Apple Inc. (AAPL) sure can move fast when it wants to, especially when the security of millions of iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads potentially hangs in the balance.

It seems Samsung is thriving on the free colonial spirit with yet another phone giveaway to tempt punters away from the iPhone. Bell Canada announced this morning that it too would be doling out free phones – in this case the Android based Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant – to customers in advance of the August 6th Canadian launch date.

Samsung UK is giving out free Galaxy S smartphones to people who have publicly expressed their frustration with the new iPhone 4 on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

I find it sort of odd/funny/strange/befuddling that the latest flap with antennas and mobile devices as hyped by Apple and its iPhone 4 was “solved” by the grand puppeteer Steve Jobs by telling everyone having an issue to put a rubber band around their spankin’ new device.

Why installing iOS4 on an iPhone 3G renders the device painful to use.

Antennagate be damned, Apple has done it again, with the firm managing to pull its best ever quarterly revenue results out of its sleek, shiny hat on Tuesday.

Nine months ago, Korea’s KT telecom made the iPhone available to Apple hungry customers and has dominated the Korean Apple pie since, being the only telco exclusively offering the product, giving the firm a huge business advantage and marketing edge, much like AT&T’s in the US. But is KT’s monopoly on Apple crumbling?

AT&T’s strained, outdated network and spotty coverage has long been a sore point for US iPhone users, with many calling for Apple to bring its popular phone to other carriers, thus giving users more of a choice. The rumor mill has even posited that the AT&T/Apple divorce could be no more than a year away, with a possible open relationship with Verizon Wireless happening well before that.

Not wanting to miss out on the hype, Nokia has decided to beam us over its thoughts on Apple’s antenna issues, admitting that while the way you grip your phone may affect signal strength, Nokia puts its phones through vigorous testing which should allow you to hold your phone however you want… but does it?

The holidays came early to my desk this week as by some stroke of genius and luck not one, but two brand new mobile devices landed in my lap. I should probably say in reality that it’s more like 1.5 devices as they are both a version of Samsung’s Galaxy S model, one from AT&T Mobility and one from T-Mobile USA.