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Wireless carriers in the U.S., who are earning as much as 20 cents for sending and another 20 cents for receiving a text message, are worried that this profitable source of revenue will no longer be available to them, once Apple's new instant messaging application, iMessage, is released on Wednesday.

Notwithstanding sad prophecies of a big failure, Apple Inc. has hit yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S, with AT&T reportedly rang the register on 200,000 pre-ordered models of the smartphone in just 12 hours. Reports said that the company that also serves as the carrier of the Samsung Galaxy S2 or S II is working with Apple to show 4G indicator in iPhone 4S status bar.

Subsequent to the introduction of the iPhone 4S by Apple, a number of observers have indicated that the iPhone 5 may not be launched until the 4G LTE technology is available for compact smartphones.

iPhone 4S sales did not take a cue from Apple shares in the aftermath of the death of Steve Jobs. Apple Inc. has been expected to fare badly when Jobs finally disappeared, but the latest iProduct that Jobs lived to see defied gloomy predictions and is now emerging as probably the greatest of 'em all in terms of sales.

At a time when rumors are rife that Google and Samsung's imminent smartphone Nexus Prime or Galaxy Nexus is going to be launched on Oct. 27 after its scheduled launch on Tuesday got postponed, new reports have emerged stating that it has passed through the FCC earning approval for a world capable version.

LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.3 handset maker, on Monday launched a new smartphone that runs on South Korea's fast, fourth-generation network, in the company's latest attempt to rescue its loss-making handset business.

Reliance Industries, India's largest listed firm, is set to sign a deal with the Indian unit of Walt Disney, to acquire content for its telecom operations, the Financial Times said.

Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of the Android operating system while the world pays tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs who died last week.

Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of Android operating system while the world paid tribute following the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

The iPhone 4S, which was labelled to be a flop phone by many, has shattered all preorder records of previous iPhone.

The shipping estimate for Apple’s new iPhone 4S indicates that customers pre-ordered the new smartphone can expect their devices to be shipped from one to two weeks.

The features we wanted from the rumored iPhone 5 and the smartphones that actually have those features.

With the hype of the iPhone 4S dying out and the realization there is no iPhone 5, Samsung may be able to capitalize on the Apple ennui with the upcoming Nexus Prime.

There are only a few of them around, but some developers are creating apps to take advantage of the fledgling tech.

Apple's new iPhone 4S has quickly become the latest and greatest among iPhone users, as carrier AT&T received more than 200,000 pre-orders for the device within the first 12 hours.

Despite doleful predictions of an epic fail, Apple Inc. has hit yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S. By all accounts, the new smartphone has had a tremendous response from consumers.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S is up against yet another mighty rival, with news trickling in that the Samsung Stratosphere is round the corner. Engadget.com has reported that the new Samsung smartphone will be offered on Verizon Wireless starting Oct. 13.

Apple Inc.'s preorder stock of the new iPhone 4S for delivery on its release date has been sold out, at least on the company's Web site. Now the Web site says of the new smartphone, Ships: 1-2 weeks.

Google Inc.'s Nexus Prime will not make its debut Tuesday, with the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event cancelled by the companies due to the passing of Steve Jobs.

The iPhone 4S has garnered an extraordinary demand when the preorder of the Apple smartphone was greeted by a bump.It was not a smooth start for the iPhone 4S buyers when the preordering process kicked off at 12:01 a.m. (PDT) on Friday. Apple's online store experienced intermittent errors shortly after the deadline, according to CNET, and error messages frustrated the customers. Eventually Apple switched to a reservation system that allows buyers to reserve a device while pushing...

The launch of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S has become the most successful iPhone release ever for the wireless carrier AT&T.