It's no secret Apple is working on a new iPhone model and a new version of iOS. Apple is always working on a new iPhone and new version of iOS. What's different this time is that there's been a changing of the guard with industrial designer and Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive heading up interface design, and that means we can expect some changes when iOS 7 ships. The question is how significant will those changes be.

Verizon and AT&T are reportedly in talks with Vodaphone in a three way merger deal that would see Verizon as the sole owner of Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and AT&T with Vodafone's European operations. Bryan Chaffin looks at the rumor from the iPhone owner's point of view.

AT&T confirmed it plans to roll out HD Voice support on its cell networks before the end of 2013, giving subscribers with compatible phones -- which includes the iPhone 5 -- substantially better audio quality on calls. The news follows T-Mobile's announcement that it will officially start carrying the iPhone on April 12, and that it will include HD Voice support on launch day.

If you are feeling restless and looking for something to shake out the cobwebs and get a fresh perspective on things, then check out these three free apps Vern Seward offers in this week's Free on iTunes. Localscope, Airbnb, Takes.

The compact Braven 570 speaker allows you to use Bluetooth to wirelessly stream music from your phone. It also allows you to use it as a speaker and noise canceling microphone for voice conversations. Finally, it can recharge your phone or MP3 player.

OmniFocus is a great tool for keeping track of your tasks, and on the Mac it's easy to take an email and turn it into a to-do. On the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, however, there hasn't been an easy way to do that -- until the clever team at The Omni Group figured out how to use their own Omni Sync Server to make that happen.

I'm shaking my head. I'm literally shaking my head as I'm writing these very words. Why? Because the Facebook smartphone is apparently a real thing. Online reports say that Facebook is all set to announce a Facebook-themed smartphone that's all about...well, Facebook. Bryan Chaffin scratches his head.

Apple rolled out an update for its Find My Friends app for the iPhone on Thursday that lets users set exact locations for notifications. Find My Friends is Apple's own location-based app and service for seeing where your friends and family are, and for receiving notifications when they happen to be nearby.

The HTC One earned a 1 out of 10 Repairability Score from iFixIt on Friday, the first time a device earned such a score. Will that result in legions of Apple critics leveling their wrath on HTC? Don't count on it.

T-Mobile didn't make just an iPhone announcement this week, it made the first real attempt in probably over a decade to improve the US's wireless industry with no-contract plans. But the language in all this buzz of "no contracts" isn't really the story, it's all about unlocked phones.