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The iPhone has been a huge hit for Apple Inc., helping send the company’s stock to all-time highs and producing record-breaking profits.

But for AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., it’s breaking the bank.

The three wireless carriers all found themselves answering to Wall Street in recent weeks for posting depressed quarterly earnings, and analysts pointed to the heavy cost of offering the iPhone as a culprit.

The iPhone has become the single most popular smartphone in the U.S., and that has left the carriers trapped in a kind of Faustian deal: The more iPhones they sell,…………… continues on Los Angeles Times

The air is thick with rumors about the next iPad, with All Things Digital’s report that a launch event is coming in the first week of March.

Over at the New York Times, the report is that it’s not clear if the device Apple’s said to be introducing in March will be called the iPad 3.

According to an unnamed (and brave!) Apple employee who spoke to the paper, the next iPad will be essentially the same size and shape as the iPad 2, but with a better screen.

Anyone else having echoes of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S?

If the changes to the iPad aren’t revolutionary, it’s possible that its name will reflect that as well. There’s already been speculation that the tablet will be called the iPad HD or, as CNet said — perhaps somewhat tongue-in-cheek — the iPad 2S.

The rumor that the new tablet, whatever it’s called, will have a better screen is still the speculated to be the biggest difference between the new iPad and the current one. According to the unnamed Apple employee, the screen will be “truly amazing.”

Another rumor has surfaced on the blog for Repair Labs, a Web site that fixes Apple produ…………… continues on Washington Post