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Service was briefly restored on Tuesday for a few hours, but then disrupted once again.

Plagued by a second day of service outages spanning four continents, Research In Motion's (RIM) management is facing a precarious time in the days ahead. In early September, investor and merchant bank Jaguar Financial released a statement saying it was raising support amongst BlackBerry partners for the sale of a portion of the company or some other method of maximizing shareholder value.

Apple iPhone 4S (the 16GB version) was launched for pre-orders last Friday and recorded over 1 million pre-orders in a single day breaking the record of 600,000 set by iPhone 4. The 32 and 64 GB versions are also sold out at four sites and are only available at Sprint.

Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it will soon release upgraded versions of three Galaxy smartphones in Europe to get around temporary sales bans on earlier versions of products that violated an Apple patent.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was laid to rest Friday at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, Calif., according to a death certificate obtained by various news organizations from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. He died the day after the iPhone 4's successor, the 4S, was announced.

The battle between high-end smartphones is getting hotter by the day, with two most talked-about phones being Samsung Galaxy S2 and Apple iPhone 4S. Both the phones promise blazing performance but there still could be some differences between the two that could influence consumers when it comes to choosing one.

The huge sales numbers of Apple's iPhone 4S could get a tiny bump from people who want one to remember Steve Jobs by.

With a number of great devices readily available from leading manufacturers like Samsung, Apple and Motorola, the so-called smartphone war has never been so intense and fierce. Announced on Oct. 4, Apple's iPhone 4S will be launched on Oct. 14, while Samsung launched its Galaxy S2 in the U.S. sometime in the middle of last month. Here is a comparison of the two rivals, based on their specs, features and price.

California-based tech giant, Apple Inc., received an overwhelming response from all around the world for the iPhone 4S. However, a host of Android-powered phones, sporting quad-core, 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets could spoil the Cupertino giant's party.

Apple's best ever product launch could wipe away the letdown many expressed at not having a radically redesigned iPhone 5.

New commercial asks players to construct digital palace for Comedienne Kristen Schaal

Motorola taking aim at BlackBerry with device encryption and remote wipe capable software.

The launch of Samsung Nexus Prime, the latest smartphone based on Google's new version of the Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich, will be delayed reportedly to pay respect to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away last week on Oct. 5.

While Samsung is still rolling out its Galaxy S2 in the U.S., details of the Galaxy S3 has been leaked to Phandroid, which received a snapshot of a slide allegedly within an internal presentation on smartphone evolution to carrier and retail representatives.

If you count the negatives, there are a lot of reasons why Apple iPhone 4S would look unappealing. The geeks have raised many complaints about the latest iteration of Apple iPhone.

On Oct. 7, Sprint held a press conference for the new Apple iPhone 4S and for the company's plans for its own 4G network, which it has planned to roll out in the middle of the next year.

Considering that one big rival of the iPhone 4S will be the Motorola Droid Bionic, it will be interesting to have a comparison of the features of the two competitors

Following the introduction of the iPhone 4S by Apple many consumers were who were mostly disappointed were asking the question of when the iPhone 5 can be really expected.

Apple has received more than a million preorders for the iPhone 4S in a single day, toppling the previous record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4 last year, the company says.

You spend hours playing it on your smartphone, why not play Angry Birds in real life? That's what UNC Asheville goalkeeper Lassi Hurskainen and his teammates did while filming a video of Angry Birds-inspired soccer trick shots.

The release of the iPhone 4s smartphone by Apple (AAPL) will likely juice the shares of AT&T's (T) by attracting hundreds of thousands of younger adult subscribers to AT&T's stable. Those extra subscribers should also help T improve its network quicker -- something the company needs to do.