Apple iPhone 5 Design: 10 Hot Features We Expect to See

eWeek reports: "Apple and Verizon Wireless offered another sweet piece of the Apple mobile pie when they announced the iPhone 4 would be coming to the Verizon network Feb. 10. But iPhone fans are already counting down the days to the usual June unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. No official details are available yet, though media reports are beginning to zero in on some of the features the new device and platform are expected to have. One item we believe you can count on as sure as the night is dark is that the next iPhone will include Near-Field Communication capabilities. NFC is the short-range wireless communications technology that enables wireless phones to communicate with sensors in posters, signs and even point-of-sale contact terminals....

 In other words, such technology will make the iPhone an electronic wallet. Expect the iPhone 5 to include a chip and for iOS5 to include an NFC controller software stack homegrown and patented by Apple. But there will be more, lots more. In this slide show, eWEEK speculates on a bunch of other new features for the iPhone 5 this summer."

iPhone Troubleshooting Guide

Are you having an application or hardware problems with your iPhone? Check out the following articles to learn how troubleshoot or repair some of issues that you may encounter.
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Verizon iPhone 4 Teardown Hints at Apple's Future

eWeek reports: "Teardowns of the Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 by repair site iFixit and analyst
firm IHS iSuppli revealed that, while on the surface they appeared largely identical, Apple has
 done quite a bit of work on a phone that, in a matter of months, is 'set to be antiquated by the
 iPhone 5,' iFixit’s Kyle Wein wrote in a Feb. 7 report. Apple made changes to the phone’s
 battery and vibrator, but most important are new design choices regarding the
 Verizon iPhone’s CDMA technology and antenna, and the switch from a
 Broadcom chip to a Qualcomm MDM chipset.
Such changes, wrote iSuppli senior analyst Wayne Lam, in a report the same day, 'likely foretell of future updates coming in the next major model release of the Apple iPhone later this year.'"
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Apple iPad 2 Currently in Production

eWeek reports: "The company’s newest tablet will be “thinner and lighter than the first model,” unnamed sources told the Wall Street Journal Feb. 9. If the account is accurate, the next iPad will also include a front-facing camera for video conferencing, more memory, “and a more powerful graphics processor.” AT&T and Verizon, which currently offer the iPhone, will carry the device."
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Cheaper, Smaller Apple iPhone Will Be A Cash Cow

eWeek reports: "Apple could be working on a new iPhone that would be smaller and cheaper than current versions of the device, according to recent reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. So far, Apple hasn’t confirmed that such a device is on track for shipment later this year, but some speculate that the device will cost half as much as current versions of Apple’s smartphone."
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iPad 2 Leather Case Hands-on & Video!

M.I.C. Gadget reports: "Finally, we have some interesting updates for the much-rumoured iPad 2. Yup, we hope you enjoy the lengthy video above showing an in-depth examination of the iPad 2 leather case we got recently from a secret Asian case supplier, who does not wish his name to be written on our blog. So, the new iPad 2 leather case is indeed different. It does not fit our iPad, and we think it is designed for an iPad with tapered sides and a very flat back."

Microsoft makes OneNote free on the iPhone. Is iPad next?

ZDNet reports: "Starting today, in response to user requests, Microsoft is making OneNote Mobile for the iPhone available as a free download from the iTunes store, said Jason Bunge, Senior Director of Office Product Management. (I’m sure more than a few of the requests came from Microsoft employees with iPhones… but I digress.) The product will be free for a limited time period, the end date of which Microsoft is not specifying today."
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