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Let's Talk iPhone 4S: What We Got (Isn't So Bad)

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino
Like Christmas day, the Let's Talk iPhone event has come and gone, leaving behind a sense of Boxing Day-esque anticlimax. Paul Schiller's 10:55 reveal that the new iPhone would not be a 5 but a 4S model was greeted with a nearly perceptible slumping of shoulders from disappointed Apple fans the world over.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California

Apple Event Confounds Predictions; When Will iPhone 5 Arrive, Finally?

Apple Inc.'s Let's talk iPhone event on Tuesday wound up as a Let's Keep Guessing About iPhone 5 event, with Tim Cook showcasing just an improved version of the iPhone 4, dubbed the iPhone 4S, rather than the much talked-about new phone with a revolutionary design and a larger display.
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India to launch world's cheapest tablet computer for $35

India unwraps what has been dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer on Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 to expand digital access in the Asian giant that lags peers such as China and Brazil in connectivity.
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Samsung, HTC set to gain as iPhone 4S disappoints

Asian smartphone makers have a chance to exploit a rare letdown from pacesetter Apple Inc. after the new iPhone 4S failed to wow fans and investors, leaving Android rivals better placed to grab market share.
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Samsung, HTC Set to Gain on iPhone Letdown

Asian smartphone makers have a chance to exploit a rare letdown from pacesetter Apple Inc. after the new iPhone 4S failed to wow fans and investors, leaving Android rivals better placed to grab market share.
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Japan's KDDI to sell new iPhone: Apple

Japan's second-largest mobile carrier KDDI will sell Apple's new iPhone, the California-based company said, ending rival operator Softbank's highly profitable reign as the sole provider in Japan.
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Apple suppliers fall as new iPhone disappoints

Shares of Apple's suppliers declined on Wednesday, after the company failed to wow fans and investors with its newest iPhone, while rivals HTC and Samsung Electronics rose on expectations they would be better placed to grab market share.
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino

iPhone 4S Unveiled With Siri, the Ultimate Voice Assistant

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S in its event on Tuesday which could have resulted in disappointment for many users who were anticipating the iPhone 5 but for one feature “Siri”, the voice assistant feature, which has caught the imagination of everyone.
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iPhone 4S Siri and Other Reasons to Upgrade [VIDEOS]

Apple has said its release of the next iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet. The iPhone maker unveiled the new smartphone on Tuesday. Many were hoping for an iPhone 5, but got an updated iPhone 4 with many of the features that were being anticipated for the iPhone 5.
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New Apple iPhone fails to wow investors, fans

Apple Inc's newest iPhone left Wall Street and fans wishing for more than a souped-up version of last year's device, at a time when rival smartphone makers are nipping at its heels.
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iPhone 5: 25 Features we Hope it Has Whenever it Finally Comes

Instead of the highly-anticipated (understatement of the year) iPhone 5, Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S on Tuesday, which has left some disappointed, to say the least. Here are 25 features we hope the iPhone 5 will have, whenever it finally comes out.
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Speeding universe work wins Nobel

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.
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Disney moves in on Angry Birds with Swampy game

It's not surprising, perhaps, that a game based on a sewer-dwelling alligator named Swampy ranks as the top paid app for iPhones and iPads. What's surprising is that the game is a product of Walt Disney Co.
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Factbox: Nobel Physics Prize Winners

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was awarded for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae with one half to Saul Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess.
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New Apple iPhone draws muted response

Apple Inc took the wraps off a new iPhone on Tuesday, but may have left some fans wishing for more than an updated version of last year's smartphone.

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