As a new iPhone vendor, DoCoMo has no older iPhones in stock.

But look forward to some slick video-recording apps optimized for older iPhones.

Unfortunately, it looks like users of older iPhones and iPod Touches will be left behind.

Some customers had long suspected the company slowed older iPhones to encourage customers to upgrade.

The vendors did not demonstrate their stated capability of getting into security systems of older iPhones.

Overnight, Apple removed some older iPhones and iPad models from its online store in Germany in response.

On Wednesday, Apple confirmed what many customers have long suspected: The company has been slowing the performance of older iPhones.

Many speculated Apple was throttling the performance of older iPhones so those customers would be forced to buy new ones.

Some have speculated that Apple dynamically reduces performance of older iPhones in relation to both battery wear and current charge.

In addition to streaming-video capability, the app has a video recorder, too -and that also works with older iPhones.

Those with older iPhones celebrated the lack of an announcement today and what that means for the phones they already have.

Permitting the video API in third-party apps should open doors to a host of apps offering video recording for older iPhones.

Many customers had long suspected that Apple slowed down older iPhones to encourage people to upgrade when a new one was released.

Today, The Unofficial Apple Weblog's Erica Sadun pointed out a $1 app called Camcorder for shooting video with older iPhones.

But how would this feature be implemented on older iPhones, since you couldn't use a physical key like you can on the iPad?

The increase should be especially noticeable to owners of older iPhones that rely on an EDGE, rather than a 3G, data connection, said Opera.