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hey I'm Kareem levy and i'm eric franklin and welcome to rumor has it the show where we round up the week's biggest tech rumors and vote on what sounds likely and what's probably not true and remember that you can vote on all the rumors too so keep your eye out for the pole in the interactive player if you're watching on Cena first up according to Macotakara Apple's iPhone 5s and rumored low-cost iPhone could come in a rainbow of colors wait that's the rumor and haven't we heard that before yeah but wait let me finish so these possible colors could be pink and green and blue and yellow orange but they're already like tons of cases with different colors what does Apple get the yellow orange in real life steampunk rumors Google could soon use blimps and balloons to bring Wi-Fi to remote parts of Africa and Asia according to Wired dubbed high-altitude platforms or haps I guess these flying machines will reportedly connect roughly a billion additional people to the Internet it will also bring us closer to some kind of cool steampunk-inspired future Oh like BioShock Infinite yeah or Watchmen or skies of arcadia or the adventures of baron munchausen that's a really good one batman the animated series they also use it really well they're blimps are cool really really cool or the new Three Musketeers movie know the one done by Paul WS Anderson not the one from a few years ago they did they did like have a super to remake this wasn't that good but the Paul WS Anderson was actually really cool if you you know anything about that and also there's kind of like in other iphone news 9to5 mac is reporting that iOS 7 will have a more simplified look anonymous sources report that Jony ive Apple's design chief has decided to drop the textures the shiny icons and the lifelike design features in favor of a simpler interface because he doesn't believe that software design that mimics their real life counterparts will hold up over time so he's calling this look flat so the Notes app won't actually look like a notebook and the iBooks app won't look like a bookcase I don't believe it this is a totally anonymous source and until jony ive is there with a white background and the great t-shirt actually saying this I won't believe it I know and like what a waste of resources how about fixing autocorrect or adding some quick access toggles or including some proper multitasking features on well that's really all I have well moving on with the reveal of Microsoft's new Xbox one console last week gamers especially the hardcore up in arms about how the big MS plans to handle use games on the new system after plenty of cryptic responses from Microsoft execs xbox live's Major Nelson finally responded to clear things up the ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to xbox Xbox one is designed to support the trade end and resale of games reports about our policies for trade in and resell or inaccurate and incomplete we will disclose more information in the near future so if we were in a relationship with Microsoft this would be like us asking where do you see us in six months and it responding with I love you baby your needs are so important to me I'm thinking about them and have a plan for us look for more news at e3 yeah pretty much and if they just come out and said that instead of giving us mixed messages from the get-go then maybe we wouldn't be so upset are we still talking about Microsoft I don't even know anymore what do you guys think will the next Xbox play used games is that going to be a deal-breaker is Eric going to be okay don't forget to vote and leave us a comment and we'll check in with the cnet council the cnet council is composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by Cena or CBS interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the council's verdict is yes 425 editor's say that it will play used games however one editor said it probably will exact some kind of fee that will make us all miserable that's our show everybody please share your rumors at rumor has it at cnet com or call us at 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and tune in next week for more tech rumors you