Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier this week said it’s been a “truly prolific year of innovation” at the company, which has unveiled three new versions of the iPad, including the iPad mini, a slimmer, larger-screen iPhone, redesigned iPod media players, updated Mac notebooks and desktops, and new generations of its mobile and desktop operating systems. But all that innovation comes at a price. Customers, bombarded with mostly-accurate rumors about new products to come, held off buying current models as they waited for the next-great thing from Apple. Read the full story at Forbes.