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September 12, 2012, 8:45 PM

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Apple:

Apple Introduces iPhone 5 — Thinnest, Lightest iPhone Ever Features All-New Aluminum Design, Stunning 4-Inch Retina Display, A6 Chip & Ultrafast Wireless — Apple® today announced iPhone® 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever, completely redesigned to feature a stunning …

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Interview: Phil Schiller on Why the iPhone 5 Has a New Connector but Not NFC or Wireless Charging — While Apple managed to pack a bunch of new technologies into the iPhone 5, the company opted not to include the wireless charging found on Nokia's Lumia 920 or the near field communications technology found in the Galaxy S III.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Yes, you can keep your old unlimited AT&T data plan on the LTE iPhone 5 — AT&T has issued a press release today that indicates you'll be able to keep your old grandfathered-in unlimited data plan on your new iPhone 5 even if you upgrade using its subsidized pricing, as pointed out by Matt Buchanan on Twitter.

More: Digits, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, BGR, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, Macgasm, VentureBeat, PR Newswire and App Advice. Tweets: @mattbuchanan

AnandTech:

iPhone 5 Hands On Pics and Video - Updated: With Impressions — We just spent a good amount of time with the iPhone 5. The phone feels very thin and light (obviously), and the improvement in performance is very noticeable compared to the 4S. Apple didn't have any games (and obviously no benchmarks) …

More: Gizmodo, MacRumors, LAPTOP Magazine, SlashGear, Geek.com, PhoneArena and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @ryan

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S: what's changed? — Its name is enough to send CEOs into cold sweats, which is why the rest of the mobile world spent last week announcing their hardware back-to-back to steal a march on this handset. Now, after all of the rumor, speculation and leaks …

More: Phones Review and Engadget

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Sizing up the new iPhone 5 against its Android and Windows Phone competition — With the iPhone 5, Apple has finally tackled key areas where its Android competition previously held an advantage: a larger display, high-speed 4G LTE networking, and an improved camera are all inside the new flagship iOS device.

More: San Francisco Chronicle, iMore.com, CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, AllThingsD, Guardian, Mashable!, Engadget, Internet Evolution, ZDNet and WMPoweruser

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple introduces iPhone 5, 4″ screen, 7.6mm thick, 112 grams, 4G LTE capable, A6 processor, Lightning dock connector — Today at a special event in San Francisco, Apple introduced the iPhone 5. — “It's a jewel. It's the most beautiful product we've ever made, bar none,” said Apple's Phil Schiller.

More: SiliconANGLE, GigaOM, iMore.com, VatorNews, Digits, CNET, Inside Mobile Apps, Gizmodo, ZDNet, MacRumors, LAPTOP Magazine, Ars Technica, CNNMoney.com, AllThingsD, InfoWorld, MacRumors, The Verge, IntoMobile and The Verge

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

iPhone 4S drops to $99, iPhone 4 now free; Apple discontinues the 3GS — To make room for its latest iPhone, Apple has just announced new prices for the rest of the line — and the iPhone 3GS isn't part of the mix. Cupertino followed a similar strategy to what it used last year …

More: SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Fortune, iMore.com, Digits, CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Macgasm, TechSpot, TechCrunch and iPodNN

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

iPhone 5 Pricing And Availability Revealed: $199 For 16GB, $299 For 32GB, $399 For 64GB, Ships On Sept. 21 — Now that everyone's appetite for the iPhone 5 has been whetted, when can people actually get one? Apple's Phil Schiller took the stage after playing a brief video to talk …

More: DailyFinance.com and The Next Web

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Apple iPhone 5 to be available in separate GSM and CDMA versions

More: Marketing Land, iMore.com, GigaOM, SplatF, The Next Web, comScore Voices, Engadget, 9to5Mac and TUAW. Tweets: @glennf

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple posts full video of iPhone 5 and refreshed iPod event

More: Apple, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, MacRumors, iMore.com and TUAW

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple iPhone 5 to ship with new EarPods: Headphones with a ‘breakthrough design’, shipping today

More: The Verge, iMore.com, Engadget, TechCrunch and CNET. Thanks:@alex

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Apple's new iPhone 5 dock connector: It's called Lightning and it's 80 percent smaller, but the adapter is $29

More: iMore.com, ZDNet, CNET, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, BGR, Marketing Pilgrim, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Liliputing and AllThingsD

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple Offers Lightning to 30-Pin Adapters For $29 And $39, Both Ship In October

More: AnandTech, iMore.com and The Next Web

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

iPhone 5's LTE carriers include AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and more

More: iMore.com, The Next Web, ZDNet, MacRumors, Android and Me, Light Reading and ZDNet

Scott Lowe / The Verge:

Apple redesigns the iPod touch with 4-inch display, Siri, and upgraded cameras — After two years of maintaining the same aesthetic design, Apple has given the iPod touch a much deserved overhaul. As rumored last week, Apple has redesigned the iPod touch to feature a larger 4-inch Retina display …

More: Examiner, VentureBeat, CNET, iMore.com, LAPTOP Magazine, Apple, Gizmodo, PC World, CNET, Mashable!, 9to5Mac, BGR, MacRumors, The Verge, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and AppleInsider

David Pierce / The Verge:

Apple updates iPod nano with a larger screen, Bluetooth, and an FM tuner for $149

More: iMore.com, TechCrunch, CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, Los Angeles Times, AppleInsider, Marketing Pilgrim, Betabeat and Macgasm

Darren Murph / Engadget:

7th-generation iPod nano hands-on!

More: The Verge, The Verge and SlashGear

Darren Murph / Engadget:

5th-generation iPod touch hands-on!

More: TechCrunch, SlashGear, The Verge, VG247 and Phones Review

Brian Heater / Engadget:

iPod classic lives to play another day

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple's iOS 6 Available September 19: Facebook, Maps, Passbook, Photo Sharing, Siri And More — Apple first previewed iOS 6 back in June at WWDC, but today it showed off the shipping product in detail. It arrives September 19 as a free update. — In the intervening time you may have forgotten …

More: iMore.com, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, VatorNews, Inside Mobile Apps, Wired, TUAW, Ars Technica, The Verge and The Next Web

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Final iOS 6 Golden Master build released to developers — Apple has just released the final Golden Master (GM) build of iOS 6 to developers. Although a public version won't be available for existing users until September 19th, developers can use the final version to test against iOS apps in preparation for the new iPhone 5.

More: MacRumors, iMore.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Engadget and Gizmodo

Paul Sloan / CNET:

Apple by the numbers: 84M iPads, 400M iOS devices

More: AllThingsD, The Verge, iMore.com, Tech Trader Daily, SiliconBeat, AppleInsider, ZDNet, SFWeekly and Engadget. Tweets: @alex

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple is shuttering failed social music network Ping on September 30th — After making hints about its future back in May, Apple has announced plans to shut down Ping as of September 30th via a notice in its iTunes 10.7 update, reports Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac.

More: GigaOM, AppleInsider, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD and TechCrunch

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Apple Releases A Totally Redesigned iTunes With iCloud Built-In — As with every new hardware releases, Apple updated iTunes. But the media software received a major update today. The interface is now totally new with an edge-to-edge design. Browsing your music feels completely different with a great emphasis on album art.

More: The Verge, Apple, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, CNET, Pocketables, The Verge, LAPTOP Magazine, Lifehacker, TUAW and GigaOM

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Chrome for Android's first post-beta update brings better sandboxing, other tweaks — Chrome users on Android might have felt a bit neglected over the last couple of months, during which Google pushed a few updates to its browser on iOS while leaving its own platform untouched after it dropped the beta tag in June.

More: TechCrunch, Droid Life and Google Chrome Blog

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Google: 500 million Android devices activated

More: PC World, Google+, iDownloadBlog.com, IntoMobile, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Pocketnow, LAPTOP Magazine, AndroidGuys and DailyTech

Zoe Fox / Mashable!:

GoDaddy Apologizes for Outage, Gives Customers One Month Credits — GoDaddy tried to win back its customers' spirits Wednesday morning, following its server outage Monday. The world's largest domain register dolled out one month credits to all of its customers for their accounts.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Betabeat and CNET

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Evan Williams About Twitter's APIs: “We Didn't Have That All Figured Out” — Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt today to discuss Medium, their new online publishing platform coming out of Obvious Corp with YouTube's Hunter Walk.

More: VatorNews, Forbes, AllTwitter and Wired

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