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By Ben Popper 5/27/11 1:58pm

As Apple Cracks Down, White iPhone Kid Hopes to Go It Alone

Last November Betabeat broke the story of Fei Lam, an enterprising young teenager from Queens who built a business selling white iPhone 4 conversion kits.

Now the white iPhone is finally out and Fei Lam’s business is no more. In fact, he shut it down after Apple’s first cease-and-desist letter. But Apple isn’t finished. Read More

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