The week in iPhone, August 10, 2011

Missed a compelling piece of iPhone news, a great review, or a killer how-to? We’re not collecting absolutely everything in iPhone here — you can hit up TiPb.com/iPhone for that! — but we’re carefully picking what we think is the best of the last 7 days and presenting it here for your review.

And hey! — these double as show notes for our iPhone Live! podcast tonight at 9pm Eastern. So join us at TiPb.com/live and follow along!

Meta

• TiPb on TUAW TV Live
• ZENandTECH 10: In the moment
• Iterate 4: SourceBits
• Mobile Nations 4: From boardroom to bedroom

iPhone 5

• iPhone 5 renders [Speculation]
• Another probably fake iPhone 5 spy shot

iOS 5 beta 5

• Apple releases iOS 5 beta 5 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, Xcode 4.2 DP 5, iTunes 10.5 beta 5
• Screenshot of speech-to-text activation key found in iOS 5 beta 5 hidden keyboard

The competition

• Can RIM’s 2011 BlackBerry line-up hold off iPhone 5?
• iPhone 4 vs. BlackBerry Bold 9900 (and Nexus S) browser battle!

News

• Verizon to stop jailbreak tethering on its network from today?
• Epic already imagining iPhone 8 gaming
• Apple the most valuable company in the world… briefly.
• How to smuggle iPhone, iPad back into China if all you have are crossbows and cables

Apps

• Developer Spotlight: Paul Haddad of Tapbots
• Introducing Facebook Messenger for iPhone
• Google+ app updated, can now be installed on iPad, iPod touch, doesn’t crash on iOS 5
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation releases FBI Child ID app
• Cut the Rope: Experiments for iPhone, iPad now available

Tips

• Daily Tip: How to turn on the battery percentage meter
• Daily Tip: How to transfer your MobileMe account to iCloud [Developers]

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