The No. 1 smart phone sold at both AT&T and Verizon in April was the iPhone 4, according to news reported by Electronista. Also selling “very strong” was the iPad 2.

Apple has won patents covering a range of products customers have long enjoyed via OS X and/or iOS. However, it's the one patent accepted for a product Apple never produced that is most interesting, according to Patently Apple. In total, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced 16 newly published patents.

Playboy, Angry Birds, and MobileMe made some news this week. But, what were the other stories? Find out here.

Forget the iPhone 5. The big news eventually coming out of Cupertino, California could be the arrival of a third-generation iPad in 3D, according to news first reported by RCR Wireless. Can you say game-changer?

AT&T has officially been told by Apple not to expect the iPhone 5 in June or July. This news, first reported by MacRumors, confirms what we’ve heard for months: the next-generation handset won’t debut until later in 2011.

According to Formula Capital managing partner James Altucher, Apple could very well become the world's first $1 trillion company. In fact, according to Altucher’s estimates, the Cupertino, California-based company could eventually be worth $2 to $3 trillion.

Could the name MobileMe soon become a thing of the past? Perhaps.

Recent reports indicate developers are testing iOS 5. However, what isn’t happening is iOS 5 testing on a purported iPhone 5.

The white iPhone debuted and quickly began selling out, while investors became concerned about future iPad 2 sales. But, don’t tell that to those in Japan, who loved the second-generation iDevice. Meanwhile, Apple provided its mea culpa on the “locationgate” issue, but will that be enough for the whole affair to die? Not if Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) has anything to say about it. These stories and more made news during the last week.

LucasArts signed a deal with Epic Games to use the Unreal 3 Engine for game development across various platforms. We may see some great-looking game popping up on the iDevices with LucasArts behind them.

Ball-rolling mayhem in a steampunk setting is what Gears is all about.

With WWDC 2011 just over one month away, we’ve gotten word that Apple is field testing iOS 5. Does this mean the public will receive iOS 5 as early as June?

Although Apple has yet to announce an iPhone 5, the company has already selected its screen provider for the iPhone 6, expected in 2012. The winning vendor is Sharp, which will create next-generation low-temperature poly-silicon LCD displays for the handset.

A new set of photos are making the rounds purportedly of the next generation iPhone. According to M.I.C. Gadget, which posted the two photos we’ve included here, the iPhone 5 will include a larger display and include an A5 processor.

AT&T admitted its network wasn’t ready for the iPhone when it debuted. This admission, first uncovered by Business Insider, is part of a new public filing AT&T made as it seeks support in its bid for T-Mobile.

Apple has reportedly been handing out iPhone 4 models equipped with an A5 processor to select developers, in an attempt to have a series of apps optimized for the fifth generation iPhone in time for its launch.

Verizon CFO Fran Shammo announced that he believes the next-generation iPhone will be a universally compatible model for distribution around the globe. This news came as Verizon announced its first quarter earnings.

One of the more interesting discoveries within the alleged iOS 5 leak was the inclusion of full Facebook integration within the OS. However, the folks at 9 To 5 Mac believe what we actually saw was an old version of iOS 4 being tested at a time when Apple intended to integrate its iOS with Facebook, but eventually did not.

Many would-be iPad 2 buyers are still trying to find a place to buy their tablets, but that hasn’t stopped the quiet flow of iPad 3 rumors. The latest comes from South Korean web portal Daum, which suggests the next iPad will come with a 2Ghz dual-core Samsung-CPU.

Another day, another set of iPhone 5 rumors. However, these are ones we've heard before.

Cloud computing may be coming for iDevices. However, it might come in pieces, which is probably a good thing.

Continued iPhone 5 rumors gained traction, while one iPad 3 rumor was debunked. The white iPhone 4 returned from the dead, but unfortunately, the Flip Video died a painful death. Adobe played nice with Apple, but Viacom went after Cablevision. Finally, one app went to Hollywood, while another looked a lot like an app already in the App Store. These stories and more made news during the last week.

Just weeks after rumors surfaced that Sony would provide cameras for the iPhone 5, a new development might make Apple rethink that strategy. OmniVision, which supplies camera parts for the iPhone 4 has just demoed an amazing new camera sensor unit.