We’re packing in the rumors before the weekend, along with a story about how your smartphone could kill you save your life, and a picture of Steve Jobs like you’ve never seen him before. The remainders for Friday, January 25, 2013 can row a boat, can you?
A Few More iPad 5, iPhone 5S, and iPad mini 2G Details (iLounge)
Over at iLounge, there are rumors aplenty: The iPhone 5S may feature a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and improved processor; a smaller, sleeker iPad 5 might drop in October along with a second-generation iPad mini; the low-cost iPhone could be real; and the company is hard at work darning new iPad socks. We’ll let you decide which one(s) are real.
Suppliers: iMac Production Capacity Shortage Solved, Strong Sales Projected in 1Q 2013 (BrightWire)
While we’re on the rumor mill, China Times claims that Apple has successfully ramped up iMac production and sales should increase in the next quarter. Which is really shocking, because I thought they were all just going to give up.
The key to better health care may already be in your pocket… and it’s not your wallet (Rock Center)
Or your keys. Or that pack of breath mints that’s been there since the first Clinton administration. Definitely not those. You should throw those out.
Nose Jobs: The Story Behind The Most Incredible Steve Jobs Photo You’ve Never Seen (Cult of Mac)
Come for the wacky Steve Jobs picture, but stay for the wacky picture of George Lucas and Yoda.
Apple CFO Jerry Seinfeld Addresses the Shareholders (The Bygone Bureau)
We can only hope this road leads to Seinfeld impersonating Peter Oppenheimer on next quarter’s financial call.
Author: Dan Moren, Contributor
Dan has been writing about all things Apple since 2006, when he first started contributing to the MacUser blog. He's a prolific podcaster and the author of the Galactic Cold War series, including his latest, The Nova Incident.