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This morning, Apple’s latest handheld wonder -- probably the <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/iphone-5">iPhone 5</a> -- will take the stage in the hand of newly minted Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple’s iPhone unveiling. It’s likely to be a career moment for Cook and an important turning point for the beloved, and sometimes <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/08/07/mark-papermaster/">beleaguered</a>, phone.

Since Apple launched the iPhone in <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/04/iphone-history-so-far-infographic/">2007</a>, it has captured the imagination of <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/03/02/100-million-iphones/">millions</a> of customers around the world. Yet, the world of technology has undergone significant change since we saw our first “think-do,” touchscreen based hardware from Apple. Most significantly, Google Android happened. After getting off to a slow start in 2008 with T-Mobile’s G1, the platform has skyrocketed, eating up a <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/07/28/nielsen-mobile-stats-june-11/">significant portion</a> of the <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/06/28/android-activations-andy-rubin/">smartphone market</a> and showing consumers that virtually any other company could build a touch-screen slab phone.

<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/04/iphone-history-so-far-infographic/">iPhone History: The Story So Far [INFOGRAPHIC]</a></strong></center>

The Apple iPhone 5, which may or may not show up at this morning’s event, could be Apple’s best hope for recapturing its momentum and leadership position in the smartphone space. Without something spectacular, it’s likely the next iPhone will do well but not much to wrest the smartphone lead from the likes of HTC, Motorola and Samsung.

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      <h4>Tim Cook takes the stage</h4>
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      <h4>Tim Cook takes the stage</h4>
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      <h4>Live bloggers at the Apple event</h4>
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      <h4>iPad's impact on education</h4>
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      <h4>Scott Forstall talks iOS</h4>
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      <h4>Scott Forstall talks app downloads</h4>
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      <h4>Scott Forstall introduces Apple Cards</h4>
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      <h4>Scott Forstall introduces Apple Cards</h4>
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      <h4>Scott Forstall talks iOS 5</h4>
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      <h4>Eddy Cue talks camera updates</h4>
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      <h4>Eddy Cue talks location sharing</h4>
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      <h4>Eddy Cue talks iTunes</h4>
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      <h4>Eddy Cue on app updates</h4>
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For Cook, this will be his first big moment since Apple founder and former CEO <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/08/24/breaking-steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/">Steve Jobs stepped down</a>. Cook has been on the Apple stage before, but to say that all eyes will be on Cook and his performance this go-around would be an understatement.

<em>Mashable</em> is at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., campus this morning, following the event and live blogging it all in the space below. We’ll do our best to give you the play-by-play and provide images of what we see going on around and in front of us. If we get close to the new Apple products (maybe two phones!), you will, too.

<center><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-pics/" >LEAKED: iPhone 4S Pics Appear on Apple’s Website</a></strong></center>

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