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what shakin brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good of bad inside the world of Apple we have the winners of our gelaskins give away and another give away and kill a promo but first let's get to the show and if you've been holding out on the iphone 5 and you're waiting for the next one that weight may not be too far away after etrade supply posted several photos of what it believes to be the rear shell for the next generation iphone which based on its shape is being referred to as the iphone 5s now the difference is to point out here are in the red boxed area with the logic board screw holes that you can see are aligned in a different pattern the purported iphone 5s rear shell is on the left and there's also subtle differences when you compare the other colored highlighted areas side-by-side now the origin of these photos are still unknown and they could just be an older prototype design from the first gen iphone 5 that was never used but digit times which has been hit-or-miss reported last month that trial production of the iPhone 5s is already underway with the target of the middle of 2013 for lunch we've heard plenty of stories about Apple launching their own Pandora like music streaming service as far back as September but it still hasn't materialized CNET's own Greg Sandoval reports that his sources say at a minimum a deal with all the major music labels is nowhere near to being completed and the deal Apple offered to them in recent weeks has left the record companies with a cold response so even in the best case scenario it will still be a while before we see anything that looks like an I radio service and don't confuse it with iHeartRadio which has a heart that represents love now itunes 11 was released last week and I'm a fan of the streamlined and cleaner interface really just try using it without the sidebar but if you guys miss it that much you can get it back by going to the menu to view and then show sidebar see you guys will be ok now the iCloud integration is a lot better the up next feature to add songs to an instant playlist really replaces iTunes DJ but my favorite part about it is the new search feature that can be accessed at any now there's a lot of features it's missing from the previous version but according to all things D a minor update is coming that will bring back the ability to find duplicate songs missing album art issues will be addressed and movie streaming bugs to Apple TVs but one thing Apple said is officially not coming back is cover flow and it affected some of the members on our staff alright we talked about the imax last week but here's a little sample of the review of the incoming 27-inch imac from our own rich brown hi I'm rich Bradford cnet today we're going to take a look at Apple's new editors choice winning iMac so this is the 27-inch version of Apple's new iMac and this model in particular is the 1999 version with a few upgraded specs it comes to 2,600 bucks with all the upgrades but we find it's definitely worth it considering how fast it is and how good the screen looks now one of the first things Apple mention about the new imac is its new thin design so from that angle you can see this bezel here it's about five millimeters thick and it really looks like this is a revolutionary new display now we keep going here and you'll see it's actually not quite as thin as Apple made it out to be this is big bulge here in the back and from front to back the moderate is actually about two and a half inches thick now it's certainly not a behemoth but it's also not the sort of razor thin display that Apple put out there and of course a standout feature with a 27-inch imac is its giant gorgeous display so this is 27 inch screen and it's 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution that puts it among the ranks of the highest res all in ones out there now on top of that high quality screen Apple's also really tried to minimize the reflections you get from the glossy bezel Apple's had some pretty good success here it's not entirely reflection free but it's also better than some of the other high in 27 inches we've seen now rounding out the features on the new iMac there's two microphone inputs up here the hard to see but they definitely improve voice fidelity when you're making calls now as I mentioned our imac review unit comes with a lot of upgraded parts that puts its price pretty high up at about twenty six hundred dollars it starts at 1,800 bucks though so that makes the system really pretty competitive given that you still get the core i5 CPU a standard terabyte hard drive as well as the big display now there are some points of inconvenience with the system the lack of a direct HDMI input and no optical drive means you have to jump through a few hoops if you want to use it for home entertainment but especially for serious users that need a high resolution screen and all the performance you get with the system this is an easy recommendation so I'm rich brown this is apple's new editors choice playing 27-inch I thanks rich and editors choice pick that's legit and don't worry guys we'll show you everything that goes down when I get mine all right to the quick bites the YouTube iOS app has been updated with ipad and iphone 5 support now that's right full iPad support and then interface designed for it plus it also brings airplay capability back to the app videos are supposed to start faster play more smoothly and they've also approved voiceover support for the visually impaired also I work fans I know you're out there Apple released updates for both the iOS and Mac versions of I work with most of the significant updates coming on the iOS side for improved compatibility with Microsoft Office apps and check this out if black or white isn't your style a service called a no style adds new anodized colors to your iPhone 5 or iPad Mini you'll have to send your device in but it's more than just painting it it's a chemical process that changes the color and people with money to burn can pay 249 for the iphone 5 and 299 for the ipad mini to get a color change now we've also talked about the Steve Jobs biopic called jobs that will star aston kutcher well the Sundance Film Festival released a note saying jobs with a lowercase J and then the rest of letters capitalized will be the events closing film and look at this picture released Kutcher just really captures that sexy nerd on a table appeal that SJ always had alright let's announce our gelaskin winners here Congrats go out to our email winners first Justin Dean Kyle bashan Sanjeev Kumar who said all I want for Christmas is for you and Jamie to hook up together Jamie okay enemy Chuang who said she will learn to speak as many languages as possible so she can say brian is a sexy mother to the world I like that one now on a Twitter at Kevin Escobar 07 @ macro stuff at aiza baller are all winners and at gar shields who wrote all i want for christmas is to get up walk to my closet and find all your t-shirts hanging there well guard this is perfect for our next giveaway for the season now a lot of you asked me where do i get these crazy t so we're gonna hook you up the Apple biters babe my friends at design by humans calm are the best we're doing two things first a free t-shirt giveaway for five of you they do shirts for both guys and girls all you have to do is go to the link below and tell me what your power animal is now look at this picture think about it and when you feel something click on that spot to reveal your power animal okay tell me what it is and your t-shirt size and we'll pick five of you at random plus we have a twenty percent off code for everything off their website use the code Apple bite and it's good for the entire month of December and trust me you'll get a lot of attention with these shirts I can't tell you what hey Brian that's a nice shirt yeah i mean really nice sure nice all right that's going to do it for this week's show email us at the apple by to cnet com or tweet me i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple that's my sleep