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what's happening brian Tong here and welcome to the apt bite it's all the good stuff all the bad stuff and everything inside the world of Apple plus our captain america case giveaway winners it's all here now I don't know about you guys but I'm getting a little sick of all these made-up rumors and release dates for the iphone 5 so we'll give you something a little more substantial to chew on this week the boy genius report released photos of a possible iphone 5 clone from China and we know this isn't the actual next-gen iphone but it does resemble an iphone 4 with smooth out edges the new iphone is currently being built and parts leaked out from the factories our common thing like this iphone 5 proximity light sensor flex cable so this should be based on elements of the actual design now we wouldn't show you these pictures if we didn't have a connecting story and a picture of the potential iphone 5 that was taken by a 9to5 mac reader over the weekend on caltrain which is one of Northern California's transit systems was released now the reader was tech savvy enough to identify it as a different I device that he's never seen before it doesn't look like the 3gs it doesn't look like the four but it does look a lot like the earlier pictures we showed you now this picture here sure looks a lot like Bigfoot and check this one out that's the Loch Ness monster throw them in with the iphone Caltrans photo all real now new rumors have speculated the iPhone 5 is coming anywhere from September now even to October for other countries sohu com says the launch will also include a simplified iphone 4 which we've heard before but my gut says September for the US I'm sticking with it now on iTunes news appadvice reports the big a will be announcing a full-fledged re downloading and streaming service called iTunes replay in the next few weeks it's an extension of what Apple is already doing with music and the iCloud service but it will now include TV shows and movies now a recent software update to the 2nd gen apple TV allows users to stream their previously purchased TV shows directly from the box so now you can both rent and purchase shows from itunes and if you haven't checked your iOS devices lately you now have access to download previous just TV shows in the iTunes App to multiple devices as well now the report says content that's eligible will have a little arrow on it and some content will only be available to download five times it's a nice addition that prevents me from having to bring my computer and sync to it when I'm on the road to rewatch some older show so I like it now Apple's iCloud beta was also recently released for developers it will replace mobile me as their new syncing and storage service for both iOS 5 and Mac OS 10 Lions the iCloud comes with five gigs of storage for free and they also released a breakdown for how much it costs for additional storage but one piece of the puzzle that they aren't talking about in the public that much is that the idisk that's used for your personal storage will go away completely so purchasing more storage space for iCloud is to store contacts calendars and I work files but all those personal files with folders you've created on your idisk will go away so you want to start backing them up to service like Dropbox or you send it instead and this is just a heads up for the Apple biters because this is stuff that you guys should know all right let's check out some quick bytes skype for the ipad is free it's officially here and optimized from the ipad after a premature release it works over both 3g and Wi-Fi allows for two-way video calling and you can use skype credits to call landlines and mobile phones directly now more content coming to the iPad times and corporate magazines will be bringing all 21 of its magazines by the end of the year including titles that are currently unavailable like Entertainment Weekly and personal favorites of mine like essence and in style now for those of you looking to accomplish one of life's most elusive goals you might have done it already the iphone is king of the skies and go go wireless says that iphones make up nearly two-thirds of the devices on its in-flight Wi-Fi service that's 10,000 feet in the sky now ipod touches make up twenty percent and android devices are at twelve percent so be happy that's right tell all your friends you're all part of the mile high club with an iphone alright let's get to our winners from the captain america shield case giveaway for the iphone 4 and ipod touch the iphone case winners are michael vega george lee Brice Clark Chris Henry and Mario Sandoval who said he's actually captain Erica now the ipod touch winners are Austin Cooley Michelle Tom and Tom Keith who said I would make them look like a really cool dad so Tom let me know how that works out all right that's going to do it for this week's show send me your emails to the Apple by the cnet com i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll see you all next week for another bite of the Apple