Techmeme: Apple will now give you up to $200 for your old iPhone 4 (Brad McCarty/The Next Web)

11:50 AM ET, October 5, 2011

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AT&T iPhone 4S Will Be Faster Than Verizon and Sprint's — If you're thinking about buying an iPhone 4S, this is important: Not all iPhone 4Ses are the same. AT&T claims that their iPhone will download stuff faster than Verizon and Sprint's. The explanation is easy and logical.

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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:

Apple will now give you up to $200 for your old iPhone 4 — Shuddering at the thought of paying for that new iPhone 4S? Shudder no more. Apple, via its Reuse and Recycle program, is offering up to $200 for your old iPhone 4, depending on its condition: — Mind you, the iPhone in question …

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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:

Apple showcases iPhone 4S camera with high-resolution sample photos — Apple has added a collection of “unretouched photographs” taken by the new iPhone 4S to its website, highlighting the handset's new 8-megapixel next-generation shooter. — The iPhone 4S was unveiled early Tuesday at a media event hosted by Apple on its campus.

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Kyle Wagner / Gizmodo:
Siri Personal Assistant Only Works on the iPhone 4S

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Peter Cohen / The Loop:
Apple posts 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote stream

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Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple refreshes iPod touch: Now in white, 8GB model dropped to $199, available October 12

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Paul Miller / This is my next:

Why Siri just might work — When I wrote my post on natural user interface a couple months back (described by some as a “real barnstormer"), I glossed over most current forms of voice recognition. The problem as I saw it, and still see it, is that recognizing voice has to be bulletproof for it to be truly useful.

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iPhone 4S hands-on impressions

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Apple's fall from grace

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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
What the iPhone 4S means for the carriers

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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
Wall Street response to iPhone 4S muted, but optimistic

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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
If you're disappointed by the iPhone 4S, you're nuts

DigiTimes:

Apple iPhone 4S announced, ‘5’ likely to arrive in late 2012 or 2013 — Defying some expectations that Apple would introduce the iPhone 5 - an entirely new model supporting 4G - the company instead rolled out the iPhone 4S - an update of the existing iPhone 4.

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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:

Branded iPhone 5 won't arrive until LTE, analysts say — An Apple phone branded as the iPhone 5 won't arrive until “4G” LTE technology is ready for compact smartphones, according to analysts. — Yes, you'll have to wait for the iPhone 5 for high-speed LTE, aka 4G.

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Devin Banerjee / Bloomberg:

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Quentin Hardy / Bits:

Michael Dell Advises Hewlett-Packard — Attention Hewlett-Packard: Michael Dell thinks that you should stay in the personal computer business. — Speaking at the Oracle OpenWorld convention on Tuesday, Mr. Dell laid out why his company, Dell Inc., the world's second-largest maker of PCs …

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

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Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:

HP, Dell to launch ultrabooks by 1Q12 — Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell will launch ultrabooks at the end of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 respectively, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. — HP has had Taiwan-based Quanta Computer prepare to start ODM production of its ultrabooks …

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Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Samsung seeks iPhone 4S sales ban in France and Italy — Samsung will attempt to block iPhone 4S sales in France and Italy, the company has announced, citing two 3G WCDMA patents it claims Apple has infringed. Filing separate preliminary injunction motions in Paris and Milano today …

Thomas Ricker / This is my next:

Nexus Prime teased in new Samsung video? — Less than 24 hours after Apple revealed its next big thing here we are on the threshold of the next, next big thing. This time it's Samsung telling us to get ready because “something BIG is coming” at its October 11th event in San Diego.

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