We had seen reports that Apple might be working on delivering a 4G-enabled iPhone 5 but today that rumour has been given a significant “boost” after a China Unicom executive confirmed that the next-generation smartphone will support HSPA+ “4G” technology, providing handset owners with data speed of up to 21Mbps,reports Macpost. Japanese tech sitePC Watchsnapped a photo of an accompanying slide, noting: Research vice president of China Unicom, Huan Wenliang, told iPhone 5 will support W-CDMA based high-speed data transfer standard HSPA Evolution “HSPA+” (21Mbps) at keynote speech in Macworld Asia 2011....

Compiling a series of rumors and tips, Joshua Topolsky ofThis Is My Nexthas posted up a mockup of what they believe could be the iPhone 5 along with a set of details about it’s possible features. They make it clear that this particular set of features could never actually see the light of day but the information that they have is very specific about certain changes that we may see in the iPhone 5....

Apple’s initial iPhone 5 shipments are expected to be affected by a touch panel issue with one of the company’s Taiwanese suppliers, leading to a slight reduction in shipment numbers ahead of an October launch,Digitimes reports. Wintek, touch panel maker for the iPhone, is said to be experiencing a “delayed bubble” defect which is only detected later in the process of laminating touch panels when they are being assembled. Sources suggest that because the manufacturing process is similar in nature to that of the iPhone 4, Wintek is expected to resolve manufacturing issues quickly....

I’ll be the first to admit that this is an incredibly tangential piece of evidence about the design of the new iPhone 5 but I thought that it was definitely interesting enough to take a look at. An icon in the new Photo Stream beta displays an iPhone design that appears to have a larger screen and a rectangular-shaped home button, reports9to5Mac. The design mimics some of the rumors that we heardearlier this yearabout the iPhone 5’s design....

There’s a new iOS app that offers a quick way to receive price comparisons by simply snapping a photo of the car’s registration plate –something that would seriously come in handy if you’re shopping for new wheels. The app created by the folks atBilpriser.se, a price comparison site for car shopping in Sweden, enables users to get access to the latest listings, estimated values, specs, the average cost of insurance rates and the car’s recent transaction history....