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A wave of disappointment spread among Apple phone fans on Tuesday who for months have waited for iPhone 5 but instead were presented with an iPhone 4S.

A funeral for Apple Inc.'s co-founder Steve Jobs is being held on Friday with a small private gathering, a source close to the event told The Wall Street Journal. The funeral comes two days after Jobs' death on Wednesday, presumably at the end of his long fight with pancreatic cancer. Prior to his passing, Jobs had surgery for the disease, as well as a liver transplant.

Sprint has already committed to purchasing 30.5 million iPhones over 4 years, which is estimated to cost $20 billion at current rates. The decision could reap rewards for the struggling carrier, or could have devastating consequences.

Sprint Nextel Corp plans to upgrade its network in time to launch high-speed wireless services by the middle of 2012 and expects to complete its upgrade by the end of 2013, a top executive for the company said on Friday.

Sprint Nextel Corp declined to detail its commitments to Apple Inc for selling the iPhone and said its financial forecast does not include iPhone costs.

Sprint Nextel Corp expects to upgrade its high-speed wireless services network faster than it expected, sending its shares up more than 7 percent on Friday.

Voice-activated personal assistant Siri could revolutionize the way we use our mobile phones. But how would Apple's new voice technology perform on the iPad?

Sprint Nextel Corp plans to upgrade its high-speed wireless services network faster than it previously expected.

The iPhone 4S is now available for preorder on the Apple Web site. Here's how to get yours.

Despite a serious illness, Steve Jobs worked as Apple's CEO almost until the end, but for more than a year before his death, Jobs worked to ensure Apple's future by planning four years' worth of new Apple products.

By now, unless you live under a very large Nexus Prime-shaped rock, you've probably heard about Apple's new darling, the Siri Personal Assistant - a voice-controlled application that understands voice commands by people who speak like people and not like elocution robots.

With everyone's attention focused on the iPhone, what may have been overlooked from the event was the future of iPods. Where is Apple planning to go with the music player that changed the way we listen to music?

Ahead of Samsung's official unveiling of Nexus Prime at CTIA 2011 next week, a video of Nexus Prime, the next Google flagship smartphone, has been apparently leaked.

In the Let's talk iPhone event, Apple Inc. unveiled iPhone 4S just to satisfy the feature-hungry fans with basic smartphone specifications. The iPhone 5 remained a mystery after all, but analysts are expecting the Cupertino tech giant to release a 4G LTE iPhone 5 in 2012.

Apple's newly released iPhone 4S will hit stores on October 14th and the preorders for the new device are open now. However, the unlocked version of the new generation iPhone is also coming this November.

The United States claimed Steve Jobs as one its national heroes, but the rest of the world loved him too much to let him go down in history as just an American genius. The outpouring of heart-felt grief across the world over his death was encapsulated by global media that tried to put Jobs' place in history in perspective. Here is a glimpse into how global media looked at Steve Jobs and his legacy:

Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and televisions, estimated on Friday its July-September operating profit would fall 14 percent from a year ago, as persistent declines in semiconductor and flat screen prices outweigh a strong profit recovery in its handset business.

Jobs died on October 5th from pancreatic cancer.

A look at how people are mourning Steve Jobs.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who died Oct. 5 of pancreatic cancer, changed the sports world forever.

The memory of Steve Jobs has been visible across the country, including at Apple workplaces, where people gathered outside of Apple stores to remember the founder of the technology giant.