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What will be the lasting impact of Apple's iPad? Some argue the iPad will do for tablet computing what Apple's iPod did for digital music and MP3 players. Is this a good or bad thing? Apple's big reveal Thursday, complete with independent iPad reviews and the debut of thousands of iPad apps, has only fueled the sport of Apple musing on this topic.

According to Apple Insider, the upcoming iPhone 3.1 - tipped in the latest Apple firmware leak - will use the Broadcom BCM4329 wireless chip. That chip is known to support advanced power saving features, WiFi draft-n and FM receiving and transmitting, suggesting the new iPhone may be able to stream music to a car stereo.

The rumors that Apple (NSQD:APPL) is planning to deliver a Verizon (NYSE:VZ) iPhone in the third quarter of 2010 might be true, claims a report from research firm OTR Global, something which almost every tech observer thought unimaginable.