TIM COOK

The iPad is a terrific gadget, but the expensive $499 entry-level price is certainly a turn-off for cash-strapped consumers. That being said, many want to know to what extent, if any, Apple will appeal to these different tax brackets with the release of the iPad Mini.

Most analysts and sources close to Apple expect the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do – Web surfing, book reading, game playing, movie watching, all of that – but what about speed? What about cameras? What about battery life? Here are the eight most important features and tech specs we're expecting to see in the all-new iPad Mini, set to be unveiled this Tuesday.

For the most part, everyone is expecting the 7.85-inch iPad Mini to do everything the traditional 9.7-inch iPad can do, but what about speed? Will this iPad’s Internet connectivity be restricted to Wi-Fi zones, or will Apple choose to endow its third iDevice with LTE support?

Top global electronics brands Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Nokia, Google and Amazon share a common problem: they're customers of Taiwan’s Foxconn.

Google is reportedly working very hard on an all-new proprietary Google Maps application for iOS 6, and according to mobile developer Ben Guild, the native application is currently in Alpha.

Today marks one year since the world lost Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple. Since his passing, Apple fans and manufacturers have commemorated his life through various toys, memorabilia, and apparel in his honor.

Jobs passed away on Oct. 5, 2011, after a long fight with pancreatic cancer, and to commemorate him, the entire Apple homepage has been given up for the video, which fades when finished to show a message from his successor, Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Apple is less secretive now than it was when Jobs was iCEO, but the lack of secrecy has had an unintended consequence: The magic is fading.

The iPhone 5 is already supported by several US carriers including major LTE providers like AT&T and Verizon as well as regional carriers like Cricket and C Spire. However, a new report released by MacRumors on Monday says Apple’s latest smartphone may be coming to Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint’s prepaid mobile unit.

Apple won't remove its admittedly-flawed Maps app from iOS 6, so Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter apology to the company's website on Friday morning. Cook’s apology felt sincere, but was it enough to ameliorate the issues created by removing Google Maps in favor of a not-ready-for-primetime app? The iOS 6 Maps Apology From Tim Cook: Did Apple Redeem Itself For Booting Google?

Finnish phone maker Nokia Oyj (NYSE: NOK) said it will offer mapping services to customers of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the No. 1 database developer.

A little more than a week after its release, Apple’s latest Maps application for iOS 6 has been received so negatively by the tech world that the company even issued an apology for the app being inferior to Google Maps. And now Apple has removed a phrase on the company's website that had touted the app as the most "powerful” map app on the market.

Apple won't remove its new Maps app from iOS 6, so the Cupertino, Calif.-based computers company is all about damage control right now. After Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter apology to the company's website on Friday morning, Apple also updated its App Stores with a special section on the Featured page, which offers a list of alternative maps applications for users to choose from as Apple engineers fix its controversial Maps app behind the scenes.

A little more than one week after the iOS 6 release date, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter to users apologizing for any shortcomings in Apple Maps.

Despite the recent efforts from competitors like Samsung and Motorola to denigrate the all-new iPhone 5, customers have lined up to purchase Apple’s latest smartphone in record numbers. Since its release last Friday, the iPhone 5 sold more than five million units in its first weekend available. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company announced the news in a press release early Monday morning. Apple: iPhone 5 Sales Top 5 Million Units In First Weekend Of Release

Apple said it sold 5 million iPhone 5s, although some analysts had expected double.

It’s been the topic of most smartphone conversations for the past two years, but on Friday, Apple finally released the long-awaited iPhone 5. But after months of rumors, reports, fake-outs and prototype leaks, is the iPhone 5 everything an Apple fan could dream of?

Apple's iPhone 5 phone may sell as many as 10 million units by Monday as customers flooded Apple Stores and mobile carriers.

On Wednesday Apple officially revealed the iPhone 5, laying to rest the endless release date rumors, price estimates and speculations on what features the device would include. The device was released alongside a brand new line of iPod Nano and iPod Touch products at the Yerva Center in San Francisco, where Apple’s Tim Cook and Phil Schiller took the stage.

Come Sept. 30 and Ping, the social music network from Apple, will cease operations after adding social-network integration to iTunes, CNET has reported.

Shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) jumped Wednesday during its highly anticipated unveiling of a host of new high-profile software and hardware products, including the iPhone 5, in San Francisco.