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September 19, 2012, 2:20 PM

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Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen  —  The world's most popular smartphone becomes significantly faster, thinner and lighter this week, while gaining a larger, 4-inch screen—all without giving up battery life, comfort in the hand and high-quality construction.  —  [ See post to watch video ]
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPhone 5  —  The iPhone 5 is really nice.  It feels great, looks great, has the best display I've seen at any size, runs noticeably faster, networks noticeably faster, is way thinner and lighter than any of its predecessors, takes better photos, and, in my six days of testing, gets totally decent iPhone-4S-level battery life.
More: Fortune
David Pogue / New York Times:
IPhone 5 Scores Well, With a Quibble  —  If you were taking a college course called iPhone 101, your professor might identify three factors that have made Apple's smartphone a mega-success.  —  First, design.  A single company, known for its obsession over details, produces both the hardware and the software.
Andrew Rassweiler / iSuppli:
iPhone 5 Carries $199 BOM, Virtual Teardown Reveals  —  This is an IHS iSuppli News Flash from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS) covering the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service's virtual teardown of the iPhone 5.  This virtual teardown information is based on an analysis …
Kevin Smith / Business Insider:
Apple's New iPhone Software, iOS 6, Is Available Now!  —  Apple's new operating system for iPhones and iPads, iOS 6 is out now.  —  The update is rolling out slowly, probably to save Apple's servers from going down.  So if you don't see it right away, keep checking.
Anil Dash:
Who benefits from iOS6's crappy maps?  —  The classic criticism that thoughtless Apple haters use against the company is that it makes products that are pretty but dumb.  Usually those criticisms are by people who don't understand the value of a comprehensible user experience …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows Phone 8X by HTC has a 4.3-inch display and Beats, launches early November  —  HTC is unveiling its flagship Windows Phone 8 handset today, the Windows Phone 8X.  The branding might sound Microsoft-like, but there's a good reason for that — the two companies have joined forces …
Spencer E. Ante / Digits:
Former TechCrunch Editor Erick Schonfeld To Run DEMO  —  The technology conference wars just got a bit more dramatic.  Former TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld is taking over the management of DEMO from VentureBeat editor in chief Matt Marshall, who is returning to the tech blog exclusively …
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Christina Farr / VentureBeat:
Keynote: Marc Benioff wants to lead a ‘social revolution’ in the enterprise  —  SAN FRANCISCO -"Are you pumped up and ready to go?  We are hear to excite you!"  Marc Benioff addressed a screaming crowd at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this morning, after an opening performance by rapper, MC Hammer.
More: TechCrunch and ZDNet
Brooke Crothers / CNET:
Intel sets Windows 8 tablet event with HP, Samsung, others  —  Chip giant will host a coming-out party for Windows 8 tablets using its latest system-on-a-chip.  —  Intel is going to kick off the season of the Windows 8 tablet by hosting an event next week attended by virtually all of the major PC players.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Here Come The Tweets: Gnip Offers Access to Full Twitter Archive (For a Price)  —  Twitter is largely credited with the rise of the “interest graph,” the name for the network of various and sundry things we as humans like to do, and the ways in which those interests connect us to one another.
Paul Spain / Tech Jungle:
Acer shares Windows 8 tablet pricing  —  Acer shares Windows 8 tablet pricing  —  Microsoft New Zealand have been showcasing a number of Windows 8 devices from Acer at events in recent weeks.  The Acer Iconia Tab W510 and Iconia Tab W700 particularly stood out to me so I asked for more detail.
More: The Next Web and ZDNet

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