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What if the iPhone 5 and the rumored iPad Mini are actually the same device?

I'll wait while you pick the pieces of your exploded brain up off the floor so we can continue.

If your mind isn't already totally blown, then you might want to strap on some cranium protection before watching the below video, which features an iPhone 5 concept (the latest in a line of fan designs) that imagines the use of something called "rubber-band electronics" to pinch and stretch an iPhone into a small iPad.… Read more

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-- Perhaps the most unexpected news to come from Amazon's Kindle-fest here today was its announcement of a $499 tablet that runs on the zippy 4G LTE wireless network.

The uber-high end Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE, which also requires a data plan from AT&T that will start at $50 a year, put Amazon squarely into Apple iPad 3 territory. Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos stood on stage at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica's local airport, making the case that the most expensive Kindle still beats a comparably loaded iPad by more … Read more

As back to school kicks off in the U.S., new data claims that Apple's iPad is outpacing traditional PCs in sales to students and schools for the first time ever.

Charlie Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Company, wrote to investors today that the iPad is now "cannibalizing" PCs in sales to the K-12 market, according to Apple Insider.

"Clearly, a significant portion of iPad sales represented an expansion of the market," Wolf wrote, according to Apple Insider. "But in view of the fact that Mac sales held steady at around 520,000 … Read more

It's time to get real: the iPhone 5 is probably almost here. Though Apple hasn't sent out an invitation, the tech world seems united in the belief that the company will hold a huge party on September 12 to reveal a new iPhone to the world. Here is a reason to doubt that assumption: Moscone Center, where Apple has held many major launch events, is fully booked that day for a microbiology conference!

Does that make us think the rumored release date is false? Not necessarily, as Apple could always hold the event here, which is where it … Read more

Lately there's been no shortage of rumors that Apple's got a smaller iPad on the way. The only problem is that we've heard this song and dance before.

Don't believe us?

CNET has rounded up just about every claim that a smaller iPad is on the way, going back to before the original iPad was announced.

It's a collection we plan to keep lovingly updated, and also one that should serve as a tasty grain of salt to take with any rumors that make their way out in the next few months. (Editors' note: This … Read more

Apple will unveil an "iPad Mini" in October after a September 12 coming-out party for the new iPhone, according to a report in AllThingsD.

ATD's John Paczkowski cited several unnamed sources in reporting the separate events.

As outlined by CNET's Chris Matyszczyk recently, there were reports in July that both devices would be announced by Apple on September 12 -- with the new iPhone actually hitting store shelves on the 21st -- and the shared-event claim was later called into question by Daring Fireball's John Gruber.

Of course, it remains to be seen how it … Read more

Russians are some of the world's biggest consumers of Apple goods. However, one of the main places they buy iPads, iPhones, and Macs is on eBay. That's because Apple doesn't directly sell its devices to Russia or have any retail stores there.

This may all change in the near future, however.

According to the Moscow News, Apple recently registered a company called Apple Rus and assigned it to the tech giant's local legal adviser -- Vitaly Morozko. Apparently, direct sales could begin as soon as 2013, yet it's still unclear when an Apple Store may … Read more

After finally letting users onto the site without an invite, Pinterest is now getting serious about mobile.

At an event in its new San Francisco headquarters today, the social network-meets-virtual pinboard debuted two new Pinterest apps -- one for Android and one for iPad, according to AllThingsD.

"Our goal has never been to get you in front of the computer transfixed for hours and hours on end," Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann said at the event, according to AllThingsD, "it's to get you offline."

Taking the site mobile seems like it would get users away from … Read more

The next iPhone and the iPad Mini haven't even been announced, but some people are already looking to see which will come out ahead.

By a wide margin, more customers want to buy an iPhone 5 than an iPad Mini, according to a survey conducted by coupon site CouponCodes4u.

The 1,900-person survey found that 78 percent would choose the iPhone 5, some saying they would use the smartphone more, while others questioned the use of a smaller version of the current iPad.

The results aren't that surprising. While the iPad has been a phenomenal success, it remains … Read more