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iPhone 4S launch is shaping up as the mother of all launches. Apple Stores worldwide have come alive in a celebratory mood, shaking off the gloom that Steve Jobs' death created , gingerly welcoming the last iPhone that had the dead icon's signature on.

Apple Inc's new iPhone went on sale in stores across the globe on Friday, with fans snapping up the final gadget unveiled during Steve Jobs' lifetime, many buying the phone as a tribute to the former Apple boss.

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.

A four-day service outage has cast a shadow over BlackBerry's reputation in India, one of the smartphone maker's few growing markets, where the frustration of hundreds of thousands of users could mean a chance for its rivals to gain ground.

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

Apple Inc. faced bogged down servers due to the overwhelming number of users trying to update their devices to the newest version of iOS 5. The early rush to upgrade resulted in glitches including hour-long waits and cancelled updates.

Apple's iOS 5 update offered over 200 new features, but Apple felt that wasn't enough, so the company wrote six new apps of its very own. The new offerings aim to make users more efficient.

iPhone 4S will be available in two models - a 64-gigabyte model for $399 and a 32-gigabytes for $299 - with a two-year carrier contract.

Apple will finally release the new iPhone 4S in stores on Oct. 14. In addition to the online and physical Apple Stores, here is a list of the various retailers selling the iPhone 4S on its big launch day.

Apple Inc debuts its fifth generation iPhone this week minus its visionary leader for the first time. But CEO Tim Cook may already be thinking ahead to his greatest challenge: repositioning the company's fabled marketing apparatus to safeguard the brand.

Steve Jobs represented a lot of things but innovation, capitalism, and the American Dream will resound as his legacy.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S, which was unveiled on Oct. 4, will be hitting the stores on Oct. 14. The smartphone from Apple is going to face a tight competition with Motorola Droid Bionic.

Apple has set its release date and time for the iOS 5 upgrade to 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday, or 1 p.m. ET. Here's what to expect.

Apple Inc. will be launching its top class operating system, iOS5, for its mobile phones, iPads and iPods on Wednesday afternoon.

Apple Inc.'s iOS 5 operating system, which will power iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd generation, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, is going live from Wednesday.

Barclays Capital said the pace of iPhone 4S roll-out is fastest in the iPhone's history and points to a big December quarter push for Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. will hold a memorial service for it co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Steve Jobs, on Oct. 19. The event will be held at an amphitheater at the company's corporate headquarters, according to a memo sent by CEO Tim Cook to employees on Monday.

Apple's newest mobile Operating System, the iOS 5, launches Wednesday with an exhaustive list of 200-plus new features.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, according to the death certificate.

The battle between high-end smartphones is getting hotter by the day, with two most talked-about phones being Samsung Galaxy S2 and Apple iPhone 4S. Both the phones promise blazing performance but there still could be some differences between the two that could influence consumers when it comes to choosing one.