Third deal this month offers minimum of $200 for an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5
Sales down, but without cheaper touch-ready laptops and Chromebooks, would have been much worse, says NPD
14% faster uptake than last year's iOS 6
Compromises -- ones Apple decided not to make -- necessary to drive down component costs for a $400 smartphone
iPhone 5S' fingerprint scanner the source of pinched supply, says HIS analyst Andrew Rassweiler
Google rolls out final design, but irritated users blast it as unnecessary
One of the top requests in a Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' with the Surface team was for a tablet buyback deal to fund purchases of newest devices
People who probed the app's innards suspected it was harvesting Apple ID credentials
Unlike 2012's debacle, it actually has some to sell
But the lower-priced iPhone 5C will turn the tables within a few months, predicts one analyst
