(Image courtesy of 9to5Mac) Despite successfully launching ever-bolder retail locations around the world, one of the busiest continues to be Apple’s Regent Street store in London — and it served to offer the executive behind it a wealth of lessons that are well-served in other locations. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple’s Regent Street store in the United Kingdom continues to be one of the busiest worldwide, according to senior vice-president of retail Ron Johnson in a recent interview with Retail Week . “Regent Street taught me the most,” reveals Johnson.

CNET iPhone 4 Antenna Issue News : Steve Jobs Knew For Over A Year! TheAPPera.com In between reception problems, antenna issues and deathgrip, let it be known this site will officially address this iPhone issue as antennagate. … Apple Exec Mark Papermaster leaves apparently as result of iPhone Antennagate Examiner.com Apple Shares Steady As IPhone Head Leaves RTT News News : Papermaster, Apple Split May be Cultural The Mac Observer Television Week

Globe and Mail Apple Exec Mark Papermaster leaves apparently as result of iPhone Antennagate Examiner.com See this article on Steve Job's July 16 iPhone Antennagate news conference. iPhone remains the smartphone to beat. See this article on RIM's Blackberry … Papermaster at Apple: a short-lived relationship that never quite fit ZDNet Apple iPhone Senior Vice President Leaves Apple 9 Computer Store Antennagate: Only 10 Months to Go PC World MobileSyrup.com

A recent survey on the “Antennagate” experience in Apple iPhone 4s reported fewer dropped calls compared to iPhone 3GS. The survey was conducted on 213 new iPhone owners, majority of whom gave a “very satisfied” response to Apple’s action on the “deathgrip” issue. ChangeWave Research published the findings of this new survey last Wednesday.

AppleInsider is reporting that Jeff Williams, who’s been at Apple for over a decade, has just been promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations and tasked with making sure Apple products meet “the highest quality standards”. It’s hard not to imagine this as anything other than a response to “ antennagate ” and other iPhone 4 problems , though there’s another theory afloat: 

It’s believed Apple is grooming Williams to take on Cook’s role as chief operation officer in the event that Cook takes over Steve Jobs’ role as the company’s chief executive. Cook has been profiled as the most likely successor to Jobs when Apple’s iconic chief chooses to step down.

 Either way, it’s great to have a targeted set of eyes in ops. Congratulations and here’s wishing him every success

The folks over at TechCrunch have noticed a new entry into the Twiitersphere: Apple’s senior vice-president of iOS software Scott Forstall . The account is verified, meaning that it is indeed the real Forstall that helms it. Hearing that someone–anyone–has joined Twitter doesn’t come as a surprise. With millions of users telling each others what they’re doing right now, finding out that an unexpected newcomer has signed up for an account isn’t so much shocking as it is interesting.

Apple's head of iPhone software gets Twitter account… but why? The Guardian No, not the daftly-rumoured buyout last year of the one by the other; Scott Forstall, the excitable and always-happy senior vice-president of Apple's iPhone … and more

PCs have always had a leg up in the corporate world because they were so much cheaper than Macs. Never mind that Macs could open PC formatted documents and write to PC formatted discs, never mind that Macs represented a safer, stabler platform . PCs ruled the day.

Core77 spoke with Apple Senior Vice-President of Design, Jonathan Ive, about iPhone 4’s including the Retina Display, custom stainless steel antenna array, aluminosilicate glass front and back, and even the microSIM tray. “A big part of the experience of a physical object has to do with the materials. At Apple we experiment with and explore materials, processing them, learning about the inherent properties of the material–and the process of transforming it from raw material to finished product; for example, understanding exactly how the processes of machining it or grinding it affect it. That understanding, that preoccupation with the materials and processes, is very essential to the way we work.” Jonathan Ive focuses extensively on the importance of real material in an increasingly virtual world and seems driven by just how far he can push the manufacturing process to achieve his goals. For design aficionados and anyone wanting some insight into the mind behind iPhone 4 , check out the link below

Everything you need to know about Apple’s new iPhone 4 iPhone 4 is the most significant hardware revision to Apple’s widescreen iPod, breakthrough internet communicator, and phone since the original iPhone 2G was released in 2007. But how significant is it? Apple CEO Steve Jobs said there were over 100 new features and singled out 8 for special attention. We’ll take the most interesting of both and see just how important they are, after the break.