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The best picture of all time on the animal world

The best picture of all time on the animal world

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Two polar bears are dancing at Cape Churchill, Canada.

Elephant inside a lake in Botswana.

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This Is Apple's Next iPhone

You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.

While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design of the final phone, it's clear that the features in this lost-and-found next-generation iPhone are drastically new and drastically different from what came before. Here's the detailed list of our findings:

What's new

• Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Improved display. It's unclear if it's the 960x640 display thrown around before—it certainly looks like it, with the "Connect to iTunes" screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS.
• What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic

What's changed

• The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through. Tapping on the back makes a more hollow and higher pitched sound compared to tapping on the glass on the front/screen, but that could just be the orientation of components inside making for a different sound
• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
• Everything is more squared off
• 3 grams heavier
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery

How it was lost

Here is a detailed account of how the phone was lost.

Why we think it's definitely real

We're as skeptical—if not more—than all of you. We get false tips all the time. But after playing with it for about a week—the overall quality feels exactly like a finished final Apple phone—and disassembling this unit, there is so much evidence stacked in its favor, that there's very little possibility that it's a fake. In fact, the possibility is almost none. Imagine someone having to use Apple components to design a functioning phone, from scratch, and then disseminating it to people around the world. Pretty much impossible. Here are the reasons, one by one.

It has been reported lost
Apple-connected John Gruber—from Daring Fireball—says that Apple has indeed lost a prototype iPhone and they want it back:

So I called around, and I now believe this is an actual unit from Apple — a unit Apple is very interested in getting back.

Obviously someone found it, and here it is.

The screen
While we couldn't get it past the connect to iTunes screen for the reasons listed earlier, the USB cable on that screen was so high quality that it was impossible to discern individual pixels. We can't tell you the exact resolution of this next-generation iPhone, but it's much higher than the current iPhone 3GS.

The operating system
According to the person who found it, this iPhone was running iPhone OS 4.0 before the iPhone 4.0 announcement. The person was able to play with it and see the iPhone 4.0 features. Then, Apple remotely killed the phone before we got access to it. We were unable to restore because each firmware is device specific—3GS firmware only loads on 3GS devices—and the there are no firmwares available for this unreleased phone. Which is another clue to its authenticity.

It is recognized as an iPhone
This iPhone behaves exactly like an iPhone does when connected to a computer, with the proper boot sequence and "connect to iTunes" restore functionality. Xcode and iTunes both see this as an iPhone. Mac OS X's System Profiler also reports this as an iPhone in restore mode, which is a natural consequence of remotely wiping the phone, but report different product identifiers (both CPID and CPRV) than either the 3G or the 3GS.

It uses micro-sim
The fact that it uses a micro-sim is a clear indicator that this is a next-generation iPhone. No other cellphone uses this standard at this point in the US.

The camouflage case
The case it came inside was a fully developed plastic case to house this phone to disguise it like a 3GS. This wasn't just a normal case; it had all the proper new holes cut out for the new switches and ports and camera holes and camera flash. But it looks like something from Belkin or Case-Mate. It's a perfect disguise.

The fact that it's in the wild right now
Logic can also narrow down why this phone is this year's iPhone, rather than next year's model or one from the previous year's, just because it was found in the wild right now. It makes no sense for Apple to be testing 2011's model right now, in super finished form—they wouldn't be nearly finished with it. The phone also can't be last year's test model, because last year's model (based on the iPhone 3GS teardowns) components were way different. No micro-sim, much bigger logic board, no flash, no front camera, smaller battery and an inferior camera. That only leaves the 2010 model.

The guts, the definitive proof
And finally, when we opened it up, we saw multiple components that were clearly labeled APPLE. And, because the components were fit extremely well and extremely conformed inside the case (obvious that it was designed FOR this case), it was evident that it was not just a 3G or a 3GS transplanted into another body. That probably wouldn't even be possible, with the size constraints of the thinner device and larger battery.

The New Industrial Design

At first sight, this new iPhone's industrial design seems so different from the previous two generations that it could be discarded as just a provisional case. Even while the finish is so perfect that it feels right out of the factory, some of the design language elements that are common to all Apple products are not there. Gone is the flushed screen glass against the metal rim. Gone is the single volume button, replaced by two separate ones. Gone is the seamless rim, and gone are the tapered, curved surfaces.

Despite that, however, this design is not a departure. Not when you frame it with the rest of the Apple product line. It's all the contrary: This new iPhone gets back to the simplicity of the iMac and the iPad. In fact, you can argue that the current iPhone 3GS—with its shiny chrome rim and excessively curved back—is out of place compared to the hard edges and Dieter-Ramish utilitarianism of the iMac and the iPad. Next to the iPad, for example, the new iPhone makes sense. It has the same feeling, the same functional simplicity.

But why the black plastic back, instead of going with an unibody aluminum design? Why the two audio volume buttons? Why the seams? And why doesn't the back have any curvature at all?

Why the plastic back?
The plastic back is the most obvious of the design choices. The iPad, with its all aluminum back, has seen its Wi-Fi reception radius reduced. The 3G version comes with a large patch on the top, probably big enough to provide with good reception. But the new tiny iPhone doesn't have the luxury of space: It needs to provide as much signal as possible using a very small surface. I'm sure Jon Ive is dying to get rid of the plastic back, and go iPad-style all the way, but the wireless reception is the most important thing in a cellphone. A necessary aesthetical-functional trade-off.

Why separate volume buttons?
This new iPhone uses separate buttons for the volume instead of the single button that you can find in the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. It's one of the factors that may indicate that this is a provisional case, until you think about one of the most requested features for Apple's phone: A physical button for the camera. The new iPhone has a bigger sensor and a flash, which means that the camera function keeps gaining more weight. It's only logical to think that Apple may have implemented this two-button approach to provide with a physical shutter button. It makes sense.

Why the seams?
The seams are perhaps the most surprising aspect of the new design. They don't seem to respond to any aesthetic criteria and, in terms of function, we can't adventure any explanation. But they don't look bad. In fact, the whole effect seems good, like something you will find in a Braun product from the 70s.

It's doubtful that the seams are arbitrary, however. Either they will disappear from the final product, or they have a function we can't foresee at this time.

Why no tapering or curves?
As you will see in a future article, the new iPhone is so miniaturized and packed that there's no room for the tapered, curved surfaces. Everything is as tight as it could get, with no space for anything but electronics.

The hardware specs

The phone measures 4.50 by 2.31 by 0.37 inches. It weighs 140 grams. The 3GS weighs 137 grams on a postal scale (and 135 on Apple's official measurements). So, in comparison, it's 3 grams heavier. The battery is 5.25 WHr at 3.7V, compared to the 3GS battery, which is 4.51 WHr at 3.7V. On the back of the phone, it said it was XX GB, but since we were unable to get the phone to a running state, we couldn't see exactly how large it was.

How it feels

Freaking amazing. As a person who never really liked the round mound of a back in the 3GS, the sleeker, flatter, squarer design is super welcome. It feels sturdier than the 3GS, and much less plasticky. The metal buttons give it a heftier feel—less of a toy—than all previous generations. The closest analog to it would be the original iPhone, which is more square and heavy than its newer brothers.

It feels completely natural up to your face, and the fact that both the front and the back are glossy makes no difference on how well you can hold it without the phone slipping. And because it's thinner, it feels even nicer in your pants.

What all this means

Apple has updated the exterior drastically different from the 3G and 3GS. That design is old, it felt out of place compared to the rest of their products and needed desperately to be killed. Now you have a thinner body, a much more pleasant form factor with no wasted space and lots of hard lines. But the design isn't the most important part that's changed.

They've delivered many of the features people have been waiting for—that damn front camera!—while at the same time upgrading everything else. Flash, better back camera, better battery life and another microphone for better voice clarity. People who bought the 3G two years ago and are now in the perfect position to upgrade and get a dramatically different, and better, phone. If confirmed this summer, and if it performs as we expect, this next-generation iPhone looks like a winner.

Much additional reporting and design analysis by Jesus Diaz. Rosa Golijan also contributed.

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Wayne Bridge withdraws from England selection

Bridge's decision means he will not play at this summer's World Cup Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge has announced he does not wish to be chosen for England duty, thereby ruling himself out of this summer's World Cup. BBC Sport understands he is effectively retiring from the international scene. In a statement released by his lawyers, Bridge, 29, said his position in the national squad had become "untenable and potentially divisive". He has been in the spotlight over allegations that his ex-girlfriend had an affair with Chelsea's John Terry. Terry was sacked as England captain by coach Fabio Capello earlier this month. England face Egypt in a friendly at Wembley next Wednesday and despite reports earlier this week suggesting Bridge was considering his international future because he was unwilling to play alongside Terry, Capello believed he would be available for selection. The Italian stated on Wednesday: "No, he will be with us. No problems about the other things."

However, Bridge's statement has shown the left-back remains troubled with the situation and read: "I have thought long and hard about my position in the England football team in the light of the reporting and events over the last few weeks.

"It has always been an honour to play for England. However, after careful thought I believe my position in the squad is now untenable and potentially divisive.

"Sadly therefore, I feel for the sake of the team and in order to avoid what will be inevitable distractions, I have decided not to put myself forward for selection.

"I have today informed the management of this decision. I wish the team all the very best in South Africa."

With the World Cup less than four months away, Bridge's decision leaves Capello with a selection headache over England's left-back spot.

Chelsea's Ashley Cole is already sidelined with a broken ankle and is a doubt for the tournament.

England's opening match is against the United States on 12 June.

Aston Villa defenders Stephen Warnock and Nicky Shorey, Everton's Leighton Baines and Manchester City's Joleon Lescott are all possible replacements.

Bridge, who has played for England 36 times and recently returned from a two-month lay-off with a knee injury, was a team-mate of Terry's at Chelsea before joining Manchester City last year.

The pair are due to meet on the pitch for the first time since details of the alleged affair were made public when City visit Chelsea on Saturday.

Former England and Manchester City defender Danny Mills said it was unfair to make a hasty judgement on Bridge's decision and that such a scenario was not unusual in a World Cup year.

"Fortunately, it's all hypothetical and until we are faced with that situation we all like to say we would do this or do that but until we get down to having to make that decision, I don't think we can judge," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

"We have to respect Wayne and his decision. It's been difficult, it hasn't been easy but he's made that decision now and it's something everyone has to get on with.

"The country gets so excited when England are playing in a big tournament like the World Cup and that's always going to be the case.

"At club level you always have one or two injuries or issues but with the national squad it gets magnified. Every country will be the same, they will all have problems, it's just how you cope with them, how you deal with them."

In the wake of Terry losing the captaincy and recent headlines concerning Ashley Cole's separation from wife Cheryl, Capello revealed he would stress the importance of team spirit and personal discipline when he talks to his players ahead of the friendly with Egypt.

"The World Cup is really important for me, for England and for the players," the Italian explained. "We have to stay together and compact in every moment. I think this will be my most important job - to recreate this spirit.

"We will talk about a lot of things because four months is a long time. If you can meet the players every month it is different. We will have two days to stay together but they are very strong days."

England not good enough to win World Cup - Geoff Hurst

Rooney needs support up front for England to contend, says Hurst World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst feels England are not good enough to win this summer's tournament in South Africa. Fabio Capello's side qualified with ease and are fancied by some to emulate Hurst's England team of 44 years ago. But Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 final, told BBC Radio 5 live England will only reach the semis. "We're a tiny bit short up front," said Hurst. "If we had a Fernando Torres up front with Wayne Rooney, then you're looking at a different proposition." Aston Villa frontman Emile Heskey would appear to be Capello's first-choice striker to play alongside Rooney in attack, having started the last six matches for which he was fit and available. The likes of Jermain Defoe, Carlton Cole and Darren Bent are also vying for a place in the squad, but Hurst believes Peter Crouch - and not Heskey - could be the best option to lead the England line. The Tottenham striker came off the bench to score twice in the 3-1 midweek friendly win over Egypt to take his England goalscoring record to 20 goals in 37 matches. And Hurst said: "He's emerging as the best partner [for Rooney] because I think he can do what Emile Heskey does but, very importantly, he scores a lot more goals.

"One of the prime things you need as a front player is that you score one in two over your career and Peter's England record is getting close to mine now.

"He's a good player, a nice lad, and he's the sort of player you want in the squad if you're going to be successful over the month."

However, Hurst fears that Capello's squad does not have the strength in-depth to win the World Cup.

"We are little bit thin on the ground if we get injuries to major players - if we lose a Rooney or a Steven Gerrard," he added on 5 live's Sportsweek.

After watching a new-look defence, depleted by injuries and Wayne Bridge's decision to quit the team, produce a not wholly convincing performance in the 3-1 friendly win over Egypt on Wednesday, Hurst suggested there were question marks over England's cover.

"If that back four went in against one of the leading lights at the World Cup then I think we could be in trouble," said Hurst.

"Hopefully everybody gets back fit - Glen Johnson gets back in, Ashley Cole recovers, he's the best full-back, and Rio Ferdinand recovers as well.

"We need a fairly settled back four as soon as we possibly can."

More positively, Hurst thinks Capello is cast in the same mould as 1966-winning manager Sir Alf Ramsey.

"I saw Capello in operation when I was a guest of the team in Germany last year and, of course, I played under Alf for six years, so I've made my own mind up on the similarities.

"Off the field you can't be undisciplined with everything you do in the build-up - the training, the staying in hotels, the eating together.

"We have seen a marked difference, and I observed that at very close range in my visit with the team last year.

"We are starting to see a team, and the people in charge, that are as well prepared as they can possibly can be."

Hurst described Capello's decision to strip Chelsea's John Terry of the captaincy in the wake of allegations that he had an affair with the former partner of ex-team-mate Bridge as "just about right".

But Hurst expressed his regret that Bridge had decided to quit the England squad.

"Playing in a World Cup for England is the pinnacle of a player's career," said the former West Ham striker.

"When someone doesn't want to represent their country, it's a sense of disappointment for me."

Since 1966, England have had a mixed record in the World Cup and have managed to reach the semi-finals on just one occasion in 1990.

In 2002 and 2006 England reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Brazil and Portugal.

England boss Fabio Capello targets World Cup semi-final

Capello's England team lost only one of their 10 World Cup qualifying games England manager Fabio Capello insists the Football Association's target of reaching the semi-finals at the World Cup in South Africa is achievable. The Italian believes his side contains one of the best players in the world in striker Wayne Rooney and is one of the leading contenders for the finals. "The semi-finals is a minimum. We can beat all teams because we play at the same level as the best teams," he said. "Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney are the best in the world." Rooney is in a rich vein of form, having scored 28 goals for Manchester United this season. He has only scored once for England in the last six internationals, although that did come in one of two World Cup qualifiers played since September. His goal, in the 5-1 victory over Croatia, took his tally in qualifying to nine, five more than Frank Lampard, who scored four.

The FA set its target almost two years ago, two matches into Capello's reign as England manager.

The national side has not reached the last four of a major tournament since Euro 96 when Terry Venables' side lost to Germany on penalties.

And the last World Cup semi-final appearance came in 1990, when England were again beaten on penalties by the tournament's eventual winners Germany.

Capello, speaking at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Wednesday, said he expected tough games in Group C against the United States, Algeria and Slovenia, but he was looking towards the later stages of the competition.

"Algeria played against Egypt and beat them (in the World Cup qualifiers) so Algeria are probably stronger than Egypt," he stated. "I respect this team.

"I hope to play against Italy in the final but my shirt at that moment will be an England shirt."

The World Cup kicks off on Friday 11 June, with England's opening game against the United States on the following day.