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what's up brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple now we're doing giveaways and exclusive promos every show for the holidays through December because you know what we're the gift that keeps on giving so let's get to the show and the latest rumor report from the commercial times based in China claims that Apple will begin trial production of the iphone 5s as early as december am I the only one that just threw up in my mouth now the paper says the iphone 5s if there even is one could enter volume production in the 1st quarter of 2013 and be set to launch earlier than expected take what you want from this but there's no need to rush on Apple side look for fall 2013 to be the time frame unless they pull an ipad 4 thing on us like they did but with the iphone then yeah i might get a little crake right just like that now in more iphone news a recently released report says that text messaging in the u.s. dropped for the first time in years thanks to apples iMessage and other data based messaging apps text messages for an individual in the third quarter drop from 696 texts per month to 678 now that might seem like a small number but SMS messaging has seen continuous growth every year up to this point now most of my messaging happens after 11pm you know what I'm saying okay well Apple was awarded a few patents recently for that page training animation in iBooks that some of you still can't stop doing over and over and their iPad Smart Case that uses magnetic sensors to turn the screen on and off and in great news the big a published a joint statement with HTC announcing they have settled their patent dispute and agreed to a broad tenure licensing agreement between the two companies proving that yes enemies can end up being friends but not all of them Samsung Shin Jung Hyun who heads their mobile and IT division was quoted was saying it may be true that HTC may have agreed to pay 300 billion 12 Apple but we don't intend to negotiate all ok fine not everyone can be friends but hey guys have you been looking for the next evolution of headphones and some really cool future stuff a patent filing recently revealed Apple has invented the next-gen dual-mode headphone design that can be operated in two modes now the first mode would be your normal everyday headphone design with sound specifically targeting your ears but the second mode would allow you to rotate them out 90 degrees rest them on a table and put them in true speaker mode with a full amplifier so the music could fill a room in a social setting how sweet would that be very sweet let's just hope you don't pick them up to use while they're a masseuse to promote now to make sure you won't with a sensor but this is a really cool concept an idea that I'd love to see all right let's take a quick break for our App of the Week with editor extraordinaire jason parker hey everybody welcome to tap that app i'm jason parker and this is the show where we check out the hottest apps in the mobile space Angry Birds Star Wars is finally here just like the other angry birds games you're presented with a level where you'll need to destroy all the pigs but these Imperial Pig troopers have new tricks up their sleeves including blasters you'll need to avoid as you progress through the levels you'll unlock new Star Wars birds like the obi-wan Kenobi bird that uses a force push to knock down objects and take out pig troopers your birds level up as you play too so the original loop bird you get in the beginning well later earn a lightsaber that you can use to take out objects in your way of course if you fail to finish the level you'll get a glimpse of a pig Darth Vader continue to try again there are more than 80 levels to explore including hidden levels you can unlock by getting a specific number of stars an early bonus level I played let me use c-3po and r2d2 birds to take out pig troopers in space using the droids own special abilities if you get 30 stars you'll also unlock the mighty falcon which you can use on particularly hard levels to blow away all the pigs at once Angry Birds Star Wars is available now at the app store with an iphone version that cost 99 cents and an HD iPad version for 199 if you like Angry Birds or Star Wars I heartily recommend you tap this app immediately I love the game Jason but I don't like the way you said tap this app was almost dirty all right let's get to the quick bites and the second iOS 6.1 beta has been seated out to developers and a couple of things people have noticed is a new launch screen for passbook with a new look that might already hint to the transition jony ive's is handling iOS's look and feel plus the ability to download and delete individual songs in the music app for iTunes Match users has returned and also recently nokia announced they will be releasing their new map app for iOS called here that will be free include voice guided navigation public transit directions and feature offline capabilities as well nokia says it will be available in the coming weeks all right let's get to the winners from last week's contest the iOS NBA 2k13 winners are Ryan Ritchie who said Bugs Bunny and Space Jam was his favorite player Carl Andrew Johnson likes nate Krypton 8 Robinson William Heslop says vince carter for us canadians a and a lot of you wrote in with brian scalabrine the white mamba and jason morrow said Brian you're my favorite basketball player of all time because only two people in this world could pull off your hair do you and Rufio from the movie hook thanks Jason I also asked you the Apple biters to send me some photoshop goodies and you delivered body rosh sent me a few and really went to town so he's getting the xbox version and one guy our dough went the distance with this cover pic for me for NBA 2k14 writing Harrison Barnes he gets the ps3 dynasty edition so congrats the hall and we told you got one more giveaway this week it's brand new ipad mini book jacket cases from in case these are hot right now and they could be yours will just make it simple send us an email to the apple byte at cnet com they could be yours plus in case is hooking you all up with a 25-percent code off everything from their online store at the website go in case calm with a code apple byte 25 alright guys that's going to do it for this week's show I'm Brian Tom thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple