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September 22, 2012, 7:15 AM

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Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
The iPhone 5 Performance Preview  —  This morning we finally got our hands on Apple's iPhone 5.  While we are eager to get started on battery life testing, that'll happen late tonight after a full day's worth of use and a recharge cycle.  Meanwhile, we went straight to work on performance testing.
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
iPhone 5 Benchmarked: The Fastest Smartphone in the Land  —  The iPhone 5 looks to be the fastest smartphone we've ever tested at PCMag.com.  —  With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones.  Most high-end phones nowadays run …
Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:
The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T  —  I can confirm that the Verizon iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked.  Even though I bought an iPhone 5 from Verizon under contract, I was able to cut down my AT&T Micro SIM, and use it in my Verizon iPhone 5 to pick up an AT&T signal.
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
TomTom: Don't Blame Apple Maps Problems On Us!  —  When Apple launched the original iPhone, one of the biggest complaints about the phone was that it was awful for making phone calls.  —  Apple did not bear the brunt of this criticism, though.  It was its cellular partner AT&T who was …
Daniel Rubino / wpcentral:
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 to be priced at $799 with keyboard  —  Last night we popped by PepCom, a little tech event that happens every few months here in New York City.  We were curious if Samsung would be there with their ATIV lineup (answer: no) and we were hoping to maybe spot some interesting tidbits for you folks.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Fortune's “Most Powerful Women” Features Techies: IBM's Rometty Tops List, but Yahoo's Mayer Grabs Cover  —  Fortune magazine put out its “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list today, which was topped by IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.  —  The nod to the leader of the longtime tech giant was followed …
Ms. Smith / Network World:
‘We will find you’ marketing gone wild: Candy bars that guarantee stalkers  —  What do you get when you mix technology with candy bars?  In a cool yet creepy for privacy marketing campaign, Nestle plans to stalk consumers.  The “We will find you” promotion involves GPS trackers embedded in chocolate bars.
Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:
iPhone 5 Reaches Same Level of Online Sales in First 3 Days that iPhone 4S Reached in First Month  —  Today, crowds of eager consumers will get their hands on the iPhone 5 as Apple's latest smartphone officially hits stores and mailboxes across the U.S. It's been just over a week since CEO Tim Cook …

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