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There has been growing rumors that Apple's next-generation iPhone 5 would be seen in the hands of consumers in the first week of October.

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While Apple Inc. is tight-lipped towards its iPhone 5 release date, Jefferies believes 2012 will see an LTE iPhone, LTE iPad, and a focus on video.

Apple Inc. said last week that its new Chief Executive Tim Cook promoted Eddie Cue to Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services from his previous position of Vice President of iTunes.

The much anticipated Motorola Droid Bionic will be officially released on September 8. Motorola’s smartphone has received rave reviews from tech journalists who had the opportunity to handle the device.

Next week a high-ranking Microsoft Corp executive will stand on stage and show off a new version of Windows on a tablet computer.

While Apple Inc. is tight-lipped towards its iPhone 5 release date, the smartphone is expected to face a good deal of competition from Android devices, particularly from Motorola Droid Bionic, which would be available at Verizon from Thursday.

Apple Inc., known for being a trendsetter, has continued along those lines with its new lighter and thinner MacBook Air. But the Cupertino company is facing competition in notebook category from Taiwan-based Acer, which has released its thin and relatively inexpensive Ultrabook called Aspire S3.

When will the next generation of Apple iPhone, iPhone 5, be launched? Although Apple’s next-generation smartphone has not yet officially announced, new rumors have emerged suggesting that an early October release was likely.

Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is now taking customer reservations for the next-generation of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 starting Sept. 5, as new evidence supports rumors that the iPhone 5, expected to be revealed in October, will launch on Sprint's nationwide CDMA network this fall.

The most-anticipated device of the year, Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, is already facing stiff competition from Android smartphones amidst all rumors. The release date of the iPhone 5 is growing closer as the latest rumor has revealed that retailer Best Buy is set for an October launch.

Jefferies & Co. said Apple Inc. is looking to merge iOS (iPhone/iPad) with OS X (Macs) into a single platform for apps and cloud services starting in 2012-2013.

Apple Inc. began hiring security experts to help protect unreleased gadgets after the Cupertino company lost another valuable iPhone 5 prototype last week.

Here are five features that the iPhone 5 should include for the best competitive interests of Apple.

Apart from Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, the most awaited Android Smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Motorola Droid Bionic. The much-awaited Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S2 smartphone has made it to the United States, quelling anticipation, and is set to compete with Motorola Droid Bionic for the market share.

Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc.

The company had to pull the just-unveiled Galaxy Tab 7.7 out of the IFA consumer- electronics show in Berlin after a Dusseldorf court granted Apple's request on Sept. 2 to ban sales and marketing of the product.

Toronto's main stock index dropped sharply on Friday morning after dismal U.S. jobs data signaled the frail state of the world's largest economy, but rallying gold miners helped break the fall.

As the battle between the high-end Android smartphones are getting hotter day by day, the two most talked-about phones apart from the iPhone 5 are Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Motorola Photon 4G.

Chinese environmental groups claim that Apple manufacturers have been releasing harmful pollutants into the environment. A report by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) and other non-governmental Chinese environment groups cited, for example, that an Apple factory in the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province released gases into the air that made it difficult for residents to open their windows.

An iPhone 5 prototype lost in a San Francisco bar has offered hints to the release date of the next iteration of Apple's flagship device.