New York City just saw its biggest gun bust in history. At least 19 people where involved in selling a nightmare arsenal of over 254 weapons, toting deliveries into the city by bus, using backpacks and suitcases. And Instagram and YouTube helped crack the case.
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Does our own self-professed book collector Dan Cooper need an e-reader? No, but he might get one anyway. And do you need a portable charger with 3.6 times the capacity of an iPhone 5? Yes, or at least that’s what Darren tells us.
Filed under: Misc, Peripherals
We’re less than a month away from September 10th, when Apple is expected to unveil its new smartphones. There have been many rumors over the past couple of months claiming that Apple is facing production issues which might constrain iPhone 5S shipments upon launch. The primary cause of these issues is said to be the fingerprint sensor. As per a well known analyst with a solid track record of predicting Apple’s plans, the production issues might lead to the iPhone 5S being outshipped by the iPhone 5C in the September quarter.
Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities believes that Apple will ship 8.4 million iPhone 5C units while only managing to ship 5.2 million units of the iPhone 5S. Despite that, Kuo believes that iPhone 5C won’t become Apple’s best selling iPhone. Instead the iPhone 5S shipments are expected to grow by 438 percent in the holiday quarter after September, reaching to nearly 28 million units being shipped around the globe. Even if the future means that iPhone 5S units will roll off production lines without any further issues, Apple would have limited supply available at launch to meet the demand of all those who have been waiting for a new iPhone, for well over a year now. Both iPhones will be launched in selected markets initially, and stock will be divided between those markets to cater to the launch day demand. Another analyst recently said that iPhone 5S is going to be Apple’s most successful iPhone launch ever, one can bet that initial demand will be overwhelming.
iPhone 5S Production Issues Might Cause It To Get Outshipped By iPhone 5C original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Apple is expected to unveil two new smartphones next month. One of them is said to be a budget offering, a toned down variant of the iPhone, which is reportedly going to be called the iPhone 5C. A recent rumor had claimed that Apple would stop offering iPhone 4S and instead replace it with the iPhone 5C as the entry-level iPhone offering. In a note to investors today, famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities said that instead of replacing the iPhone 4S, the budget offering would instead replace iPhone 5. This move would essentially make the iPhone 5C a mid-range product instead of the low-end device everyone is making it out to be.
There’s just one problem that would remain if the iPhone 5C doesn’t replace iPhone 4S. Apple wouldn’t be able to phase out the old 30 pick dock connector which the iPhone 4S uses. If it were to be replaced by the company’s upcoming budget smartphone, the entire lineup would then become compatible with Apple’s Lightning connector. Recent rumors suggest that iPhone 5C might be priced somewhere between $300 to $400, customers would not be required to take up a service contract with a carrier. On the other hand, iPhone 4S would be offered for free with a two year contract. There’s no confirmation about any of these plans just yet, so its best not to form a notion right now about the upcoming iPhones.
iPhone 5C Will Replace iPhone 5 Instead Of The iPhone 4S, Analyst Claims original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Just from glancing at Twitter, the old adage that the "kids are our future" becomes pretty bleak, pretty fast. Thankfully, 11-year-old Quinn Sheeran has arrived to restore your faith in humanity with his brilliantly epic Rocky-theme-playing deodorant—all engineered by the kid himself.
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Imation Corporation Japan is going to release the compact portable speaker compatible with a lightning connector “TAC3122N” on September…
What we’re about to describe is the same kind of phenomenon we experienced with 5-inch phones in 2010. If you recall, that year marked the debut of the Dell Streak 5, an absolutely massive smartphone / tablet hybrid for that time. Fast-forward to 2013, when 5-inch screens are the norm and 6.44-inch displays are now considered too unwieldy. Such is the case with the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, which borrows many traits from the smaller Xperia Z while taking on a flatter shape. Basically, Sony turned the old Z into a plate phone. As it happens, we got a chance to play with one thanks to our friends at Negri Electronics, an online retailer in the US that sells the Z Ultra’s baseline model for about $675. So is the phone comfortable to hold? Does it make more sense as a tablet? And does the Ultra have any redeeming traits outside of its size?%Gallery-slideshow72858%
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Sony
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Nokia’s Lumia lineup of Windows Phone devices have been relatively successful in the market. The company has long been rumored to be working on a tablet as well as a phablet, which is basically a cross between a smartphone and a tablet. Phablets have displays larger than conventional smartphone but smaller than 7 inch tablets. According to The Verge, Nokia has a 6 inch 1080p display touting phablet up its sleeve, codenamed “Bandit.” Said to be one of many 1080p Windows Phone devices that Nokia will release in the future, the Bandit is reportedly powered by a quadcore Qualcomm processor.
The report further says that the Bandit will have a slight hump at the back, similar to the Lumia 925, to accommodate its 20 megapixel camera. Reportedly fashioned out of polycarbonate, the Bandit is said to be very light and thin. It is said that Nokia Bandit phablet is currently being tested at AT&T and may be launched in the U.S. by the end of this year. Nokia itself has dropped no hints of an upcoming phablet, let alone one with a full HD 1080p display. If the rumor does turn out to be true, it is possible that the device might be launched around the holiday season.
Nokia ‘Bandit’ Phablet To Have 6 Inch 1080p Display And 20MP Camera [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Go on, reject the notion. Work yourself into a tizzy. Then, grab an Orange Crush and a bag chair, ’cause you’re going to need some serious support to handle the realization. The gold iPhone is coming, and it’ll be launched during Apple’s upcoming event on September 10th. As AllThingsD reports, a new flagship iPhone will be unveiled with an “elegant gold tone,” which is said to be more like champagne in actuality. If the rumors prove true, we should see a white face with a gilded rear… which will never be seen by anyone once you strap a case on it. Best of all? We’re sensing a golden opportunity for Macklemore to score a product placement promotion in a future music video.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
Source: AllThingsD
Today, Twitter will begin adding related headlines to tweets to provide context and background to what the hell someone is talking about. Providing context to the noise makes sense, but Twitter hasn’t provided complete details on how the new feature will work or how widespread it’ll be.
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