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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.

While the world mourns Steve Jobs' death, Westboro Baptist Church said it plans to protest his funeral. The irony? The church sent the message out using the iPhone.

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.

With a multi-nation international roll-out, Apple's new iPhone 4S will be up for pre-order from Friday midnight. The flagship smartphone from the Cupertino-based tech giant will be available from Apple.com and run on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Here is our take on five significant reasons why upgrading to the iPhone 4S makes sense.

Researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have devised a smart option that uses an iPhone app to convert a Smart Phone Into a Medical Monitor. The researchers intend to eventually adapt tablet devices, into sophisticated medical monitors that would capture and transmit vital physiological data.

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:

The funeral of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church, the church's leader Margie Phelps announced via Twitter for iPhone.

The previously lost and restored exclusive video of Steve Jobs biggest moment at Apple. The lost 1984 video where the young Steve introduces the Macintosh.

With the end of an era as Steve Jobs died, it's time to reflect on his tenure with Apple and on some of his famous statements.

Samsung and Google are widely expected to launch their highly anticipated Nexus Prime next Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Samsung Mobile's Unpacked 2011 event in San Diego, Calif. Codenamed Nexus Prime, the smartphone has more recently been called the Galaxy Nexus.

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.

Mike Daisey's new play examines our relationship with technology, the man who helped craft it, and the human cost of creating it.

Jobs died on October 5th from pancreatic cancer.

Westboro Baptist Church informed the Twitter universe Wednesday night of their intentions to protest the funeral of Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO who died on Oct. 5, 2011. Here’s the good part: They did it via Twitter for iPhone.

The iPhone 4S wasn't exactly Apple's brightest moment. Yet it will probably still outshine the competition this holiday season.

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.

Steve Jobs, in pain and too weak to climb stairs a few weeks before his death, wanted his children to understand why he wasn't always there for them, according to the author of his highly anticipated biography.

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.

Steve Jobs, almost single-handedly, turned personal technology into personal technology. Which is a truly astonishing legacy to leave.

When I was growing up in Palo Alto in the 1960s, it was a town of engineers and Stanford professors. Today, it's the capital of Silicon Valley, the home of venture capitalists, titans of industry and $1 million teardowns.