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The iPhone is sometimes compared to a Star Trek communicator, so it's pretty cool that an actor from Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, used it to get a part on the upcoming J.J. Abrams Trek sequel. When Cumberbatch couldn't make it to the audition, he used his iPhone to record a reading and sent it along, according to the New York Times (subscription required).
