Forbes reports that Jefferies & Co analyst Peter Misek has proudly entered our iPhone 5 release pool , adding his voice to the many others that claim Apple will be releasing the iPhone 5 in September. Sort of. Misek states Apple will be going with ‘iPhone 4S’ as the name, following in the footsteps of the 3G to 3GS upgrade, and will not support LTE because the Qualcomm chipset isn’t ready just yet. He also believes Sprint and T-Mobile will be onboard at launch.

According to our industry checks, the device should be called iPhone 4S and include minor cosmetic changes, better cameras, A5 dual-core processor, and HSPA+ support [...] As for LTE, he says the Qualcomm LTE chipset Apple would have used "is currently not achieving yields sufficient for inclusion in the iPhone 5."

But he also says that "industry checks indicate Apple will likely announce Sprint, T-Mobile, and China Mobile as new carriers."

Adding China Mobile would further propel Apple’s presence in the Chinese smartphone market. Rumors of the ‘iPhone 4S’ name picked up last month when some developers were reportedly receiving beefed up iPhone 4 units for testing purposes.

Expectations that the next iPhone will be released in September have been mounting, but Apple could always have a surprise up their sleeve at WWDC in June.

What are your thoughts?

[Forbes]

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Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

• Angry Birds Rio: Now with beach volley! [$0.99 for iPhone - iTunes link]

• PBS KIDS Video for iPad: Watch videos from your favorite PBS KIDS television series anytime, anywhere (in the USA). [Free - iTunes link]

• Contacts Journal Keep track of your conversations with this Contacts Relationship Management (CRM) software, for your business, professional and personal use. [$3.99 for iPhone - iTunes link] [$4.99 for iPad - iTunes link]

• Mood Camera: Check the “mood” of your friends and surroundings and create stunning psychedelic art using 1 of 32 live effects. [$0.99 - iTunes link]

• SexTrack: Track your ‘performance’ in bed, or on any other soft surface, on the basis of movement: duration, amount, speed and intensity. (…um, yeah. There’s an app for that!) [$1.99 - iTunes link]

Any other big apps or game releases or updates today? If you pick any of these up, let us know what you think!

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Planet-iPhones has released a browser-based Cydia Search. You can browse cydia’s default repositories, or add your own, which the website will refresh every hour. You can also search through categories or look for a specific app directly.

The app view on the site is very clean and and clearly lists: the description, the price, the developer and the repository including whether its from a trusted or untrusted source. It also shows, the iPhone’s cydia UI, for screenshots and any other notes.

Tell us, will you use this as an alternative cydia search?

[Cydia Search] via [iSource]

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Developer James Thomson reported on Twitter this morning that he’s been threatened with patent infringement for his use of in-app purchases in PCalc Lite.

Just got hit by very worrying threat of patent infringement lawsuit for using in-app purchase in PCalc Lite. Legal docs arrived via fedex.

No idea what to do… They seem to be effectively claiming the rights to in-app purchase, but going after me, not Apple.

Talking to Apple now, may go quiet on this for the short term until I know what’s happening.

So, have talked to Apple contact – currently scanning everything in to send. Sorry folks, no PCalc 2.4 happening today.

To be clear, I haven’t been sued yet – I’ve been told that I am infringing their patent, they want me to license it, and I have 21 days.

Thomson isn’t the lone target of these threats, his UK timezone might just have gotten them to him sooner. Already Patrick McCarron has reported the same thing.

Anyone else get a patent threat via FedEx for in-app purchase use in their iOS app? So far @jamesthomson and I got hit.

I can now check off being threatened by a patent troll off my bucket list.

There are likely other developers who simply haven’t chosen to come forward yet. If you’ve gotten a FedEx patent threat today, let us know.

UPDATE: The company claiming infringement is Lodsys and they seem to be targeting iOS apps that have free/lite versions and full versions, and link to or allow updating within app from free/lite to full. Rob Gloess of Computer LogicX was hit yesterday [MacRumors]

Our app, Mix & Mash, has the common model of a limited free, lite, version and a full version that contains all the features. We were told that the button that users click on to upgrade the app, or rather link to the full version on the app store was in breach of US patent no 7222078, we couldn’t believe it, the upgrade button!?!

UPDATE 2: Apparently, according to the iOS SDK license, developers are not allowed to settle these kinds of lawsuits. [TidBITS]

In no event may You enter into any settlement or like agreement with a third party that affects Apple's rights or binds Apple in any way, without the prior written consent of Apple.

[@jamestomson, @McCarron]

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TiPb nation, as you may or may not be aware, a couple of weeks ago the TiPb Facebook page (along with a few other prominent tech sites) was torn down and it took Facebook the better part of a day to figure out how they were gamed and get it back online. And frankly, we’re not sure all our TiPb Facebook friends made it through the ordeal with us.

So, we’re calling all iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Apple TV lovers, we’re asking all gadget enthusiasts and techies — we’re counting on each and every one of you to head on over to TiPb’s newly restored Facebook page and become our friend. (i.e. go to the page and hit the “Like” button!)

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Details after the break, but really… you’ve friended us already, right?!

Yes, one of our Facebook friends, whether you’ve liked us from the start or just started liking us today, will win a shiny new Jabra STONE 2. Don’t even use an iPhone? No problem, we like you anyway, so Like us back because it will work not just with iPhone but with Android, BlackBerry, HP, Windows Phone… anything that supports Bluetooth. Here are the highlights, so tell your friends and get with the Likes!

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Samsung has just announced that it will be demonstrating a new display panel for touch screen devices at the SID Display Week 2011 next week in Los Angeles. The display will have a huge resolution of 2560 x 1600 @ 300dpi and will be a 10.1-inch panel.

What is interesting to us is that the display may pave the way for the highly demanded Retina Display in the next version of the iPad. One of the reasons it failed to materialize in the iPad 2 was put down to power consumption. The new Samsung display uses a technology known as PenTile which is said to draw 40% less power consumption. PenTile has been developed by Samsung’s partner Nouvoyance.

Because tablets are regularly used for viewing rich-colored images, the 10.1-inch 300 dpi display is ideal for applications that require extraordinary image and text clarity such as browsing the web and viewing high-definition movies, or reading books and spreadsheets. "In order to develop tablets with the form and function that consumers demand, a design engineer ultimately has to determine how to get the highest resolution display possible, while still fitting within the overall power budget for their design," said Joel Pollack, executive vice president of Nouvoyance, Samsung's affiliate company that developed the PenTile RGBW technology.

Before we get too excited, Apple and Samsung have a little bit of work to do prior to this display appearing on the next gen iPad. The current iPad 2 has a 9.7-inch screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1024 x 768. If this was doubled to make it a Retina Display, it would be slightly less than this Samsung panel at 2048 x 1536. The Samsung panel also has an aspect ratio of 16:10 which Apple do not acknowledge as being the best for a tablet device. There is also the small matter of an ongoing legal case between Apple and Samsung to sort out.

The good news is that Retina Display type panels are starting to appear now and become a real possibility for future devices. How many of our readers would want a Retina Display on their next iPad? Let us know in the comments!

[MacRumors]

 

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Tweetbot for iPhone has been updated to version 1.1 and includes partial landscape support and many other improvements.

• Landscape support for media, compose and web views
• Added User/Hashtag buttons to compose toolbar
• Improved accuracy of displayed locations
• Tweet gaps now load above instead of below
• Lists now sorted alphabetically
• Login now handles email address or username
• CloudApp image/video support
• Improved hashtag picker
• Fixed translation issue with British English
• Improved saving behavior for older devices
• Various bug fixes

If you pick this one up, let us know what you think!

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Many print newspapers and magazines jumped on board with Apple’s subscription model for the iPad, last week, which was surprising because publishers have always been concerned about being unable to gather information from their customers because Apple requires the subscriber to opt into releasing this information. It turns out that many customers are actually agreeing to share their demographic data.

Mark Edmiston, founder of the tablet magazine studio Nomad Editions, heard from other publishers that about 50% of subscribers are opting into sharing some personal information with them. Surprised, he confirmed that figure with Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of internet services.

So, all the sudden, what was an insurmountable obstacle no longer is.

It speaks volumes that half of the people who are confronted with the little dialogue box that asks permission to share their personal data say “yes”. People trust Apple and it’s App Store.

What about you? Do you opt in? If so, why? And if you don’t, why not?

[Forbes]

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There are hundreds of thousands of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps for just about everything — so how come the one you need, the one you know just has to be there, is so hard to find? Enter TiPb’s new weekly feature where staff and readers alike sort through the App Store and help you find just the right App for That. This week, Andrew asks:

I know there has to be an app that lets me set a reminder to call someone, then pops up an alert with a phone number so I can tap to dial it at the right time, but I just can’t find it. HALP!

You can always use the notes field of the built in Calendar app, but this requires you to first open the contact’s information, copy the phone number, then paste it into the notes of a new Calendar event, and that’s just way too cumbersome for our taste. There are also many to-do apps that include this functionality, but in this case, less is more. For a better solution, follow along after the break!

Call Meet Calendar [$2.99 - iTunes link] allows you to set up Calendar events for phone calls. After creating the reminder in the app and designating the desired contact and call time, it automatically creates an event in the native Calendar app with a link of the phone number in the notes field. Additionally, the app adds links in the notes that open it to edit the existing reminder or add a new reminder. When it’s time to make the phone call, a local notification pops-up and leads you to the calendar event. Making the call is only a tap away.

Call Meet Calendar also lets you to setup reminders for meetings, SMS, and follow-up. The premium version allows you to set up an unlimited number of reminders, while the free version [iTunes link] only allows 2 reminders per day and includes ads.

All in all, its a good solution. Would we rather see a call reminder feature built into the Calendar app with notifications that let you instantly make the desired phone call? Absolutely. Perhaps in iOS 5…

Bonus app: Reminders! Simple Todo and Alerts [$0.99 - iTunes link] is also great because, when accepting the notification, a new popup with notes and a direct call button appears.

Anyone else have any App for That suggestions for Andrew? Let him — and all of us — know in the comments.

Having trouble finding what you need in the app store? Send us an email to news@tipb.com and let us know what you’re looking for, and we’ll do our best to find you just the right App for That!

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