Although the iPhone threatened to swallow all other gadget news that crossed its event horizon, the technology world kept turning this week, and we caught sight of plenty of other gadgets cool enough to steal the iPhone's spotlight — at least for a few seconds here and there. In PC news, first there was Dell's sleek XPS laptop, and later we gave a thorough look at Samsung's Q1 Ultra UMPC. There was the Batcycle-esque solar motorcycle as well as the wild 4cycle zero-emissions machine. To top it off, our columnist, S.E. Kramer, explored the virtual world of Second Life and predicted that its prospects for expansion are limited. And hey — orbital skydiving!

But if none of that's your bag, here's all the iPhone news.

More iPhone-free headlines:

Saturday: EXO storms into the high-end gaming market
Sunday: EL Declicker smoothes transfer of LPs to CDs without clicks
Monday: Airborne laser to protect us from terrorists, aliens
Tuesday: Synthetic skin makes grafting less painful
Wednesday: Wikimapia to world: Tell us about yourself
Thursday: Get warned of an Earthquake right in the nick of time
Friday: Taser robot won't take any crap from anyone