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For Apple customers the disappointment of getting an iPhone 4S instead of a 5 was much like ripping off a Band Aid. The announcement came (on time) it was quick, painful and then people got over it. Verizon Galaxy Nexus fans; however, have taken one blow after another and still no official announcements have been made about the phone's release, which is causing loyal customers to look elsewhere.

No longer will Android users be envious of Apple iPhone 4S owners and their voice-controlled smartphones now that Android has its own alternative version of Siri, Cluzee. Cluzee, the new voice-controlled assistant service made by Tronton, hit the Android market on Tuesday offering Android users a Siri-inspired service.

Samsung's Galaxy S2 comes in three variations, and two of them have different large screen sizes. The AT&T variant, called the Skyrocket, has a 4.5-inch touchscreen display, and it's not even the largest Samsung device! Samsung dominates this list, but that shouldn't be a surprise because they are the largest smartphone maker in the world.

Online retail sales on Cyber Monday 2011 hit record highs and jumped 33 percent compared to the same day last year, according to a report from IBM Coremetrics.

An Australian airliner said a passenger's iPhone 4 started glowing red and smoking before a flight attendant doused the phone with a fire extinguisher.

It is now possible for iPhone users to share the 3G connection from their smartphone with their laptops through iTether. iTether is a USB tethering app that has passed the Apple approval process and recently launched for iOS. The data sharing app currently costs $15.

Apple's newest update to its mobile platform, iOS 5.1 beta, includes code that references two new iPad devices and one new iPhone device.

Research in Motion Limited (RIMM) surged upwards more than six percent on Tuesday trading after announcing its new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion service.

iPhone Catches Fire Aboard Aircraft

Siri was the talk of the town when Apple launched its latest smartphone iPhone 4S Oct. 14 and it fascinated the techies.

Apple Inc. has released the beta of iOS 5.1, the upgraded version of its newest mobile operating system, to developers; iOS 5 was similarly released, a month ago. Questions are being asked if the forthcoming version of the operating system will be free from the bugs that plagued its predecessors. It is also interesting to note that Apple went straight to a 5.1 version, skipping iOS 5.0.2.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is seeking to cash in as companies switch to rival smartphones with a new tool that offers some of its important security features for sexier devices like the iPhone.

Apple released its iOS 5.1 beta to developers on Monday with the new build available for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad and both the third and fourth generation iPod Touch.

It can call people for you on the fly and remind you when your father's birthday is, but Siri is much more than that. Now, a developer cracked a code to make Siri start his car for him. And stop, lock and unlock the vehicle.

The Apple product was glowing red and emitting a significant amount of black smoke when it suffered a minor explosion on a Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney, Australia. This is not the first time Apple's lithium batteries overheating have caused fires and combustion, and the burning iPhone 4 incident still has no definite cause from Australian authorities.

AT&T offers both the iPhone 4 and Atrix 4G for $100 on their Web site, but which one is better? iPhone 4 is over a year old now, and Atrix will be getting the Android 4.0 update next year. Besides the new software update, Atrix has a bigger screen and one of the highest resolution displays out there. It's even got a fingerprint scanner so once the 4.0 update hits, you'll have a bevy of security features to choose from including the Face Unlock.

Sources say Hitachi and Sony have begun to ship Apple 4-inch LCD panels for a new iOS devices. Is this the iPhone 5?

The long-awaited iPhone 4S launch helped Apple Inc (AAPL.O) take top spot in the British smartphone market in October, overtaking phones using Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android platform, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Monday.

Verizon Galaxy Nexus rumors and puzzling Best Buy ads have left fans in the U.S. confused and frustrated about the phones release date, but Computer World claims to have finally found a credible source who leaked that pre-orders for the phone will start on Tuesday.

HTC's promise of competitive new models early next year may not be enough of a strategy shift to convince investors it can regain the innovative streak that catapulted it from an obscure contract maker to the world's No.4 smartphone brand.

Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.