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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), the No. 1 telecommunications carrier, reported first-quarter earnings and revenue rose solidly, ahead of estimates, as smartphone customers spent more time on the network.

With the iPhone 5 release date still unconfirmed, rumors are spreading that Apple is planning a nano version of its next-generation smartphone, due to be released most likely in June or September 2012.

According to a latest report, Chinese parts vendor TVC-Mall has begun selling iPhone 5 home buttons in both black and white on its Web site, which contradicts earlier rumors regarding an oval shaped home button or the lack of a home button at all in the next iPhone.

An old Chinese woman with bunch of empty beer bottles was stopped at the Sha Tau Kok border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen for smuggling more than 200 iPhone 4S into China hidden inside the bottles. The Chinese custom officials at the Sha Tau Kok border caught the woman who claimed that she was taking the empty beer bottles from recycling.

Ever since the new iPad was released, tech fans have turned their attention to Apple’s next forthcoming innovation: the iPhone 5. The Cupertino-based company’s next generation smartphone isn’t expected to launch either this June or October, and the rumor mill has been churning with speculations and expectations.

If the ongoing predictions by analysts are to be believed, Apple is planning some interesting surprises for its customers this year. After foretelling that the sixth generation iPhone would get a significant redesign this time, analysts are now betting on an iPhone Nano to accompany the next iPhone model.

With the iPhone 5 release date still unconfirmed, rumors are spreading that Apple is planning a Nano version of its next-generation smartphone, due to be released most likely in June or September 2012.

It was definitely out of the ordinary: Real news from Samsung, on a Sunday morning? But there it was on Twitter, in black and white: Destination: tgeltaayehxnx. The word tgeltaayehxnx is actually a clever anagram that, when rearranged, spells out The Next Galaxy. For a time, we all assumed the Samsung Galaxy S3 would be unveiled on Monday, April 23. It wasn't, but we learned about some interesting features in the process.

A significant re-design of Apple's iPhone is expected in on the 2012 release date, but a new report says the company will be bringing out its thinnest phone yet, possibly breaking the 8-millimeter mark.

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, fell again Monday, a day before reporting second-quarter financial results that are expected to be sharply higher than a year ago.

Apple fans seem to have a lot to be excited about as of late. The most recent iPad model was launched in the beginning of March, and then rumors of an iPhone successor began surfacing soon after. Now it seems that a revamped Macbook Pro is in the works. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has yet to unveil the next-generation Macbook Pro and hasn’t mentioned a release date, but some rumors point to May or June.

After Chinese researcher named Loktar_Sun discovered a method that allows unlocking any model of the iPhone on any baseband with the help of the Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) by Sam Bingner, iPhone Dev Team also joined the party by releasing RedSn0w 0.9.10b8, an updated version of the jailbreak utility, allowing users of the SAM unlock tool to back up their activation tickets for safekeeping.

Samsung's first teaser about the Galaxy S3 reveals nothing. The Destination: tgeltaayehxnx. is a website containing a countdown clock that has two teasers showing technology that fits easily in your hand. Meanwhile, Amazon Germany has revealed Galaxy S3 features that include 4.7in Super AMOLED touchscreen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), a 12MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and face detection and 16GB of internal storage expandable to 32GB and a $786 price tag.

Recently Sprint has introduced for its subscribers Google's flagship Android ICS phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at a price for around $199.99 with a 2-year contract.

Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, is launching iCloud competitor, S-Cloud (or sCloud), at next month's Galaxy S3 announcement in London on May 3rd. S-Cloud would offer more than 5GB storage capacity like another cloud storage provider, Google Drive. Will it be better than Apple's iCloud service?

iPhone Dev Team's MuscleNerd has confirmed that a Chinese researcher named Loktar_Sun has discovered a method that allows unlocking any model of the iPhone on any baseband with the help of the Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) by Sam Bingner.

Samsung may unveil its third generation Galaxy S smartphone, the Galaxy S3, on Monday, April 23 at 7 a.m. On Sunday, Samsung Mobile's twitter account made a mysterious announcement at 9:52 a.m.: Destination: tgeltaayehxnx. If you add a .com to the end of that anagram for The Next Galaxy, you visit a Samsung Mobile website a beautiful-looking countdown clock.

It looks like Apple is going much thinner and lighter in its next smartphone, presumably called the iPhone 5. Sources from within Apple's foreign supply chains reportedly told Digitimes that the iPhone 5, expected to launch between the second and third quarter of 2012, will adopt in-cell touch panels manufactured by Sharp and Toshiba Mobile Display.

In less than two weeks Samsung Galaxy S3, the successor of Galaxy S2 will be unveiled in London on the Olympic ground. However, at the same time, in the May 3 event, where the tech enthusiasts who are eagerly waiting for the next gen phone, they will also witness the launch of Samsung's latest service S-Cloud with the new device.

Apple's fabled iPhone 5 is creating a host of fuss and hype on the Internet of late. according to the latest rumors, iPhone 5 will feature unibody design, liquidmetal casing, in-cell display panel, 16:9 aspect ratio, all screen display and will release in October.

Another 'leaked' image of Samsung Galaxy S3 hits the Internet. Rumored features of the 4.6-inch phone will include quad-core processor running at 1.4GHz, 1GB RAM, a Mali-400MP GPU, Ice Cream Sandwich OS and a screen with 320ppi pixel density and 720p resolution. The Korean company may also introduce S-Cloud service and Galaxy tab 2 (10.1)