhone in early 2011. BusinessWeek reports that the announcement may not take place at CES 2011, but shortly afterwards, either by or before Valentines Day i.e. February 14th.

Piracy is a major problem for smartphone apps. iPhone and Android applications are regularly cracked and distributed online. And now the first proof-of-concept hack for pirating Windows Phone 7 Marketplace apps has been created. The Windows Phone 7 hack seems particularly nefarious, as it enables the user to download and crack the applications directly from the Marketplace. It is frightening how easy it is for a pirate to crack applications on a Windows Phone 7 device.

The original iPhone caused internal panic at RIM according to a former employee. RIM allegedly held several meetings the day after the iPhone was announced. The employee revealed that the BlackBerry maker accused Apple of lying about the iPhone as it was impossible for phone with such a large screen to last a useable lifespan.