Some research was done recently which indicates that 15 million people want the iTunes Cloud service. Many of those said they would also pay for the service.
The numbers were calculated by polling 3862 iTunes users over the age of 13. 25% of those users said they would want a streaming service option which indicates 13 – 15 million people in the US alone could want to stream music.
Of course we don’t get a truly accurate number from a sample of 3862, but it does show that there is a lot of interest in the service. [Read more…]
We have heard quite a bit about an iPhone 4 jailbreak. We hear that one has successfully been made and that the team are just waiting for Apple [AAPL] to release the next firmware update due out any time now.
Check out the iPhone 4 antenna kit that is designed to fix the problems with the iPhone 4 signal. The antenna kit attaches to the dock connector on your iPhone 4 and includes a lengthy cable with a long antenna attached.
When Apple [AAPL] announced iOS 4 they said a large number of enhancements had been included. These of course include multitasking as well as many other popular features that have been publicly known. Another one of the new features is called iPod Out which appears to have been overlooked somewhat. Thankfully, BMW has an all seeing eye and spotted the new feature allowing them to create quite a decent interface for their cars.
Microsoft [MSFT] is looking for iPad users to join them at the MS Campus so the company can study how people use the iPad. In particular the company is looking for students to watch for a couple of hours so they can study how students interact with the iPad and how they work with it.
The Windows Steam Blog is pushing out some content today. We have heard a few things from them today including the 
The graph shown here represents the number of Android apps being launched in the Market Place over time.
Apple [AAPL] has decided it’s time to promote FaceTime a little more than previously. FaceTime is part of the iPhone 4 and lets iPhone 4 users make video calls to other iPhone 4 users over WiFi networks. Apple seem to claim they invented video calling although other devices have had video calling abilities over 3G networks going on 7 years now.
Another iPhone 4 jailbreak is being teased. This time it’s done by Geohot who has provided jailbreaks in the past.
The OS from Google [GOOG] called Android is making quite an impact in the smartphone arena.
The new iOS 4.0.1 (or whatever it’s called) could be delayed due to the iOS 4 jailbreak that is pending release.
Apple [AAPL] launched the iPhone 4 just a few weeks ago in five countries with promise of more countries getting it in the near future. It seems that the next list of countries is getting closer as Movistar in Spain has indicated that the iPhone 4 will be available on it’s network on Wednesday July 28.
