Samsung landed a sales injunction in Germany against Apple products having to do with patents for 3G tech Samsung holds. The result is Apple has been forced to pull its products using 3G technology from its German online store.

Rumors are swirling that the iPhone 5 may be revealed in June. If true, the phone will surface for the first time at WWDC.

The good news for iPhone users on T-Mobile is that the carrier is planning to improve the support for iPhones starting on January 30, which is today. The carrier is adding a special iPhone support page, which will help iPhone users that need assistance. Alas, the phones was still be only 2G capable. Last week Samsung saw its second 3G patent suit against Apple rejected by the courts.

The suit in question was in German courts, the judge Andreas Voss rejected Samsung claims without a clear explanation of why. I would imagine Apple doesn’t really care why, it’s just glad the claims are rejected. I doubt this is the last time we hear of lawsuits between Samsung and Apple.

The patent has some snazzy line art with a stick figure walking up to the gadget. It outlines that the detection would look at skin tone, location of eyes and mouth compared to a reference image, and match the face with one in an image.

The presence detection could turn the device on as soon as you walk up. Together the device would turn itself off and on and log you into your user account just by you walking up to it. That sounds really cool.

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A new rumor is floating around that a completely new iPhone will be surfacing in the fall of 2012. The rumors point to a new smartphone with an aluminum back more like the iPad.

The reports from Christmas Day are in and apparently iOS devices had record setting activations. On Christmas Day alone there were 6.8 million activations that day alone.

The ITC ruling in the patent infringement case Apple brought against HTC for allegedly using its patents has been delayed again. There is no indication from the ITC why the ruling has been delayed for a second time.

Linksys has a new router called the E4200 v2 that has launched that has a cool new feature. That new feature allows the router to be set up and managed form an iPhone or other devices using a Linksys app.

Rumors claim that the iPhone 5 will launch on September 12 but the iPad 2011 launch rumor has changed. The iPad 3 won’t launch this year according to the sources.

Another legitimate looking fake Apple store has been found in China. This one is two stories and apparently sells black iPhones modded to be white for $110 more.

iPhone 5 orders have peaked according to reports. Apparently, Apple is looking to ship 20 million iPhones in Q4.

There are rumors that the iPhone 5 won’t ship in September, but will come in October. The specific ship date with the new rumor is October 7.

We all know at this point that Apple is working on a new cloud music scheme. Word has come in that Sony has now signed up for the service and a deal may be close with Universal.

A new patent has surfaced that shows off the Apple cloud music service will look like. The patent was dated in Q4 of 2009 so it has taken Apple a while to get things in order for the service.

Reports that the iPhone is tracking the user’s location have raised some serious privacy concerns for consumers. Reports claim that the iPhone and Android devices regularly send location data back to Apple and Google.

A rumor is making the rounds that claims Apple has been sending a new prototype of the iPhone with a faster processor around to game developers. According to the rumor, the phone is a 4S prototype and uses the A5 processor Apple makes.

Kee Utility has started to ship its interesting Desk Phone Dock for the iPhone. The dock charges your iPhone and gives it a wired handset and speakerphone along with stereo speakers for about $150.

A new patent has been granted to Apple that could see future dock ports changing. The port in the patent works with USB 3.0, DisplayPort, and ThunderBolt with one design.

Being able to buy the iPhone in more stores is a good thing when you are trying to find the smartphone. The iPhone is headed to Target and Sam’s Club soon with the device being one of the first in the Target mobile phone center. No specific dates on when the iPhone will hit the locations is known.

Foxconn has confirmed that there will be price increases on the cost to build the iPhone. At the same time, Foxconn denies that Compal and other major makers of handsets for Apple and other people are trying to use the price increase to steal the lucrative manufacturing contract from Foxconn.

Apple has lost a patent infringement suit that was over Time Machine and Cover Flow. Apple is challenging the verdict, but another loss could mean changes to the album art system we all know or Apple may have to cough up licensing fees.

ADT has unveiled a new system for home security and automation called Pulse. The Pulse system works with an iPhone app for controlling the security system, thermostat, and viewing live camera feeds from security cams among other things.

A patent has surfaced from Apple that shows a method of putting new sensors onto the iPad and iPhone. The patent outlines a way to get context specific controls on the devices among other uses.

According to Credit Suisse if Verizon gets the iPhone it could land a cool 1.4 million new subscribers as a result. Credit Suisse still says that the number of people leaving AT&T if that happens will not be that bad.

Crowds gathered in China at China Unicom locations as the iPad officially launched with the carrier. The customers were also able to pre-order the iPhone 4 at the same time if they wanted.

A juror in a court case in Florida wasn’t sure of the definition of the word “prudent” used during a murder trial. The man apparently used his iPhone to look up the definition and the act of looking up that word was enough for a mistrial because jurors are not supposed to consider information from outside the courtroom in their decision.

Another rumor is floating around today that claims Adobe is looking to sue Apple. The suit is rumored to be because of changes to the iPhone SDK license.

Apple has been granted a patent on the visual design of the iPhone and iPod touch. That will give Apple the power to fight companies making clone devices on a different front.