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iPad By Davis: “Google adds Street View option to its iPhone and iPad web apps” plus 17 more

iPad By Davis: “Google adds Street View option to its iPhone and iPad web apps” plus 17 more


Google adds Street View option to its iPhone and iPad web apps

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:16 AM PDT

Google adds Street View option to its iPhone and iPad web appsGoogle has added Street View to its iPhone and iPad web app which should hopefully easy the pain currently being experienced by many having lost the native Google Maps app on iOS 6. Street View was always a very nice addition to Google Maps as it allowed you to zoom down to street level and take a good look around an area where you were at the time or planning to visit. Unfortunately, the new Maps app from Apple in iOS 6 does not have this facility but instead offers Flyover which is nowhere near as useful. Thankfully Google has added a nice feature for iOS users.

Now when you visit Google Maps in Safari on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch you will see the familiar symbol of a person that you can click on and it takes your straight to Street View. It works very well and the Google web app does offer a nice alternative to Apple's own native maps app. Of course it is still nowhere near as good an experience than the previous native Google Maps app that we had with iOS 5 but it will help to ease the pain while waiting for Apple to improve its offering or Google getting a dedicated Google Maps app into the App Store. Either way, it all helps!

You can also create a short cut to the Google Maps web app right on your iPhone home screen. Selecting this option will give you a rather bland, black and white Google Maps icon on your home screen with a red push pin, but it's better than nothing.




Best iPhone and iPad apps to follow the 2012 Presidential Election

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:58 PM PDT

The 2012 Presidential Election is just around the corner and what a better way to follow the campaigns than with your iPhone and iPad! Whether it's seeing what the news is saying, checking facts, viewing maps with live polling data, or a neutral source with information about both candidates, iMore has got you covered!

WP Politics for iPad

WP Politics is an iPad app by The Washington Post that will keep you informed about the political news that matter, but also claims to help separate truth from spin and reality from rhetoric through interactive tools, maps, and more. Some of the features of WP Politics includes the latest news, the Fact Checker, a "Candidate Tool" that illustrate where Obama and Romney stand in relation to one another, and interactive polling map, and a "Campaign Files" archive that allows users to quickly sort and view the last 48 hours of content by candidate, issue and content type. With a $2.99 premium subscription, you can see content that's older than 48 hours old in the Campaign Files, access the "Insider's Corner" that offers politically-oriented blog content including Ezra Klein's Wonkblog and Chris Cillizza's The Fix, and more.

NBC Politics for iPhone and iPad

The NBC Politics app for iPhone and iPad delivers the power of NBC News' political reporting – anytime, anywhere. NBC News' political experts cover every angle of the political landscape to give you the latest news and best insights and analysis from Capitol Hill and the White House to the campaign trail. Features include video of the latest agenda-setting interviews and reports from "Meet the Press with David Gregory," "The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd," "Andrea Mitchell Reports," and NBC News' entire line-up of news broadcasts and platforms, a Battleground Map (iPad only) that gives you the tools to test potential electoral votes outcomes, a Tip Sheet that gives a round-up of the day's most memorable, must-know moments and headlines, live election results, details about both Presidential candidates, and more.

Settle It! PolitiFact's Argument Ender for iPhone

Settle It! - PolitiFact's Argument Ender is a free iPhone app that lets you look up Truth-O-Meter fact-checks from PolitiFact.com to verify the "facts" being thrown around by the Presidential Candidates. You can check facts by searching name, keywords, and subject, browse the Truth-O-Meter ratings by person and subject, share your finding to Facebook and Twitter, and take the PolitiFact Challenge to test your knowledge.

2012 Map: The Presidential Election App for iPhone

With 2012 Map: The Presidential Election App you can view live maps that are updated daily with the newest polling data; "Historical" maps that detail every election, from 1789 through 2008; and a blank map that you can customize from scratch. You can tap states to change their colors or tap and hold to see their details including percentages for each candidate, electoral votes, and previous winners, and share your scenario on Facebook and Twitter.

USA Election 2012 for iPhone

USA Election 2012 is a non-partisan iPhone app that will help you make an informed decision about who to vote for in the 2012 Presidential Election. You can view up to day polling information, info on the economy and jobs, experiment with a map to play out different scenarios, and keep informed on election news with a customizable RSS feed.

Your favorite apps to follow the 2012 Presidential Election?

These are just a handful of the many different apps available that are dedicated to this year's Presidential Election. Did we miss your favorite one? If so, please let us know in the comments below!




Starbucks for iPhone updates with passbook support, still no iPhone 5 support

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Starbucks for iPhone update with passbook support, still no iPhone 5 support

Starbucks has finally updated their iPhone app to offer support for Passbook, the new Apple app introduced in iOS 6. Starbucks had originally claimed that this update was coming at the end of September so, although late, it's great that it's finally here. However, it's disappointing that although this update does support iOS 6 and Passbook, it does not support the iPhone 5's larger screen.

With the new Starbucks update and Passbook, you can now use Passbook to pay with your Starbucks card. The pass shows the current balance on your card and one of the generic Starbucks card graphics. As a Gold Card member, I was hoping that my pass would look a little different, but that is not the case. Paying with with your Starbucks card was, and still is, a feature of the actual Starbucks app, but Passbook is much faster. You can also receive notifications when you're near one of your indicated favorite Starbucks locations.

I'm disappointed that this update to the Starbucks app does not include support for the iPhone 5's larger display, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm excited to make a special trip to Starbucks tomorrow just so that I can use Passbook for the first time. What about you? Do you plan on adding your Starbucks card to Passbook?




Forums: Using Passbook, iPhone 5 battery management tips, Carrier unlocking

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:46 PM PDT

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How to follow the 2012 Presidential Debate on your iPhone and iPad

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:29 PM PDT

How to follow the 2012 Presidential Debate on your iPhone and iPad

The 2012 Presidential Debate is about to begin and you may be looking for ways to follow along with your iPhone or iPad. Whether you're on the go, don't have access to the television networks broadcasting the event, or simply enjoying using your iPhone and iPad, iMore is here to present you with options for watching or listening to this year's Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

YouTube

ABC News will be streaming the debate live on YouTube. You can either use the new YouTube app on your iPhone, or visit YouTube with Safari. The YouTube app is not yet optimized for the iPhone 5 or iPad, so if you're on one of these devices, you'll definitely want to use Safari.

Ustream

On Ustream, PBS will be providing their own live stream of the Presidential Debate on the PBS NewsHour Stream that you can watch on your iPhone or iPad with the free Ustream iPhone and iPad app. On your iPad, you can also choose to watch the live stream in Safari on Ustream's website -- Ustream's website does not fully support the iPhone, though. This is unfortunate, because just like YouTube, the Ustream app does not support the iPhone 5, yet. So if you're using an iPhone 5, I do not recommend watching the Presidential Debate on Ustream.

NPR

Not as interested in watching the Presidential debate as you are hearing it? NPR News will be streaming the audio of the debate to local NPR stations as well as their iPhone and iPad apps. NPR will also include commentary and chat during the debate on their website.

Watching the debate now? Feel free to leave your personal commentary about it in the comments below!




Tonight on the iMore show...!

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT

The iMore show returns tonight to talk iPhone 5 and iOS 6 fallout! It's the good, the bad, and the ugly. We'll bring the talk, you bring the snacks.

Got a question you want answered? Leave it in the comments below, send it to podcast@imore.com, or tweet it to us with #imoreshow. Got it? Good! Join us LIVE at 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST. Set an alarm. Bookmark this page. Be here.

Want to go full screen? Head to iMore.com/live. Want to watch via iPhone or iPad? Grab the Ustream app and search for "mobilenations"!




Heads Up: Our RSS Feed Will Change Very Soon

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT

RSS

This is just a quick heads up for those of you who follow iPad Insight via RSS. We will soon be changing the RSS feed for the site – probably as soon as the next day or two.

The reason for the change is that we currently use FeedBurner to provide the site's feed. FeedBurner was bought by Google a few years back and the service seems to have got less and less attention from them as time went on. The expectation is that they will soon be shutting FeedBurner down. This week they shutdown one major element of it with all of one business day's notice.

I don't want to wait around for them to do the same with the entire service – so we'll be switching over in the next few days. Please look out for another post with the new feed link as soon as we make the change, so that you don't miss any articles.

I know we have a lot of readers who primarily read our content via RSS. Once we make this change you'll need to update the feed  address for iPad Insight in your favorite RSS reader app. Please know that we're going to do our best to minimize disruption with the feed changes, and please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that may be caused by the changeover.


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Is Apple jamming too much new product into our hands this Fall?

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

With Apple releasing so much product this fall, what's left for early 2012?

This Fall season, Apple is busier than ever before. Back in 2010, Apple had their product launches spaced out. Spring saw the original iPad. Summer had the iPhone 4 in its traditional spot. Fall saw new iPods. This year, however, they just finished rolling out the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, and they've given us impressive new updates to the iPod lineup as well, mirroring many of the updates in the iPhone 5. Soon enough it looks like we'll be seeing the iPad mini announced.

This prompts the question: Is Apple weighting product too much towards the Fall? Does it leave them vulnerable to competitors who can now counter-program them by launching products in the Spring and Summer of 2013, when Apple is in mid-cycle, without having to worry about any major new Apple launches?

I look at this in simple terms. The market for smartphones and tablets is growing very rapidly. Tablets are well on their way to becoming everyday mobile computing devices in the home, school, workplace, and all sorts of industries. They are a complete paradigm shift from yesterday's notebook and netbook trend.

The multitouch market has only been around for a few years. I think when this market is 10 years old, we'll look back and realize we underestimated how important it would become. And Apple ... well they pretty much popularized it. So they better capitalize on it.

This brings us back to the question of whether or not Apple is doing too much this Fall. I think we're looking at a rare land grab in the market right now. Apple is in a dog fight with Google (Android) and to a lesser extent with Microsoft (Windows) and RIM (BlackBerry).

In my mind, there is absolutely no point waiting to bring firepower to the fight. If you have a new weapon, unleash it on the market. Win customers and grab land. Why wait?

The holiday season is massively important in this market. By launching a new iPhone, iPod family and an iPad mini all in time for the holidays, Apple is setting themselves up to grab a lot of new land in the most important time of the year.

Since customers tend to be fairly sticky when it comes to mobile computing platforms, this plays into Apple's favour. This is good. As a shareholder, I love seeing this.

So, will Apple potentially face a slower Spring or Summer season? Yes, of course that's a possibility. But we don't know what Tim Cook and Team Cupertino have planned for next year. Even if they aren't ready to disrupt the next market (whether it be the TV or something else), I'd rather see Apple win at the mobile computing land grab by pushing out incredible products quickly.

I also think that an iPad mini shows Apple's willingness, under the leadership of Tim Cook, to grow their markets. Sure, Steve Jobs said that a 7" tablet would be too small. He also said no one wanted to watch video on an iPod, that no one was reading anymore, and that Apple wasn't making a phone.

Amazon and others proved people will buy them and enjoy them, just not in iPad numbers. I see no reason why Apple should sit out on this game. It's like Samsung making a 50" and 70" TV but deciding not to make a 42" model. It's just a form factor. We don't need 10 different sizes, but the market will certainly appreciate more than one.

I like seeing Apple push, and I like seeing Apple get stuff into consumers' hands quickly. Instead of thinking of this as a potential hole for competitors to attack in the Spring and Summer, I think of it in terms of how much further ahead Apple will be.




Iterate 30: Sixteen by nine

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Marc Edwards of Bjango, Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation, Mike Piontek of Junecloud, and Rene Ritchie of iMore talk about the iPhone 5, its 16:9 aspect ratio display, and it potential and consequences for designers. This is Iterate!

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The iPad Mini. The Goldilocks Device?

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:04 AM PDT

The rumors are now rampant. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that mass production is underway. So what's an iPad Alone guy, who uses an iPad as his primary computer, think about the iPad Mini?

To be honest, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, my iPad stands Alone with a capital A. I mean heck it's the title of the blog. I don't want to carry around other stuff, even if it's another iPad. Once you get used to being laden with only an iPad it's really tough to start throwing other stuff into your bag. Light weight is everything.

But perhaps that's the key for the iPad Mini and me: weight. With the release of the iPhone5 there's never been a wider weight gap between the iPhone and iPad. Will Apple find a way for the Mini to split the difference so it's "just right?"

Beyond weight, what is the case for overall utility? If there is one area where I can honestly say my iPad falls a bit short for me it's in casual reading. I almost never hold my iPad in one hand – it's too heavy and awkward. Two handed, or on my lap, it's wonderful. But quick, on the go reading…not so much. Reading on an iPad is more akin to reading a hardcover novel. Reading on my iPhone5 is more like…something my eyes aren't so happy about. So perhaps the iPad mini is a paperback. Hmm. I might like that.

But is there any use case for me beyond reading? On my iPad I type pretty much exclusively in landscape. I don't expect that the Mini's smaller screen will be particularly conducive to typing. I'm sure I could do it in a pinch, but it's tough to imagine any input scenario wherein I'd pick the Mini over the iPad. Music? iPhone5. Games? Maybe, but I think I'd likely go bigger (iPad) or smaller (iPhone5). Video? Same.

Then there's the question of how light is light enough? Judging by my wife's 7.5 ounce Kindle Touch (same weight as the newer Kindle Paperwhite), 7.5 ounces is about right. Less than half a pound. Spread over its size it feels quite minimal in the hand. Can Apple deliver an iPad Mini of less than half a pound? To be honest I doubt it. I'd expect it to be more in the 14-15 ounce range. Under a pound, but no featherweight.

Obviously, the iPad Mini will be capable of several orders of magnitude more stuff right out the box than the Kindle Paperwhite will ever be. And clever devs will no doubt release apps which are perfectly geared toward the Mini's screen size.

But finally of course comes the question of price. What is the value to me of a device which is (again, for me) primarily a casual ereader? The Kindle Paperwhite can be had for as little as $119, weighs 7.5 ounces, and obviously excels for reading. Tough to justify an iPad Mini at say…14 ounces and $249. Even if they squeak to $199 to better match the Nexus 7, that's quite a premium for the iPad Mini. That said, if Apple can get to $179 and 8 ounces, then they may have another customer on their hands…

EDIT: It's been brought to my attention that the recently introduced iPod Touch (with the same 4″ screen as the iPhone 5) sells for $299. That makes it seem quite unlikely that the iPad Mini would be $199 let alone $179. That said, maybe supply chain dynamics are at work here. The internals of the mini are rumored after all to be those of the iPad 2, with a shrunken version of the SoC at its core.

But the market may dictate that Apple has to get to at least $249 if not $199. The Nexus 7 is $199. So is the new Kindle Fire HD. And those have higher resolution screens than what is rumored for the mini. Going to be tough I think for Apple to price the mini at a serious premium unless people are so completely locked in with apps and media that they can't conceive of purchasing a non Apple tablet.



Super Cool New Feature in Photo Transfer App: Send Photos Straight To an App

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:43 AM PDT

Photo Transfer App for iPad

Photo Transfer App is a longtime big favorite iPad app for me, and one of our choices in the Best iPad Apps of 2011 list. It's a simple and stellar app for transferring photos between your iOS devices and Mac and Windows computers. I use it heavily for sending photos from my iPhone to the iPad – and nearly always find it to be faster than waiting on Photo Stream.

Now it has added an incredibly useful new feature: the ability to send a photo straight to an app. So now when I select a new photo taken on my iPhone that I want to edit a little in PhotoToaster or another great editing or effects app on the iPad, I can have the image sent directly to that app.

Using this new feature is a great time saver – with no more need for sending a photo first to the Camera Roll as the middleman.

This is another excellent example of an already great iPad app continuing to improve and add impressive new features.

Here's an App Store link for Photo Transfer App; it's priced at $2.99 and is a universal app designed for both iPad and iPhone.


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Apple retail employees reportedly taking to the streets to help fix iOS 6 Maps

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Apple retail employees reportedly taking to the streets to help fix iOS 6 Maps

Apple may be turning to its retail employees to improve its new Maps app for iOS 6. Retail store employees are reportedly being asked to, on a volunteer basis, examine the mapping data for their area and submit corrections and improvements to Apple. Stores participating in the initiative will give 40 hours of staff time per week, which will be distributed across several employees. Exactly how the mapping data will be examined remains unclear, though MacRumors says that there may be small teams of employees in each store:

One source has indicated that a team of ten employees would be participating in the program at one store, with one of those employees being designated a "subject matter expert" to oversee the team and receiving training on how the team will operate. Changes to maps will reportedly be submitted through a dedicated internal portal on Apple's systems.

Apple's Maps have received heavy criticism since their launch with iOS 6. The backlash prompted Apple CEO Tim Cook to write a letter to customers, apologizing for the mistakes made in Maps, promising to make Maps better, and offering alternatives while Apple improved the product.

Data acquisition, aggregation, cleansing, and de-duplication are non-trivial tasks. Apple is dealing with a huge amount of sources, many of which format data in wildly different ways, and getting it all into a one coherent mapping product for customers is likely proving far more challenging than Apple estimated. But it's vital for Apple to correct errors quickly, since maps are an important feature for so many of its customers. Using teams of its own retail employees, who can contribute significant local knowledge to the effort, will allow Apple to do just that.

Have you seen any improvement to the iOS 6 Maps data in your area over the last week? Are locations showing up more accurately? Are points-of-interest showing the correct information?

Source: MacRumors




Netbot for iPhone and iPad review

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Tapbots, the creators of the extremely popular Twitter app Tweetbot, have released Netbot, an iPhone and iPad client for the Twitter-like social network App.net. If you're a fan of Tweetbot, you'll immediately feel at home with Netbot with its identical interface, familiar sounds, and simply outstanding design.

There are three main tabs in Netbot: Timeline, Mentions, and your profile. If you tap on a post, a toolbar will slide out from under it that gives you options to reply, repost (re-tweet), star (favorite), share, and more. You can also double-tap on a post to see its details or triple-tap it to reply (triple-tap can be changed to repost, star, or translate in Settings). Swiping a post to the right will open the conversation view and swiping to the left will open the post Detail view. If you use Tweetbot, you should already be familiar with all these gestures.

App.net profile pages allow for a "cover photo". In Netbot, profiles pages show the user's cover image at the top of the screen and, if you swipe down, the image will grow and zoom with the interface. If the user does not have a cover image, the default dark, charcoal background will be in its place. On any given profile, you can look up the user's posts, followers, following, mentions, and stars. You can also mute or follow users from their profiles.

The last two tabs in Netbot are customizable by holding your finger down on them. Your choices are stars, search, or mute filters.

Netbot includes many different options in its settings including your preferences for sounds, font size, quote format, and the ability to choose services for URL shortening, image and video upload, read later, sync, and mobilizer.

We've been testing it for a while now and it's worked every bit as well as you'd expect from Tapbots. The only limitations we've found are the ones involving features and API (application program interfaces) that App.net simply hasn't rolled out yet. Most notably, Netbot is missing the option for push notifications.

Tweetbot has the best push notification implementation of any Twitter client we've ever tested, and from speaking with Tapbots, they absolutely plan to add it to Netbot as soon as possible While some other clients have included them, Tapbots is waiting for App.net to make the appropriate, official API available (which should be soon).

The good

  • Beautifully designed
  • Intuitive gestures
  • Support for stars
  • Support for Instapaper, Pocket, Readability, bitly pro, and Pinboard
  • Crosspost to multiple accounts, including Twitter, by tapping the header in post creation
  • iCloud sync
  • Tweetbot users will feel at home wit Netbot

The bad

  • No push notifications

The bottom line

If you're not a fan of the Tapbots aesthetic, nothing in Netbot will win you over. If you're a Tweetbot fan, however, you'll love Netbot. It's an excellent client for the new App.net social network. When it gets push notifications, it'll be near-perfect.

Do you use App.net? If so, make sure you follow the iMore and Mobile Nations crew (I'm @llofte) and include a link to your @name in the comments below!

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Nearly Half of iPad Users Already on iOS 6

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:01 AM PDT

iOS Distribution for iPad

It looks like iOS 6 has a very high adoption rate among iPad users, just two weeks after it's release. The latest numbers from the Chitika advertising network show that no less than 45% of iPad users are already running iOS 6.

The same report shows that 60% of iPhones are already running iOS 6. Here's a little detail on how the data was complied:

To quantify this study, Chitika Insights took a sample of millions of mobile ad impressions coming out of the Chitika Ad network ranging from September 18th to October 1st 2012. The growth rate of iOS 6 was then split by device and compared to total iOS Web usage to illustrate the differences in adoption by device …

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Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:50 AM PDT

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iPad mini reportedly in mass production, still on track for October release

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:13 AM PDT

Back in may iMore reported that the iPad mini was good to go this fall, and that it would indeed be a smaller iPad in a thinner, lighter shell. Now it's being reported that the 7.85-inch -- non-Retina -- iPad mini has begun mass production in China. Lorraine Luk at the Wall Street Journal has the story:

Asian suppliers for Apple Inc. have started mass production of a new tablet computer smaller than the current iPad, executives at component makers said, as the Silicon Valley company tries to stay competitive against tablets from rivals such as Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.

The WSJ claims competition is intensifying in the tablet space, but realistically, where? Apple is now selling the iPad in 90+ countries. Not only does Apple have iTunes in more countries than any competing content store, Apple's business model allows them to sell iPads even in regions where there's no iTunes store. Contrast this with Amazon, who can sell cheap tablets in the U.S. and a few, select other markets where they're able to try and subsidize them with content stores, but literally cannot afford to sell them anywhere else.

While there may have been some early concern that the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD would put significant competitive pressure on the small sized tablet market, necessitating a $200 response from Apple in the form of the iPad mini, it seems more likely Apple is looking at this from an Apple perspective. For some potential buyers, $500 is too high a price point, and 9.7-inches is too big and heavy a device to appeal. Remove both those barriers of entry, and you increase the addressable market.

Apple wants to own the tablet space, not just the large-sized tablet space. From education to enterprise to highly mobile, value-concious consumers, it's a huge target to hit.

Independently, iMore has learned that Apple is still planning to take their iPad mini-sized shot at it this month.

Source: Wall Street Journal




T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS and the $1.5 billion merger

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:35 AM PDT

T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS and the $1.5 billion merger

Turns out rumors of a fall wedding were true, and T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS have announced they're getting hitched in a $1.5 billion merger. Metro PCS will be taking T-Mobile's name, and the message they're pushing is one of value and affordability. Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann:

We are extremely pleased to announce this transaction with MetroPCS, which enhances Deutsche Telekom's position in the expanding U.S. wireless market. The T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands are a great strategic fit – both operationally and culturally. The new company will be the value leader in wireless with the scale, spectrum and financial and other resources to expand its geographic coverage, broaden choice among all types of customers and continue to innovate, especially around the next-generation LTE network. We are committed to creating a sustainable and financially viable national challenger in the U.S., and we believe this combination helps us deliver on that commitment.

Regarding the iPhone -- or, more accurately, the prospect of finally getting an iPhone on T-Mobile: As expected, nobody really took that one on during this morning's conference call. Executives did, however, remind everyone that T-Mobile's open to folks bringing unlocked AT&T iPhones to its network. But for now, nothing new on the prospect of an iPhone 5.

Here's T-Mo's CEO to tell you all about it...




Contest Winners: iPhone 5 Dream Device and Panorama Photos winners!

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:08 AM PDT

If there's one thing iMore loves even more than iPhones and iPads, it's giving cool iPhone and iPad devices, accessories, and apps to our awesome readers. This week we have the design your own iPhone 5 winner, and the weekly photo contest winner. And we'll tell you who they are... after the break!

Weekly Photo Contest: Panoramas! (with iOS 6): Catastrophology

Catastrophology - Panorama using iOS 6

iPhone 5 dream device giveaway!

Grand Prize winner - menithings with his iPhone X concept!

Runners up - sau124 and trickedoutdavid!

Congratulations to all the winners! You will be contacted during the week with information on claiming your prizes.




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