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hi I'm Emily Dreyfuss and I'm Kareem levy and you're watching rumor has it where we round up the latest tech rumors this week we're going to talk about iphone 5 samsung Retina display and maybe a new sony tablet if you're watching on cnet you can vote on all the rumors to our first rumor is about the successor to the sony tablet s which will supposedly be branded with the experian name which is sony's line of smartphones the site mobi flip posted leaked internal documents showing that it'll be thinner will have better cameras 10-plus hours of battery life Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the aluminum case will be splash proof so that Mollywood could torture it by the pool since the tablet s was due for an update this rumor seems pretty legit now for iphone 5 rumor watch threat level burnt sienna which is more serious than orange sight I more citing sources who have proven right in the past aka anonymous drink Cheers these sources say the iphone will be released on sep tember 12th at a special event but won't go on sale until nine days later the soothsayers don't stop there their phd resistance is the prediction that an ipad mini will be in attendance at this huge event i heard some rumblings that the iphone is actually going to be released october fifth which is the anniversary of steve jobs as death well if it's October fifth or sep tember 12 either way I bet that it's going to be available the same day as the announcement our third rumor will make fans of our old podcast very happy court filings in the Samsung vs apple patent battle show that Samsung appears to be working on an extra large 11.8 inch tablet codenamed p10 with a retina like display in fact the samsung screen would have a higher resolution than the ipads you know what this means that the samsung retina display that we predicted on episode 12 of the podcast may actually become a reality roll the tape Samsung's next tablet will sport a true HD display and could come out before the ipad 3 they're going to call it the rutina dice play and i hope that nobody Sue's them for copyright infringement our weirdest rumor comes from the most respected of sources the New York Times the bits blog says Apple has been in serious talks to buy a stake in Twitter why in the world would they do that I think it's because they're facing increasing competition from social media networks for everyone's time and money if Apple can get you on its own network it just drives more people to iOS the easiest way would be to buy an existing social network which Apple tried wouldn't wanted to integrate ping with Facebook but failed now Apple could have bought Instagram but Facebook beat it to the punch which leaves just Twitter as Apple's best bet for a social Alliance I personally thinks that this makes sense if Apple wants to buy a social media network Twitter is cool Apple is cool and by the numbers and demographics they're both sort of exclusive clubs that cater to people who want a sleek design and interface and don't really care about a million features there also has been a lot of Twitter integration in Apple products and it seems likely that apple will want to have a financial stake in twitter so it could have control because you know how Apple loves to have control of things and has control issues so and in that case I'd prefer this to an apple made social network because I can barely keep up with the social networks that exists now and I'm talking to you google plus what do you guys think is Apple looking to buy a stake in Twitter don't forget to vote we're going to go ask the people on the streets of San Francisco what they think make one no I think they everything that I've read about that that story is that they just want to invest in one I can see him doing that yeah I would definitely check it out would be awesome I would say no I don't I don't think apples can say it they already failed with ping my guess is that they'll be trying to sell their products through it somehow I think the whole deal is just going to try to integrate you as closely with the family of products as possible what do you think it might look like if Apple did back something like Facebook well the people in the street actually had a lot of information about this topic and they all seemed interested in trying out an apple social media network let's go see if the cnet Council of experts agree the cnet councils composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by cnet or CBS interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the cnet council's verdict is nay Apple is not interested in buying a stake in Twitter according to our experts although three said no and two said they should be that's very interesting don't forget that you can meet the cnet council in person soon we're throwing a rumor has it launch party at cnet headquarters and you could be invited sadly we can't cover transportation costs so if you can get yourself here and 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