Apple [AAPL] will launch AirPrint in November this year. The AirPrint software will be part of iOS 4.2 that will bring muiltitasking and printing to the iPad.

If you don’t want to wait a few more months for wireless printing abilities then go and checkout the PrintJinni application that has been designed to print documents to Epson hardware.

The application costs $7 to purchase and once up and running, allows you to read various types of documents from various email services.

The app supports Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, MobileMe, AOL, and other IMAP-based e-mail accounts. Users can download, display, preview, and print e-mail attachments while maintaining accurate formatting. PrintJinni also promises easy discovery of supported Epson printer and all-in-one devices over a wireless network.

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According to CNET, Microsoft [MSFT] is delaying the launch of CDMA based Windows Phone 7 smartphones until next year. The launch this year will be for GSM variants that will be launched around the globe.

“We had to make some trade-offs,” senior product manager Greg Sullivan told CNET today. “Even Microsoft doesn’t have unlimited resources. We had to prioritize doing fewer things, really, really well.”

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The video below could be fake although we are not 100% in the know on either decision.

It supposedly shows a demo of what HTC Sense will look like when run on Windows Phone 7. The main problem here is that Microsoft doesn’t allow modifications to how the home screen functions, so right now it is believed that HTC will create an app to replicate functions on the phone.

Although it looks good and quite flashy, we are not too convinced this is what will be showing up on Windows Phone 7 as it seems a little too much in details for what users want in a mobile phone experience. [Read more…]

Microsoft [MSFT] ran a demo of Twitter and YouTube for Windows Phone 7 to give people an idea of how they work and how well they are integrated in to the new mobile OS.

As well as showing off Twitter and Youtube, TechFlash reports that other apps of sites such as Netflix, Flixter and Travelocity were also on show.

Windows Phone 7 running YouTube works with publicly available API’s and is capable of streaming the H.264 encoded files. [Read more…]

The HTC Desire Z has only just been officially announced. We now have the first prices starting to roll in. The first is from Play.com in the UK who have the new Android smartphone priced at £430.

As well as pricing up the Desire Z, Play has also priced up the HTC Desire HD and given it a price tag of £470. Remember that prices quoted on Play.com are not subsidised, ie contract free. Expect the prices of these phones to be cheaper if you are willing to sign up for an 18 to 24 month contract. [Read more…]

Skyfire confirmed recently that 1 million users are not using the Skyfire browser on Android OS based devices.

With 1 million downloads, it firmly puts the browser in the top 0.02% of all applications available in the Android market.

If you are unable to use Flash on your Android device… ie, it has Android 2.1 or lower as an operating system, then Skyfire is well worth checking out. The mobile browser allows you to use flash on your device. [Read more…]