The next iPhone, whatever it might be called, will feature an ‘overhauled’ look, including a screen larger than the current 3.5″, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Adam Satariano and Jun Yang. According to their sources, the redesigned phone was worked on ‘closely’ by Steve Jobs prior to his death last year.

Apple has apparently already placed orders from suppliers in Asia for screens that are bigger than the current screen in the iPhone, which measures 3.5″. This device is said to feature a complete design change, the first since the iPhone 4.

The report states that it is unclear if the new phone will be physically larger, or if the screen will just be enlarged, squeezing into the same body size.

This news echoes two reports yesterday, from both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, that the new iPhone will have a larger screen. The latter report specifically mentions that the new screens will measure “4 inches from corner to corner”.

The new screens are said to begin production in June, in order to ship a new iPhone later this fall, likely in October. An iPhone with a larger screen has been rumored since at least February of 2011. Recently, iMore’s Rene Ritchie took a look at the possible iPhone configurations that would accomodate such a larger screen.

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Apple has apparently completed converting the wording of all of its European stores from the old iPad ’4G’ branding, which landed it in hot water with consumer advocacy groups, to the new WiFi + Cellular branding. This includes Italy and Sweden, two countries which had not made the switch as of last week.
The change in branding, means that Apple no longer refers to iPads as ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’ and instead calls them ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular’. This was done in response to a legal challenge by the Australian Competition and Consumer Comission. They took umbrage with the fact that Apple said the iPads were 4G, even though there’s no 4G network that supports it in Australia.
The same is the case in many other countries, including Italy, Sweden and many others across Europe. You can see this in the screenshots of the Italian and Swedish stores below:


The change had previously been made in the UK, Australia, the U.S., Canada, UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Ireland, and Hong Kong.
Thanks to Setteb.it for pointing this out to us on Twitter.

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Infinity Blade: Dungeons gameplay finally revealed, two months after teaser at Apple’s iPad launch

Revealed at Apple’s iPad 3 launch event, Epic Games’ new Infinity Blade: Dungeonstitle has been forever ‘Coming Soon.’ Today, we can finally bring you some footage (via Joystiq) as to how the game will look, highlighting a shift from the previous titles in the franchise.
Whereas previously you fought one-on-one with your enemies, Infinity Blade: Dungeons features a top-down view and (dare I say it) has more of a Diablo III vibe about it. Add in some touchscreen gestures and you appear to have the makings of a pretty impressive iPad game.
The E3 trailer, in it’s entirety:
Infinity Blade: Dungeons looks really slick, utilising HDR graphics and tone mapping and incorporating new lighting that the iPad’s quad-core graphics processor can handle.
Epic Games CEO Mike Capps said during Apple’s iPad launch that the Unreal Engine takes advantage of the tablet’s impressive graphics capabilities, which Capps says bests the Xbox 360 or the PS3 as far as memory is concerned — as to how, he wouldn’t elaborate.
At the time, we figured we would see the app in a couple of weeks, that’s now been extended to a couple of months. If we were to guess, it will be made available at least by Apple’s WWDC conference, but Epic has given no indication as to its release.

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Apple no longer censoring the word ‘jailbreak’ in U.S. iTunes Store

Yesterday a bit of a hullabaloo was started when it was discovered that Apple was censoring the word ‘jailbreak’ in the U.S. App Store. Now, that censoring has been corrected, and the word is visible across all categories, including podcasts, songs, iTunes U, iBooks and more.
This censoring was likely the result of an error in the ratings for the U.S. App Store, as the word appeared just fine worldwide. As I conjectured yesterday, we have seen Apple fix the problem quietly, and the error has been rectified.

In closing, I’ll just quote what I said then:

If Apple was simply enacting an ‘iTunes-wide’ ban on the word jailbreak, why would it only do so in the U.S.? Much of the world’s jailbreak community is located internationally, because one of the first major reasons to jailbreak iOS devices was to unlock it from its exclusivity to AT&T as a carrier. Why wouldn’t Apple censor it in the most popular regions for the term?
If I had to conjecture, I would say that this problem will likely quietly fix itself now that it has gained some attention. Don’t be surprised to see the word jailbreak suddenly re-appear like normal in iTunes.

It looks like this is exactly what has taken place. Rest easy jailbreakers, Apple isn’t out to get you.

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