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what's going on Brian song here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good stuff the bad stuff and everything in between inside the world of Apple and we gave you a breather from it last week but there's a new flurry of iphone 5 news starting with the report from all things d that claims Apple's iPhone media event for the iPhone 5 is scheduled for October fourth but it could also change at any time will be Tim Cook's first cookie note and who doesn't like cookies they report the plan is to make the new phone available a few weeks after that and that might be true if you listen to Al Gore now the former vice president currently sits on apple's board and must have been unable to hold back at a conference in South Africa when he said that apple will be releasing the new iPhones next month see that's plural which then set off a debate whether or not he was talking about one specific model or two separate models like the rumored 4s and 5 released together now the man created the internet and maybe I wouldn't put it past him but maybe he created the iphone 5 too but we know one carrier that will not be getting the iphone 5 and that's t-mobile after an internal news-post seamlessly and teemo's chief marketing officer outright said in the document we are not going to get the iphone 5 this year that pretty much squashes it but it doesn't rule out the possibility for them to get it in the future but its status with the ATT acquisition also makes for an unclear future now this may not be as juicy as an iphone 5 but according to boy genius report iphone 4s cases are already arriving at AT&T stores from OtterBox inspect for legit third party partners now you can see a larger opening for the camera but that doesn't mean it will have a larger camera sensor what the best news about this they're coming soon now there hasn't been much chatter on the ipod touch front but macrumors reports the next revision will be very minor with the main change being a color option for white now i really don't care but it will include the oleophobic coating that lasts for about a day and a revised ambient light sensor but it's expect to be nearly tentacle to the current generation all right let's take a quick break in if you hate fingerprints Donald bill will show you how to make a free ipad stylus touch screens offer an awesome and simple way to navigate and interact their tablet or smartphone except when they don't when it comes to detailed control something like drawing or writing it can be really useful to have a pen but not just any pen will work since it's not a matter of pressure but an issue of electric conduction you can buy compatible stylus for as little as five dollars but what if you need something right now well in this scene at how to I'm going to show you how to make a touchscreen pen that's essentially free assuming that your boss will look the other way if you raid the supply closet so here's what you'll need you'll need a pen a paper clip and a sponge now make sure that the pen is one of those that you can pull apart you also need 3 tools pliers scissors and a drill first step pull the pen apart and remove the ink cartridge keep it around though you'll need it later next slice a little rectangular wedge off of the sponge you're going to be squeezing a chunk of this through the barrel of the pen so make sure it's small enough to get in but thick enough to stay put any sponge should do as long as it has a little moisture in it and you can always test it out by using it directly on your screen next step drill a hole into the pen barrel the hole needs to be big enough for the paperclip to get through now shove the sponge through the barrel so that pokes out of the tip then put the pen back together and finally flatten out that paper clip and poke one end of it into the hole that you made just so that is jabbing the sponge and then wrap the rest around the barrel so long as your hand is in contact with the metal it'll carry an electric charge through the sponge and to the screen now won't work of the sponge is completely dried out though but a few drops of water should get you back in business so there you go a DIY capacitive stylus you can use with any tablet or smartphone it's not pretty but the price is right it's easy to customize and you can make one just a few minutes your cnet com and although I love arts and crafts time it's my favorite part of the day seconds a nap time now we always like to take a peek into the crystal ball of the bay gay and a new patent filing shows how Apple plans to have iPhones and other Apple devices communicate with things like a downtown parking meter garage or home door or even a cash register it plans to adopt other wireless standards allow iOS devices to effortlessly sync with future smart devices and appliances by forming connections with a specific parking meter or register in a store so that might be one of the many reasons to hold onto your iDevice or maybe you really do just like shiny toys according to UBS Investment Research eighty-nine percent of iphone users a plan to stay with Apple for their next handset well that's a huge number and the next closest manufacturer was HTC with a thirty-nine percent retention rate and a big sad face for rim which dropped from sixty-two percent to just thirty three percent over the last 18 months alright guys the quick bytes we beat up on the final release of final cut pro x an apple has responded by releasing an update that supports XML formatted projects and other missing features while multicam editing and broadcast video output support is still coming next year and they're also throwing in a 30-day free trial so no guys give it a try also do you guys know that Apple finally launched the 3g version of the ipad 2 in china well neither did we and neither did people in China Apple plan for the look at those lines of invisible people I've never seen so many the employees outnumber the scalpers and security guards too and you know the devices have been out on the grey market for a while so that was probably deterrent and the biggest turnoff the 16 gig version sold for the equivalent of 721 West dollars ouch now the Wisconsin library has launched a program that allows customers to borrow iPads instead of books the iPads are loaded with over 1,000 a book classics audio books and apps you can either use them in the library or take them home for a weekend I feel sorry for the person that has to clean them an apple is also starting a new program of their own that lends an iPad to retail employees for a week according to cnet the program is only available at the San Francisco store and might roll out to others but let's just see how long it takes for us to find one of these in a bar I'll give it a week all right let's announce the winners from our speck products macbook air case give away the correct answers to the different foods the Iron Chef macbook air slice up at the end of the show our mushrooms lettuce shrimp and an apple allow do you miss the mushroom about it was like a potato or a cookie so you guys need to pay attention but congrats goes out to Andrew gushin Mickey she Veronica and ricas shy hermit Thomas corsini Letitia Collins Chris Kirby and Ron oj gosh so congrats all you and that's going to do for this we show send us your emails to the Apple by to cnet com will catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple