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Will The New iPod Touch Have A Front Facing Camera?

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It’s that time again when geeks, humans and hybrids (aka journalists covering tech news) make the latest predictions on Apple’s newest gadgets.

Now that the iPhone 4 has proven its worth to the world, the geek-o-sphere is once again in hyper mode speculating about the iPod Touch embracing Face Time.

Major UK retailer, John Lewis, believes that there’ll be a substantial refresh of the iPod Touch this coming September 2010. Speaking at the company’s Christmas look-ahead event in London, Rob Hennessey, buyer audio and telecomms, outlined the major features that the device is likely to carry, based on information given to him from suppliers.

The main new add-ons will be an improved 5-megapixel camera with a flash, that can shoot HD video, the adoption of the same sort of accelerometer and gyroscope found in the iPhone 4, and FaceTime calling over Wi-Fi. (Pocket-lint) [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 8, 2010 @ 3:26 pm

Google Panic: Facebook May Dethrone Orkut In The Nation Of A Billion Minds

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Poor Google. Despite launching a social network dubbed Orkut many moons ago, the site failed to take off anywhere outside of Brazil and India (despite its original focus being upon the US).

Although the social did very well in both of those nations, it looks as if the search engine giant may need to come up with a new strategy, as Facebook may have captured the nation of a billion minds. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 8, 2010 @ 12:59 pm

Will Blackberry 6 Save RIM From The iPhone Tsunami?

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Despite the hype over the iPhone (or iDrama if you’re suffering from signal loss), Apple has yet to capture the smartphone crown, as RIM (which stands for Research In Motion for you non-geeks) still reigns as the champion in the US.

Despite its vaulted position, RIM has done a horrendous job at countering Apple’s mobile OS, although all that may change with the launch of Blackberry 6.

In the almost ten years I’ve worked at Research In Motion (RIM), I’ve never been as excited about a BlackBerry® software launch as I am for BlackBerry 6, which is on track for release this summer. I’m absolutely in love with the BlackBerry 6 experience and I expect other longtime users like me will feel the same. I also think the wide range of changes and added features in BlackBerry 6 will attract a lot of new users to the BlackBerry platform. […]

In addition to the new fluid user interface, the video illustrates a few of the new applications and features in BlackBerry 6 that are designed to provide users with a mobile experience that is fun and approachable, yet extremely powerful. We’ll discuss these features in more detail on Inside BlackBerry as we move closer to the point when BlackBerry 6 becomes publicly available. (Inside Blackberry)

Unlike Android and Windows 7 Mobile (whose user interfaces look hideous), Blackberry 6 seems to be a breath of fresh air that may help RIM regain favor with the corporate masses (or rather their employees) in an age where everyone is going “ga ga” over iPhone 4. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 12, 2010 @ 12:59 pm

Apple Is Looking For A Few Good Antenna Engineers?

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Now that the dust has settled and it’s confirmed that the  iPhone 4 does in fact hate left handed people, it looks like the boys and girls at Cupertino are seeking out a few good engineers in an attempt to remedy the signal issue.

The only question that remains is whether Apple is seeking them to fix the ever so popular iPhone 4 or in order to keep this issue from reappearing in iPhone 4G (as that is what it will probably be called in 2011). [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 30, 2010 @ 1:08 pm