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The white iPhone: Does size matter?

Few companies other than Apple can inspire such burning questions in the tech world. And until they’re answered, those questions orbit around the blogosphere at tremendous speed. When will Verizon get the iPhone? How much will the next MacBook weigh? Will the iPad ever get Flash?

In the last few weeks, however, one question has put the tech press on the the edge of its collective seat like never before. It wasn’t about the capacity of the next iPod, but rather whether the long-elusive white iPhone 4 was thicker than its black counterpart. Apple fans demanded to know the truth in forums and ugly rumors spread that your existing case or bumper wouldn’t quite fit. The reported difference was miniscule (”roughly 0.2mm” as TiPb put it) and other outlets said that there was no difference at all. Yet, the chatter was loud enough for Apple SVP of Product Marketing Phil Schiller to tweet, “It’s not thicker. Don’t believe all the junk that you read.”

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Vimeo App for iPhone Includes Editing Tools

Video-sharing site Vimeo has finally introduced an official iOS application. The app provides access to Vimeo’s library of online video, but it emphasizes the ability to record, edit and upload your own videos to the service first and foremost. That’s a wise move for a service that has to differentiate itself from clear market leader YouTube, which comes pre-installed on every shipping iOS device.

When you first launch the app, it asks you to sign up for or log in to your Vimeo account, and then immediately takes you to the “My Stuff” screen. But the first tab in the app’s bottom navigation bar is “My Videos,” and it allows you to either shoot a new video directly within the app or add an existing one from your iPhone’s library. If you’ve already have uploaded videos to Vimeo, they’ll appear on this screen, too. The second tab along the bottom navigation bar is a Recordings section, which allows you to create video projects using multiple clips, either taken from your library or recorded directly from within the app.

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