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The day has finally come. The next generation iPhone became officially available in stores on Friday, and we're probably all wondering the same thing. How does this change the playing field of smartphones?

iPhone 4S, which hits the stores on Friday, has received an overwhelming response. The smartphone got more than a million online preorders in less than a day and its retail launch appears to have set sales records as well. The smartphone's operating system iOS 5, a new feature called Siri and the introduction of Sprint as one of its carriers could set an exodus of Android phone users

The iPhone 4S reviews have been mixed, thus far. Many critics compliment the fast processing system and the various features, but stress that the new product is extremely similar to the iPhone 4.

In the wake of Apple Inc.’s launch of its iOS 5, Samsung has responded by making its ChatOn application available in the Android operating-system market. It thus could challenge at least one feature of Apple's new OS, iMessage.

The very coveted iOS 5 has arrived along with the mythical new iPhone 4S

Apple is set to sell over 4 million units of its new iPhone 4S this weekend after customers around the world queued to buy one of the last products developed under Steve Jobs.

Something tells me the unveiling of Google and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, also known as the Nexus Prime, is very near, as Ice Cream Sandwich Android Statues are already set up at Google's Android headquarters. Android developers posted a YouTube video of the statues being set up on Oct. 13 on their YouTube channel. The video description states that at 10 a.m. on Oct. 19 (Hong Kong time) the next Google operating system will be unveiled.

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it planned to unveil a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of the Android operating system at an event in Hong Kong on Oct. 19.

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From a server glitch at a Japanese carrier selling iPhone 4S to Steve Wozniak taking his position in a line at an Apple Store in California, and from the spectacle of people braving the weather to others bringing in cattle to stand in the queue, the iPhone 4S launch day is shaping up in colorful way. There ought to be solid reasons why iPhone 4S is a good buy right now. The following are some of them:

Research In Motion Ltd. said a server problem has hampered accessing emails for three days by BlackBerry customers worldwide. RIM apologized for the service interruptions and delays and said that there was significant increase in service levels.

Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson said on Friday it would in future focus entirely on the fast-growing smartphone market as it posted in-line quarterly profits, making no reference to a report electronics giant Sony would take full ownership.

Samsung's Galaxy S2 and Motorola Droid Bionic are two of the most talked-about smartphones right now apart from the iPhone4S. They are both Android devices from Samsung and Motorola, which are offering blazing performance at the hand of dual-core processing power. At the same time there still could be a thing or two that would make you choose one over the other.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S, which was unveiled on Oct. 4, has already become a huge success among customers, even before it went on sale in stores across the globe Friday.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S will be hitting the stores Friday, but iPhone 5 remained a mystery after all. Analysts are anticipating Apple to release a 4G LTE iPhone 5 in 2012.

Internet search giant Google posted a big jump in its profits in the third quarter. Its net income rose to $2.73 billion as its online advertising revenue reached $9.72 billion in the third quarter.

The new iPhone 4S may have disappointed reviewers who expected a newer machine, but the device has already become huge success among customers, even before it went on sale in stores across the globe on Friday, with many of them buying it as a tribute to Steve Jobs