The Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone has reportedly been designed to avoid Apple patents. Apple and Samsung have been tied up in legal wrangling for a long time now over patent infringement.

Apple announced its fiscal Q4 2011 earnings and it missed estimates by a bit. Apple blames the heavy rumors about the iPhone 5 for the missed estimates.

C Spire has announced that it will be offering the iPhone 4S in the coming weeks. This small private carrier will offer unlimited data.