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MobileMe iDisk Streaming Hints that iTunes Cloud is Getting Closer

Last month, Apple [AAPL] updated the MobileMe iDisk app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new update sneakily brings in the ability to stream music from your iDisk to your iOS based device. Any music that you upload to iDisk can now be accessed and run in the background on devices that run iOS 4.

This appears to go against what record labels are demanding in that when music is streamed, you need to pay a license fee.

Apple recently pushed a new version of their iDisk software. iDisk is Apple’s online storage service similar to Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs. Quietly mentioned in the release note of version 1.2 is the ability to play music files from remote storage in the background. I say “quietly” because this capability is not among the bullet list of features. Only if you click the “More” button do you see this listed:

* Play audio from your iDisk while using another app

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Samsung Android Tablet to be Announced August 11 – Rumour

Samsung could be unveiling the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android OS tablet device in just a couple of weeks time. We hear from Electronista that the release date might be August 11, or should I say the unveiling of it.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tablet will run Android when it is launched. An invitation has been sent out to numerous news sites indicating that three new products will be revealed. [Read more…]

New Amazon Kindle Announced – Two New Models

Amazon has launched two new 6 inch Kindle models.

The two new Kindle models are the 3G version and the Wi-Fi only version which cost $189 and $139 respectively. Each are 21 percent smaller than before and 15 percent lighter. Page turns have been improved by 20 percent and the battery life lasts up to one full month between charges.

Double the storage has been included and the screen has 50 percent better contrast than the previous models. [Read more…]

iPhone 4 CAD Drawings Get Spruced up

If you plan on making a case for an Apple [AAPL] product such as an iPhone 4 or iPad for example, Apple has a page on it’s site that allows you to grab all the technical details you need to create the case. The CAD style drawings are available, but to be honest look a little bland as they are just line drawings with measurements and a few hints and tips added on such as “do not block the camera”.

Core77 decided to spruce the images a little by merging actual pictures of the iPhone 4 with the CAD details and came up with the image just above. A section of the original drawing can be found below with all the drawings for many Apple products available over here. [Read more…]

Apple 27 Inch LED Cinema Display Announced

Apple [AAPL] has announced a new 27 inch Cinema Display today. The new display is LED based, measures 27 inches and has a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels.

The new screen size makes it 60 percent larger than the 24 inch model. Features built in include an iSight video camera, a microphone, speakers and a USB 2.0 hub that is powered.

The screen uses a universal MagSafe connector. The large screen has been designed as a companion to MacBook family or Mac Desktops to be used as a primary or secondary screen. Price wise, it costs $999. [Read more…]

HP Slate to be for Enterprise Customers Only

The HP Slate has been a little evasive since it was first unveiled at the beginning of this year. It started off as a Windows 7 tablet, then that appeared to get killed off in favour of Android and then webOS and again a compact variant of Windows 7 and now it appears that this Windows 7 tablet version is going to be for enterprise customers only and not for general consumers.

The information comes from Todd Bradley from HP who said in regards to the Slate that it would be “more customer-specific than broadly deployed,” and that the Microsoft-based tablet would be “for the enterprise” and probably released in the fall. [Read more…]

NOOK for Android Smartphones Now Available

Barnes & Noble [BKS] has announced NOOK for Android is now available. The new NOOK reader allows you to read eBooks purchased from the B&N store which now contains over 1 million eBooks.

The application it’s self is free to download and the only thing you actually need to pay for is books that you want to read. If you already have paid for books on a NOOK reader for example, you can just log in with your account and sync them across.

The new Android app is also the first eReader software to feature Barnes & Noble’s new NOOK-centric branding, leveraging the strength of the company’s NOOK brand across its entire eReading offering. NOOK for Android will soon be followed by an updated NOOK for iPhone®, NOOK for iPad¢, and others in the coming months. The new eReader software branding aligns with the company’s current NOOK offering NOOK 3G and NOOK Wi-Fi® eBook Readers, and the recently announced NOOKstudy¢ online study platform and software solution for higher education.

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Lenovo Android Tablet Revealed

We hear that Lenovo is also going to be making a tablet computer. The new style of tablet will of course follow along with what the iPad, HP Slate and others look like in that it will drop the old style keyboard and run a more appropriate operating system.

The Lenovo model has been code-named LePad and will run the Google [GOOG] Android operating system. Unfortunately there are no official pictures of what it will look like and we don’t know when the company plan on launching it either.

It is unclear also if the code-name of LePad will be used as the final product name. Names aside though, Lenovo need to act quickly as Apple [AAPL] are getting a huge headstart over all other companies who have yet made a worthy competitor. [Read more…]

Dell Streak Coming to US Late July

The Dell Streak is almost available in the US. Loading up the Dell website we see that a date of July 2010 has been provided for you to get your hands on the tablet.

There is no exact date unfortunately but as it’s the 22nd today, that gives them 9 days to get it released.

The Dell Streak is an interesting device that runs Google Android. It has a 5 inch screen putting it in between the size of a smartphone and a larger tablet such as the iPad. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera and on the front, a VGA camera allowing for video calls to be made. [Read more…]

Apple Post Third Quarter Results – All-Time Record Revenue

Yesterday, Apple [AAPL] posted it’s third quarter results. The quarter included a full three months of iPad sales along with the roll out of the iPhone 4.

Profits reported were $3.25b with revenues of $15.7b which is an increase the same quarter from last year.

Apple sold 3.27 million iPads. The iPhone 4 sold well although the iPod is showing decline at the moment. An interesting detail mentioned on the call was that the iPad and iPhone 4 stocks are constantly being sold. Everything the company can make is being sold which is quite impressive. [Read more…]

HP PALMPAD Trademark Filed

The HP Slate running webOS could have an official name now. The name that is believed to be final is HP PALMPAD. The reason for believing this is due to some documents where the trademark was filed for that name by HP.

The trademark was filed on July 9 by HP and is listed in a number of categories as follows…

Computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers, handheld and mobile computers, PDAs, electronic notepads, mobile digital electronic devices

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Apple iTunes 9.2.1 Update Arrives

Apple [AAPL] has made a new iTunes update available for download. The new version is iTunes 9.2.1 that fixes a few important bugs. The list includes the following…

* Addresses minor issues with dragging and dropping items
* Addresses a performance issue when first syncing to some devices with iTunes 9.2
* Addresses an issue upgrading to iOS 4 on an iPhone or iPod touch with encrypted back-ups
* Addresses other issues that improve stability and performance [Read more…]