Apple unveils iPhone 5, the thinnest smartphone in the market

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco- Apple Inc. revealed the iPhone 5 today with a newer form factor, a larger 4-inch retina display, a faster Apple A6 processor that has 2 times the graphics and 2 times the speed of the iPhone 4S. Apple has also added 4G-LTE data which will work with Canada's major carriers, the company has also managed improved battery life. The new iPhone will be available for pre-order on September 14, 2012 and will begin shipping in the US and Canada a week later. 

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The Apple Beat: 'iPhone 5' launch a landmark moment for CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks to deliver on the promise that 2012 will be product-filled year.

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San Francisco - Apple Inc. is expected to launch a new iPhone today as well as possibly new iPods and other updated products. For Apple's CEO Tim Cook, it will mark an important milestone as his first major iPhone launch and the world is watching.

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YouTube finally releases official app for iPhone and iPod Touch

The YouTube app that comes pre-loaded with most iOS devices was made by Apple and hasn't been updated in ages and Apple decided to ditch it altogether in iOS 6. Users who still want access to YouTube as a standalone app can now go and get Google's official App for iPhone and iPod Touch. The new app actually offers more content since the older YouTube app didn't play ad-supported videos.

Seeing the brilliant engineering Google has employed in recent iOS apps (have you seen Google + on the iPad? Stunning!) we expect an iPad optimized version that's Retinized to come along shortly.

Source: Venturebeat

Breaking: Apple confirms iPhone 5 in launch event invite

The above image is from the invitation that Apple sent some members of the press earlier today which confirms the long-rumoured September 12 iPhone launch event. The number 5 which shows up as a shadow seems to point that they will indeed call it the iPhone 5. The launch will be held in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts on next Wednesday. Note that the 2012 iPhone is really the 6th generation of the device since it launched in 2007. Counting the iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.  We will cover the event live as it happens in San Francisco next week.