Seems as though there is a rumor floating around which points toward an iPhone 4.0 firmware that supposedly supports multitasking, a feature that many people have long clamored for to this day. While no more details have been leaked with regard to battery life, memory use and processor consumption issues will be handled, there is still some way to go before version 4 of the firmware reaches anywhere near its final form. How do you think the latest iPhone firmware will shape up to be like?

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Word on the grapevine has it that Apple will be unveiling a refreshed Mac Pro machine next tuesday, where you will be able to enjoy an Intel Core i7-980x processor within which boasts a speedy 3.33GHz with TurboBoost to 3.6GHz and comes with half a dozen cores and 12 threads of processing power, a 32nm architecture, Socket LGA1366 and 130W TDP. Guess March 16th will take on new meaning in your life if you happen to be a hardcore Apple fan. Just make sure you have enough dough in your bank beforehand of course.

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If you needed additional information to convince you that eBooks are getting more and more popular, just check out the latest stats from Mobclix, a mobile device advertising agency. Now it seems that the number of eBook apps have outnumbered games for the first time, with 27,000 eBook apps compared to 25,400 games. The number of new eBook apps introduced over the last month also outnumbers that of games, at 158 versus 71. With the advent of the iPad, do you think that the gap will be further widened, or will the large screen of the iPad help increase the popularity of games in the App Store?

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Despite Apple once again teaming up with AT&T for the iPad’s data plan, Verizon doesn’t seem to be discouraged, especially once you take a peek at the leaked memo to its staff that’s going around the Internet. Bringing up points that AT&T’s network is “overloaded”, and that the 3G version of the iPad will cost more, the carrier is aiming to persuade users to get the Wi-Fi version of the iPad and pair it up with a device like MiFi. Of course, what the memo fails to mention is that Verizon MiFi costs you $60 a month, which is twice as much that AT&T charges for its unlimited iPad plan, so you’ll be paying more in the long run. What do you think? Are you planning to purchase an iPad with an AT&T 3G plan, or go along with Verizon’s suggestion?

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If you want to adorn your iPhone with luxury items such as diamonds or gold, but can’t afford to pick up the iPhone 3GS Supreme, you could always go down the budget route and check out the Jade Polish Rainbow case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS by Caze. It’s similar to your run-of-the-mill transparent iPhone case, but it features more than 50 Swarovski crystals of different colors scattered around the bottom of the case. As a bonus, you’ll also be given a mirror-finish and anti-fingerprint screen protector, protection film for the Apple logo at the back of your iPhone, wallet-size iPhone stand, as well as a free Swarovski Apple logo cover, or a free bonus iPhone case. The Jade Polish Rainbow case&nbspis going for $39, so it really shouldn’t break the bank, right?

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Despite the Apple site not mentioning anything about a built-in camera for the iPad, the camera rumors (and conspiracy theories) just won’t seem to die off. Now some folks have noticed that there is a tiny red dot in the latest iPad advertisement, at the 2-3 second period when the user fiddles with the iBooks app, you’ll notice that there is a tiny faint red dot at the top of the iPad. Of course, that’s far from a confirmation of a camera, and some folks are speculating that it’s an ambient light sensor. What do you think? Of course, if it were an ambient light sensor, which could be what has been crammed into the mysterious slot in the iPad’s bezel, then where would they put the camera in the future? In the end, the main question is: who in the world would be looking that closely&nbspat the ad in order to notice such a tiny detail? Video after the jump.

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Mac owners can finally “enjoy” the wonders of Valve’s Steam gaming service after having PC gamers using Steam for a few years already. From April onwards, Apple-based gamers will be able to enjoy some games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series via Steamworks for the Mac. Among all the Steamworks APIs, a new feature has been introduced which is known as Steam Play, enabling customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform without forking out a single cent more. All Valve Steam games will be released at the same time as that on the PC and Xbox 360.

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If you bought a China Unicom iPhone in China, you’ll most likely have noticed that it doesn’t offer Wi-Fi, as it was initially disabled for the Chinese market, thanks to government regulations that favored the home-developed WAPI security standard. The rules have been relaxed since then, so Wi-Fi iPhones are now allowed, as long as they continue to include support for the WAPI standard as an added function. China Unicom’s Chief Executive, Chang Xiaobing, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal saying that the company would consider giving some form of compensation to existing iPhone owners in the form of improved 3G tariffs, though chances are users would much rather see Wi-Fi in their phones. Word is also going around that Unicom might lower the iPhone’s asking price from 4,999-6,999 Yuan to 3,000-3,500 Yuan, and if that’s true, it’ll certainly help boost the iPhone sales in China.

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We know that the iPad has already undergone rife speculation concerning the inclusion of a front facing webcam, and here’s another piece of the puzzle that might just confirm that. The iPad frame you see here features holes to hold a webcam, and while it doesn’t seem as though it will be able to use current iSight modules, that could point to a different kind of webcam which will be implemented in due time. What do you think of all this? Could a webcam be part of the iPad’s second revision, and the manufacturers of its bezel are trying to save money by preparing for the future so that they don’t have to come up with two kinds of bezels?

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It seems that Apple’s iPhone can do almost anything nowadays, and if the latest tech from Apple’s iKey patent filing gets implemented, we’ll probably be able to unlock our front doors with our iPhone sometime in the near future. According to the patent, the iPhone could communicate with an external device to open a lock, and that could certainly be an RFID receiver. It’s worth noting that the app pictured above seems to have a combination lock, indicating that we’ll be able to unlock the lock by turning the iPhone just like we’d do to a traditional combination lock. It’s certainly a novel and cool idea. Could the iPhone 4G have a RFID chip included in it by default?

iKey patent. (PDF link)

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