Rumors have swirled for a long time that Apple would be making a smaller iPhone nano to along with the full-size iPhone. Rumors are again surfacing pointing to a low-cost entry-level iPhone launch with the iPhone 5 this fall. Train riders in Boston will get the country’s very first smartphone ticketing service. The service will work with an app available for the iPhone and other smartphone platforms. When it comes to financials for AT&T in Q1 of 22, the iPhone was a huge part. The company sold 4.3 million iPhones that were activated during the quarter.

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Sony has unveiled new audio systems that are designed to work with both the iPhone and the iPad. They have docks on the front and one version has a CD player inside as well. If you’re a fan of the XEOPlay game Tilt World you could have earned double points on Earth Day over the weekend. The CEO of the company promised to go to Madagascar to plant trees if players earned 3 million points. I wonder if that happened. A company called Arcturus Labs has announced that it’s trying to take the iPhone camera to the next level with a product called Magnifi. The product will allow the iPhone to be attached microscopes, telescopes, and other devices so it’s easier to see what the lens is looking at.

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A rumor is floating around that Apple is looking at adding wireless server hubs to its Genius Bars in retail stores. The idea is to allow the backup of files right away before replacing the iOS device rather than trying to use iCloud in stores. Verizon outlines its financials for Q1 2012 today and had impressive profits and revenue. Surprisingly the company was mum on how well it did with the iPhone, which presumably means that iPhone sales for Verizon weren’t as good as they had been in earlier quarters. Microsoft is launching a new app to help promote the new Xbox 360 Star Wars Kinect video game. The app will give more information on the video game and allow users to order the game, but the coolest part is that interfaces with Facebook and twitter accounts and scrolls the feed like the opening sequence of Star Wars.

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Apple has new Siri commercials airing in the US with various celebrities. The first one we spied was with Samuel L Jackson talk about the night and there’s apparently one with Zooey Deschanel as well. Analysts have estimated the number of iPhones believed to have been sold by Apple last quarter. The overall estimate pegs the number at around 35.1 million units. The Hauppauge Digital Broadway live TV streamer for the iPad in the iPhone has gained new functionality. The device can now record live TV programs adding in very important new feature.

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AT&T recently announced that it would unlock off contract iPhones. This could be a big deal for T-Mobile since it already has 1 million iPhones on its network even though the devices run at slower speeds for data networks. The FCC and carriers in the United States are banding together to plan a stolen phone database . The database will ensure that if your iPhone the stolen, never takes it can’t activate it and use your phone. The Department of Justice could file suit against Apple as early as today over price-fixing in the e-book market. Apple and five publishers are currently being investigated for price-fixing.

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T-Mobile has 1 million edge iPhones, stolen phone database in the works, Apple could be sued for e-book price-fixing

Rumors are swirling that this fall the next iPhone will launch. The latest rumor claims that the next iPhone will have a unibody design along with a larger screen and support for LTE 4G connectivity. Chrysler Group has announced that the 2013 Dodge Dart will have an optional wireless charging system inside the car. The system will work with multiple smartphones including the iPhone and eliminates any need for cable to charge your device on the road. AT&T is now unlocking iPhones that are off contract in four steps. Apple actually does the unlocking, but you have to contact AT&T via online chat or in the store to get the process started.

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A cool new iPhone stand has turned up called the Galileo . This robotic stand is on Kickstarter trying to raise the funds to come to the real world. The project was looking to raise $100,000 and Kickstarter and has so far raised $400,000. Galileo is controlled by an app and has infinite sphere rotation capability to put the iPhone in almost any orientation. It can rotate at 200° per second. The stand is recommended for things like video calls, remote learning, cinematography, and more. Apple is also looking at wireless power according to a new patent application. The patent application is called “Active Electronic Media Packaging” and is for a method that would allow power to be sent wirelessly to devices such as the iPhone on display in a retail setting. I don’t see why the same tech wouldn’t work a home either.

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Considering how much time is spent playing games on iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad, I bet a lot of people would be happy to see a video game controller directly from Apple. A rumor floating around claims that Apple is working on that exact solution. The Apple iPhone is reportedly outselling all Android smartphones combined on AT&T and Sprint. That is the present statement considering there is only one iPhone and their reports of Android devices. Apple has announced that it will be giving developers in its iAd program a bigger cut of the pie. The developers will get an additional 10% of the revenue landing them 70% with Apple taking 30%.

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We have to wonder if the gadgets we know and love are really in half of all US homes. The study mentioned the other day conducted by CNBC only polled 836 people with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4%, do you think it was accurate? RIM is accusing Apple of vote rigging to get other firms to support its nano-SIM. RIM has doubts and it claims over the last few days a number of representatives from one company have been changing their affiliation overnight. Apple and Foxconn have promised to fix violations at the Chinese factories where Apple products are built they were discovered during a labor audit. The audit discovered excessive work time and various health and safety issues at Foxconn.

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If you own an iPhone 4 I’m sure you remember the antennagate scandal when the device first launched. The scandal had to do with what people tell the phone a certain way they could lose antenna strength. Steve Jobs famously quipped people shouldn’t hold it like that. If you own an iPhone 4 and didn’t take Apple up on its offer of a free bumper in the original settlement, you can now claim $15. There are caveats to the settlement though namely you had to have suffered from the intent issue and not been able to return the phone without being out-of-pocket. A new survey has shown that Apple products are now in half of all homes in the United States. Many those products will be the iPhone and iPad, and more still will be iPods. There are an ever-increasing number of Mac computers in homes as well. The survey also showed that one in 10 people that don’t own an Apple product into the by one within the next year.

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Some iPhone 4 users can get $15, Apple products in half of US homes