Here are your Apple rumors and news items for Friday: Unlocked iPhone 4S Makes
T-Mobile Users Smile in November: Buck up, T-Mobile customer, Apple (NASDAQ:
AAPL ) is still thinking about you. Although the new iPhone 4S is only
officially supported by AT&T (NYSE: T ), Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) and Sprint (NYSE: S
) here in the U.S., Apple will release an unlocked version of the model later
this year. A Friday report at Apple Insider said starting in November, consumers
will be able to purchase the unlocked phones for between $649 and $849,
depending on the amount of onboard memory. However, the unlocked phones cant be
used with Sprint or Verizons CDMA networks only GSM networks like those used by
AT&T and T-Mobile. T-Mobile claims that 1 million iPhone users already use
unlocked devices on its network . Apple Drops Toshiba for SanDisk in New iPods:
Apple quietly announced a new iPod Nano media player during its Tuesday press
conference. The new compact player isnt spectacularly different than its
predecessor, with the exception of its innards. A report at iFixit (via 9 to 5
Mac ) found that the Toshiba-made flash memory storage used in previous iPod
Nanos had been replaced by flash drives made by SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK ). This
means little to consumers, but investors that follow the ebb and flow of where
Apple buys its components know the switch to SanDisk for these flash drives
marks a shift in where Apples funds are directed. DigiTimes reported in
September that Apple was shifting its sourcing of NAND flash memory to Japanese
manufacturers like Toshiba rather than Korea-based Samsung (PINK: SSNLF ), which
it relied on in the past. iPhone 5 Overseen by Jobs: Steve Jobs death will not
fully close his career with Apple. The iPhone 5 expected to release in 2012 will
be one of the last devices from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company overseen by
the visionary technologist. According to a Thursday Reuters report (via Mac
Rumors ), Jobs role in the creation of the next iPhone was confirmed by Softbank
(PINK: SFTBF ) president Masayoshi Son. The telecom president said in an
interview that Jobs work will come out to the world even after his death. As of
this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the
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