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Late last year, Republic Wireless made a big splash by offering an Android smartphone with unlimited calling, texting, and data for the unheard-of price of $19 per month. There were a few catches, of course, most notably the phone itself: LG’s Optimus S, a small, decidedly entry-level model with a scratch-prone screen and slow processor. This month, the company dumped …

Snaps reportedly showing the iPhone 5‘s connector hardware have surfaced, hinting at a minuscule 9-pin dock for Apple’s next toy. The snaps appeared at French site Nowhereelse.fr, and show what could be the new connector alongside a USB plug, giving an impression of quite how small the new port is likely to be. While there’s no way of knowing if …