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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.

Google Inc. and Samsung have decided to postpone the scheduled launch of the new Nexus Prime on Tuesday because of the recent death of Apple Inc. co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs.

Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. have agreed to delay the public announcement of a new mobile-phone product following the death of Apple Inc.'s former chief executive, Steve Jobs, the Seoul-based electronics giant said Saturday.

Android users can now join the search for the Higgs boson, as they now hold the Large Hadron Collider in the palm of their hands... or tablet computer. A new app called LHSee now allows Android smartphone users to explore three-dimensional diagrams of the machine.

Ahead of Samsung's official unveiling of Nexus Prime at CTIA 2011 next week, a video of Nexus Prime, the next Google flagship smartphone, has been apparently leaked.

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.

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.

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.

Most of the world spilled appreciation and iSad emotion upon the news that Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs died. By the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, known for picketing funeral such as Norway Massacre victims and the Ryan Dunn death continues with plans to protest Jobs' funeral.

Next generation Android operating system to debut with Samsung Nexus Prime.

With the official news of Apple's release of iPhone 4S sinking in, next Tuesday marks Samsung and Google's Unpacked press conference on their latest smartphones. Executives at Google are hinting at the anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android, but its arrival has yet to be disclosed.

As of today, for as little as $35 you can own a tablet computer—thanks to India. This is huge in the economy of development technologies, but is it enough to close the digital divide?

Apple already has to do more to stay on top and this time, there's no new iPhone 5.

Thousands of iPhone fans may have been left disappointed on Tuesday when Apple unveiled iPhone 4S instead of iPhone 5. However, iPhone 4S isn't such a bad device and if you're planning to upgrade, here's top 5 reasons why you should do it.