Apple Starts Free iPhone 4 Case Program

If you purchase an iPhone 4 before September 30, 2010, you are eligible to receive an iPhone 4 Bumper or a select third-party case from Apple at no charge. To get an iPhone 4 Bumper or case at no charge follow these steps:
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Apple iOS 4 vs. Android 2.2: Which is Better for Business and Professional Users?

Apple has the crown of best smartphone operating system for past few years, but Android has been gaining strength. And the latest Android 2.2 release is fast becoming a default iPhone alternative. To find out which one was better for business and professional users InfoWorld Test Center compared capabilities of both the mobile OSes related to professional users.
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RIM Previews New Multimedia Features of BlackBerry OS 6

RIM has posted a preview of new multimedia features that will come in BlackBerry OS 6 later this year. RIM says “the multimedia team focused on delivering an intuitive multimedia experience right out of the box – so whether you are a power user or new to mobile multimedia on BlackBerry smartphones, you can easily find and use the enhanced multimedia features.”
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Rumor: iPhone Coming to T-Mobile this Fall

Cult of Mac is reporting that T-mobile USA is very close to getting iPhone this fall before Verizon. The website wrote:
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Review Roundup: Apple MacBook (2010)

Apple updated the white MacBook with 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics and new battery offering 10 hours battery life. The polycarbonate unibody MacBook now offers the same hardware specification as the costlier 13-inch MacBook Pro cousin, but for $200 less at $999.
Below we have added six best Apple MacBook reviews available online:
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Panasonic Adds LX5, FZ100, FZ40, FX700 and TS10 to Their Camera Lineup

Panasonic has added five new cameras to their compact digital camera lineup. The first camera DMC-LX5 is a successor to the very popular LX3, both DMC-FZ100 and FZ40 are superzoom cameras, DMC-FX700 is an ultra compact camera with touchscreen, and DMC-TS10 is a rugged compact camera. Let start with Lumix DMC-LX5.
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Microsoft Confirms Xbox 360 4GB and $149 Kinect Price Tag

Microsoft today announced all-new Xbox 360 4GB console, the Kinect Sensor and “Kinect Adventures” packed together for $299. For existing Xbox 360 owners Kinect sensor and Kinect Adventures pack will be available for $149.99. The new Xbox 360 4GB console, which begins shipping on Aug. 3 in the U.S., will be available for $199.99.
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Review Roundup: Apple Mac mini (2010)

Apple introduced the redesigned Mac mini featuring NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card, HDMI port and SD card slot, all in a 1.4-inch thin aluminum enclosure. Apple claims that the new Mac mini is world’s most energy efficient desktop and offers the fastest integrated graphics processor on the market today. It comes with 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, SuperDrive, 320GB hard drive, shared 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics, WiFi and Bluetooth priced $699.
Below we have added eight best Apple Mac mini reviews available online:
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Windows Phone 7 Preview Roundup

Microsoft provided few websites with Windows Phone 7 preview devices and those websites have posted detailed preview of the upcoming mobile OS. The Samsung devices that Microsoft sent were the same reference hardware, which the company will provide to the developers starting today. Most websites called Windows Phone 7 a step in right direction, but incomplete. Below we have added conclusions of some of the Windows Phone 7 previews posted online:
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Various Smartphone Makers Respond to Apple’s Antenna Issue Claims

Apple not only showed signal attenuation problem on smartphones from RIM, HTC, and Samsung at their iPhone 4 press conference, but also posted a webpage showing videos and photos of this happening on various smartphones. Well this is not making any of the smartphone makers happy. So they have released statements saying that the signal loss problem is mostly affecting Apple iPhone 4. Response from various smartphone makers is as follows:
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Apple iPhone 4 Press Conference Live Coverage Today at 10AM PST / 1PM EST

Overall, this shows that the only answer Apple has to the antenna problem is to put a case/bumper on the iPhone 4. If you don't like case on your device and you are suffering from signal loss issue you have two option - forget about the issue and enjoy the iPhone or return the iPhone before 30 days period ends. It looks like Apple has something up their sleeve for September as the free case program end on 30th Sept.

• The press conference is over.
  
• It ending, Steve says "Okay so I think this is it. Has that helped? I wish we could have done it sooner, but then you wouldn't have had anything to write about."
  
• A:Yes
  
• Q: Will the bumper offer extend outside of the US?
  
• Steve: I always have, and you know, the address is out there and I've always emailed people back. I try to reply to some of them because they're our customers. But now people post them to the web... and some people just make things up. So don't believe everything you read!
  
• Q: You've been communicating with customers through email quite a bit -- how is that impacting how you're dealing with these issues.
  
• A:The short answer is don't know.
  
• Q: Few years back Apple released a software fix that improved reception, can you do it again?
  
• A: We'll hold financial conference for Q2 next week.
  
• Q: What kind of impact do you think this will have?
  
• Steve adds "One many statements lately that fall into that category."
  
• iPhone Software VP Forstall says " statement is patently false. Can we continue to tune the way the baseband interacts with the network? Yes, and we do this all the time. But that statement is untrue."
  
• A: We just spent the last hour going through how the iPhone 4 drops only 1 more call per hundred than the 3GS. … Go talk to the Times, because you guys talk to yourselves a lot, and they’re just making this stuff up.
  
• Q: NY Times says this might have a software fix, will software help?
  
• A: Extremely small, even lower than AT&T numbers.
  
• Q: Return rates at Apple stores?
  
• A: When you love your customers, nothing is off the table. But we want to data driven. We send engineers to people's homes with test equipment and take logs to get to the root of the problem.
  
• Q: Did you consider a recall?
  
• A: You can go on the web and look at pictures of Nokia phones that ship with stickers on the back that say "don't touch here" -- you can go on YouTube and see these. We should you three phones today, all good phones. So right now the state of the art of the entire industry is that no one has solved this problem. Would I like Apple to be first? Yes. Can we make it better right now? Maybe, we'll see.
  
• Q:Is there a hardware redesign in this generation that could fix this problem?
  
• Steve says Apple has been around 30 years. Haven't we earned the credibility and trust that we're going to take care of our users. But the reaction has been so overblown... We could actually use your help here.
  
• Steve adds we are engineering company, we think like engineers, and we think it's the right way to solve problems. We have been working day and night on this problem as we love our customers.
  
• A:There are some things we know that we did learn here. One thing is how much we love our customers and how we are going to take care of them. We were stunned and upset and embarrassed by the Consumer Reports stuff, and the reason we didn’t say more is because we didn’t know enough. If we’d have done this event a week and a half ago, we wouldn’t have had half the data we have today.
  
• Q: What have you learned here?
  
• Steve adds I used my iPhone in my hone thats made of brick. I've gotten reception where I haven't gotten it before, I'm thrilled. That doesn't mean other people don't have problems, but that's been my experience.
  
• A: All three show their iPhone without bumper.
  
• Q: Do any of you carry your iPhone 4 with the bumper?
  
• A:Not really, we'll reevaluate then. Maybe we'll have a better idea. Maybe Eminem will come out with a band-aid that goes over the corner and everyone will want that.
  
• Q: This free case program ends on September 30th, is that to let people know that you'll have to buy a case?
  
• A: I’ve thought about that a LOT. We didn’t fully understand if there were problems at that point. We might have set the expectation that smartphones have weak spots… but the fact is, most smartphones seem to have the same characteristic as the iPhone 4. If you grip them in a certain way they lose signal strength dramatically, especially in a low signal strength area. And one of the things we’ve learned is that as a leader in the smartphone world now, we need to educate. So what we need was data. And now we’ve got some and we’re sharing it now.
  
• Q: Is there anything you could have said in the launch keynote to lower expectations?
  
• A: yes.
  
• Q: Will there be refunds for AT&T contracts?
  
• A:We strive to do both. He is exampling various good features of iPhone 4.
  
• Q: Do you think you're making users choose between form and function?
  
• A:Steve - You know we hear from customers who love this phone and have a great experience with it, and we're doing a lot to help them with any issues they're seeing. To investors, you know, you invest in the company we are, so if the stock goes down $5... I don't think I owe them an apology.
  
• Q: Are you willing to make an apology to investors?
  
• A:Are you talking about the Bloomberg article? That's a crock, and we've challenged them to show proof that that. If anyone had said this thing has problems, we would have dispatched people to deal with that issue. Bloomberg article is total bullshit.
  
• Q: Were you told about the design problem before launch?
  
• A: When you touch the phone, you put yourself between the signal and your phone, so when you touch that spot you can attenuate the signal, and it you grip it with your whole hand, you can attenuate it even more. We don't build phone with an antenna on top..
  
• Q: You showed people almost covering the entire phone in their hand, but on the iPhone 4 it can happen with just a touch?
  
• A: You may not see it in certain areas.
  
• Q: I can't get my Bold to drop signal right now, maybe you can show me how to do it?
  
• A: We are getting good reports from most of customers. So I don't know changing the antenna design will help.
  
• Q: What else you will do to address this problem? Any hardware change?
  
• First person is asking about Steve's health. He says he is fine.
  
• Now its Q&A time Tim Cook and Bob Mansfield will join Steve on stage.
  
• Steve gets back to the starting point smartphones have issues and holding the phone can cause signal problem. there is a challenge for the entire smartphone industry to improve its antenna technology so there are no weak spots. So today we're going to try and take care of our customers.
  
• Steve says "We do this because we love our users, and if we screw up, we pick ourselves up and we try harder. And when we succeed, they reward us by staying our users. We take this really personally. Maybe we should have a wall of PR people keeping us away from this stuff, but we don't, we take it really personally. So we've worked the last 22 days on this trying to solve the problem. And we think we've gotten to the heart of the problem."
  
• Also on 30 July 17 more countries will get the iPhone 4.
  
• Now some other updates. Apple will start shipping White iPhone by end of the month.
  
• And if you're not happy, you can bring the phone back. We'll give you a full refund within 30 days. No restocking fee. We want to make everyone happy, and if we can't make you happy we'll give you a full refund.
  
• So Apple is going to address this issue by software update that fixes the bars and other bugs and second Apple will every iPhone owner a free bumper or case. Apple will offer choose of cases and bumper and will ship them free to the iPhone 4 customers.
  
• At last, Steve says that there is a problem, but the problem is affecting a very small number of users. However, we want all of our users to be happy.
  
• Personally, I have never used a case with iPhone before and I never had signal loss, but I am experiencing that problem on iPhone 4.
  
• Steve has a theory for that "When the 3GS came out, we didn't change the design from the 3G. So there were already lots of cases out there for the phone. And more than 80% of new buyers left the store with a case. Now the new phone doesn't fit those cases, and we can't make these bumpers fast enough, so only 20% leave the store with a case... but we're going to figure it out."
  
• Return rate for iPhone 4 is 1/3 of iPhone 3GS, however iPhone 4 drops more calls per 100 calls than iPhone 3GS according to AT&T data.
  
• Steve says next some real interesting data from Apple Care only 0.55% out of 3 million have called or visited Apple store with this problem.
  
• Actually, we know people whose reception has gone done. But Apple is trying to explain.
  
• Steve again says that phones aren't perfect. but people are reporting better reception with this antenna than they've ever seen before.
  
• Steve is now talking about how Apple tests their phone. Apple has invested $100 million in 17 anechoic chambers. Steve says "And we had a reporting error -- we screwed up on our algorithm. Some of these other phones may be too generous. Our choice was to put the correct algorithm in. And we did that with the new update. You'll still see a drop... we haven't figured out a way around the laws of physics yet."
  
• Steve says Phones aren't perfect and everyone's phone has a weak spot. What is Steve trying to say here?
  
• Steve is showing signal drop on other phones like Bold, Droid Eris and Omnia II.
  
• For past 22 days since launch we have been working on this issue.And today we want to share what we have learned.
  
• We have sold over 3 million iPhone 4 in three weeks. And it has the highest customers satisfaction rating. But we started getting reports about antenna issue.
  
• Steve says "we are going to talk about how we're going to do that". But first some number.
  
• Steve is on stage. he says phones aren't perfect. he says "But we want to make all of our users happy. If you don't know that about Apple, you don't know Apple. We love making our users happy."
  
• Or are they suggesting we should buy the iPhone or return it. you can check the song on Youtube.
  
• Apple is playing iPhone 4 antenna song on the screen. trying to make it funny.
  
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• We are in, conference about to start. Smooth jazz music playing to calm everyone down.
  

It a small crowd than usual. The press conference should start in about 10 minutes.



Apple has invited media for a press conference related to recently released iPhone 4. It is believed that Apple will address the iPhone 4 antenna issues as well as provide information about the steps they will take to rectify the signal loss problem. The conference will start at 10 AM PST / 1PM EST today and we will be doing live coverage of the conference. We will post up to the minute coverage of the event as well as analyst of what Apple says at the press conference on live.techztalk.com.
The press conference will start in about an hour till that time you can read other iPhone 4 related articles here.

• iPhone 4 Antenna Problem Related to Longstanding Weakness in The Basic Communications Software
• Is iPhone 4’s Retina Display the Best?
• Apple Publishes Letter Regarding iPhone 4 Signal Problems
• Detailed Tests Show iPhone 4 Signal Issues are Very Real
• iPhone 4 Offers The Best Camera in Smartphone

Apple Releases iOS 4.0.1 to Address iPhone 4 Antenna Issue and iPhone 4 Press Conference Tomorrow

Apple today issued iOS 4.0.1 update for iPhone 4 that improves the accuracy of the reported signal strength displayed on the phone. Apple’s release statement says that the update “improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display”.
Apple is going to have a press conference tomorrow (Friday, July 16th) at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST. We hope that Apple will talk in detail about the iPhone 4 antenna issue tomorrow and hence we will be doing a live coverage of the conference on live.techztalk.com at 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST.
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MacBook Air with 11.6-inch Screen and iPod touch with Camera Coming in September

Digitimes is reporting that Apple is working on new MacBook Air model that will feature an 11.6-inch screen and will be even slimmer than current Air model. The new laptop will use Intel’s ultra low voltage Core i-series processor and will be manufactured by Quanta Computer.
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Apple Publishes Letter Regarding iPhone 4 Signal Problems

Apple today published an open letter describing the iPhone 4 signal drop problem and promising a fix soon. Apple’s letter says:
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Apple Has Verizon Compatible iPhone Ready

Adding his two cents to the news reported by Bloomberg about iPhone coming to Verizon in 2011, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop posted that Apple already has a Verizon compatible iPhone. He wrote on the website:
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Detailed Tests Show iPhone 4 Signal Issues are Very Real

Lot has been said around the blogosphere about iPhone 4 cellular reception issues. Many people have even posted videos showing the effects on signal strength caused by holding the iPhone with a left-handed grip on YouTube. Apple’s response to this problem has been largely Apple like, calling it a non-issue. However, tests done on the new iPhone by Anand Shimpi of AnandTech and Richard Gaywood clearly show that signal strength depends heavily on how you hold the phone.
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Hulu Plus Now Official $9.99 Per Month

Hulu today introduced their new service called Hulu Plus that will offer ad-supported online subscription service for TV shows for $9.99 per month. Full season of all of the current broadcast shows on Hulu website will be available on Hulu Plus. The service will support devices including iPad, iPhone, computers and Samsung Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players. Hulu will add support for PlayStation 3 soon.
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iPhone 4 Offers The Best Camera in Smartphones

While the race to put higher megapixel camera in smartphones is going on at full speed, Apple selected to put a 5-megapixel camera on the new iPhone 4. However, the company selected a backside-illuminated sensor with same pixel size as their older three-megapixel sensor. The bigger pixels on the sensor allow better image capture, whereas the backside illuminated sensor offers amazing pictures even in low light and dark environments. Apple claims megapixel count alone doesn’t mean anything and the tests done by various websites prove that Apple is right.
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Lines, Lines and More Lines Welcome iPhone 4

Like last three years, iPhone 4 launch this year has also generated lines of people around the globe. Japan was the first country to get the iPhone 4 and over thousand people waited in line for the launch at the Apple store in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district. At Softbank’s main store in Tokyo (Apple’s carrier partner in Japan) another few hundred people waited for the highly anticipated iPhone launch.
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Review Roundup: Apple iPhone 4

Apple introduced the new iPhone 4 featuring FaceTime video calling, highest resolution Retina display, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, 3-axis gyroscope and up to 40 percent longer battery life on June 7th. The phone has all-new design of glass and stainless steel and is the thinnest smartphone in the world. We have added the best iPhone 4 reviews available online below.
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iPhone 4 Arrives Early, But won’t Activate for Some Customers

Many iPhone pre-order customers are reporting that their iPhone 4 have already arrived two days before the actual launch date. However, some of the customers are also reporting that their phones won’t activate and AT&T has told them that it would take until tomorrow to start the activation process. Apple announced a day after they started taking pre-orders for the new iPhone 4 that they have received over 600,000 handset pre-orders in less than 24 hours. All the customers who ordered their handset on 15th June should receive the new handset on or before 24th June launch date.
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iPhone 4 News: Pre-Orders Shipping, Some Orders Cancelled and White Model will be Available on Launch

Apple has started shipping the new iPhone 4 pre-orders on Sunday. Many customers have received shipment notifications from Apple informing them that their orders will be delivered on June 24th by 4:40 PM. AppleInsider has posted image of both the shipment notification and FedEx tracking showing that some orders are shipping directly from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, the FedEx shipping site at Hong Kong International Airport.
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Apple Releases Safari 5

As rumored, Apple today released Safari 5 web browser featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4, and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari's search field. Available for both Mac and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience.
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Apple Introduces iPhone 4 with FaceTime Video Calling, Retina Display, 5 Megapixel Camera and HD Video Recording

Apple today presented the new iPhone 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time—in a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. iOS 4 features Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform.
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Steve Jobs WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Coverage on June 7th 10AM PST / 1PM EST

We will be doing complete coverage of iPhone 4 on TechzTalk today. Visit the website for in-depth coverage of iPhone 4.

• Steve thanks everyone and walks off the stage. That all from the keynote.
  
• Steve is introducing each iPhone team. He says ""I'm really proud of all you guys, awesome job. This is our new baby, I hope you love it as much as we do."
  
• Steve is now talking about values of Apple. And how hard they work for hardware and software integration. He thanks all of the teams at Apple for hard work over last 18 months of iPhone 4 development.
  
• iPhone 4 will ship in 5 countries on June 24th and 18 more countries will be added in July.
  
• Now Ad video for iPhone 4.
  
• Steve is now showing a video about iPhone 4 development.
  
• iPhone OS 4 upgrade available for iPhone 3GS and 3G owners on 21 June.
  
• Apple will launch iPhone 4 in 88 countries by September.
  
• iPhone 3GS is now available for $99.
  
• Now iPhone 4 price and availability, two colors Black and white, two models 16GB $199 and 32GB $299. AT&T is making an incredibly generous upgrade offer allowing iPhone 3GS customers to get the new iPhone 4 if they bought the iPhone3GS when it was launched last year. The Phone will go on sale on June 24th.
  
• FaceTime demo is over Steve talks about various features of FaceTime. The app is based on open standard like h.264, AAC, SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP and SRTP. Apple going to standards body tomorrow to make FaceTime an open industry standard.
  
• Steve is showing a video with various people using FaceTime.
  
• Steve says FaceTime will be WiFi only in 2010 "Need to work a little bit with the cellular providers for 3G."
  
• The video call will only work on WiFi, iPhone 4 to iPhone 4. There is no setup required. You just make a call and switch to FaceTime.
  
• Apple is calling the video call feature "FaceTime".
  
• The video quality is good, there is some lag, Steve blames all the WiFi connection in the hall.
  
• Lights are back on and the Steve is now showing a video call with Jony Ive.
  
• That all for iPhone. And Now One More Thing......
  
• Steve says Apple will have 48% of mobile ad market after only 8 weeks of selling iAds.
  
• iAds will launch on July 1st. Already $60 million have been committed to iAds for second half of 2010.
  
• The Ads are really cool and they look more user controlled. Then forced on user.
  
• User can close the ad anytime by clicking the X on the top.
  
• He is now showing Nissan ad. He says Clicking the ad loads a brief video, gives user the option to interact without leaving the application.
  
• It works like flash but are full HTML5 with MPEG4 video.
  
• Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Campbell's Soup, Sears, JCPenny, Target, Best Buy, DirecTV, TBS, Disney and others have signed up for iAds.
  
• 60 percent of iAds revenue goes to the developer and is paid via iTunes connect. (This has changed it was 70% before, but now its similar to what others offer).
  
• He says iAds "combines the motion of video with interactivity of the web." It keeps user in the app without taking the user to a random website when they click the ad.
  
• Now Steve talks about iAds
  
• The three stores have over 150 million accounts making it the biggest online store.
  
• Now iPhone has three stores iTunes, App Store and iBookStore.
  
• Now shows PDF on iBook app, flips pages and shows smooth animation.
  
• He shows how selections are highlighted and how notes can be added to the books.
  
• Steve is now demoing the iBook store on iPhone.
  
• iBook store across iPhone, iPod touch and iPad will sync wirelessly.
  
• iBook Store is coming to iPhone with PDF integration. PDF in a mail message goes right to iBooks in your PDF shelf.
  
• iPhone OS 4 goes gold master today. 100 millionth iPhone OS device will be sold this month.
  
• Apple is adding Bing as a Search option to iPhone, Google will still remain the default.
  
• He now talks about Folders. Steve says the new iPhone OS 4 has multitasking, folders, retina display integration, enhancements to mail, camera and much deeper enterprise integrations.
  
• He is showing multitasking demo by playing music, then opening mail and going back to homescreen to create folder.
  
• Steve quotes Google's Larry Page "On Android software running in the background, that just sort of exhausts the battery quickly."
  
• Steve says their are over 100 new features. He starts with multitasking.
  
• Feature 6 - Is iPhone OS 4
  
• Apple could have password protected the WiFi network, Why keep it open for access.
  
• Steve is back on the stage and asking everyone to turn off WiFi to continue with the demo.
  
• The App will be available on App store for $4.99.
  
• You can export to 360p, 520p and 720p. It looks professionally done. The clip even renders on the iPhone. And as the camera is backlit low-light video recording is also very good.
  
• You can even add music to the clip from iPod library. (I have never seen such a good movie app for a phone)
  
• It has direct recording to timeline, pinch to scale the timeline, animations, titles, transitions, Themes and support geolocation.
  
• Randy Ubillos, chief architect of video applications is on stage demoing iMovie for iPhone. And the app is awesome.
  
• Steve introduces iMovie for iPhone.
  
• The video software offers one share click. You can record HD video, edit it and share it straight from the phone.
  
• The camera can record HD video with 720p resolution at 30 frames per second.
  
• Showing photos taken with the camera, says the quality is incredible.
  
• The size of pixel on sensor is 1.75 micron, it offers 5x digital zoom with tap to focus feature.
  
• Feature 5 - New camera system. 5-megapixel camera with backside illuminated sensor and LED flash.
  
• With Gyro, iPhone 4 has five sensors including accelerometer, compass, proximity and ambient light for better interaction.
  
• He is doing demo of the new Gyroscope, rotation of 3D objects is very smooth. It looks better than on many gaming devices.
  
• Gyro + accelerometer = 6 axis for better motion sensing.
  
• Fourth features - Gyroscope, a 3 axis gyro for pitch roll and yaw.
  
• It has 32GB storage, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA support.
  
• With bigger battery and A4 chip the new iPhone 4 offers 7 hours talk time, 6 hours browsing on 3G, 10 hours on WiFi, 10 hours of video playback, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.
  
• He says the A4 chip is incredibly small, the biggest component in iPhone is battery.
  
• Feature 3 - iPhone is powered by Apple A4 processor.
  
• Steve believes that the new display will set the standard for next 7 years.
  
• Someone shouts "Try Verizon". Steve stops the demo and starts talking about the screen. 326 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio, IPS panel. He adds " You can't make a OLED display with this resolution".
  
• The network is still not working, Steve apologizing...
  
• He is loading NYTimes, but its loading very slowly. He is now switching to backup and now on AT&T network. It not working error messages coming up.
  
• He is comparing iPhone 4G screen with iPhone 3GS screen. He says Apple has to get special projectors to show just how good this screen is.
  
• Steve is doing live demo now.
  
• Steve says the display has 326ppi. Human retina has 300ppi limit when held 10-12 inches away from the eye.
  
• External design was feature one and now the feature two is new "Retina Display". The new display technology increase pixel density by 4X.
  
• Steve says "When you hold this in your hands, it's unbelievable."
  
• The phone uses stainless steel for strength and glass for better radio transmission. The glass is optical quality and scratch resistant.
  
• He says "Brilliant engineering, uses band as part of Antenna system."
  
• Thinnest smartphone on the planet. It has camera with LED flash, noise cancellation mic. Steve is now showing three black seams (band) on the iPhone.
  
• The front and back is made of glass it just 9.3mm thick, 24 percent thinner than current iPhone.
  
• "This is beyond a doubt the most precise things, one of the most beautiful things we've ever made."
  
• The new iPhone is the biggest leap since original iPhone and it called "iPhone 4". "This is really hot."
  
• iPhone has 58 percent of US browser market share. Steve says iPhone re-invented the phone "It's hard to remember what it was like before the iPhone."
  
• And its Android Vs iPhone. Q1 2010 iPhone has 28 percent market share Android was at 9 percent.
  
• Finally it's iPhone time.
  
• Steve says 5 billion apps have been downloaded and Apple has paid over $1billion to developers. (So basically each download is resulting is 20 cents for developers).
  
• Steve is back on stage. First 30 minutes have gone to apps.
  
• The game will come with tracks from Queen, Rolling Stone and Rise Against. Gameplay is similar to classic game with better graphics.
  
• Now Actvision Senior VP Karthik Bala is on stage. He is talking about Guitar Hero. The new Guitar Hero for iPhone shows 3D rockstars that are fully customizable.
  
• Farmville app will come by end of June.
  
• The applications adds touch interface optimization and push notifications for iPhone.
  
• He says Farmville has over 70 million active users. Now he is demoing Farmville for iPhone. Its same as on the Facebook.
  
• It looks like Apple doesn't have much to show today. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is on stage. he is talking about Zynga games and claims more people play Zynga games they watch season finales of Lost and 24.
  
• Netflix app demo time. Showing functionality like instant quene and recommendations.
  
• NetFlix CEO coming on stage now. He talks about Netflix App coming to iPhone this summer. (Now you know why AT&T has changed their data plans)
  
• Talks about Ebay app and functionality it brings to Ebay customers. 10 million Ebay apps downloaded and over $600 million in volume in first year and estimated 1.5-2 billion this year.
  
• 95 percent are approved in 7 days. However the top three reasons for rejection are - 1) Doesn't function or do what developer says it does. 2) Use of private APIs. 3) They crash.
  
• App Store has over 225,000 applications and 15,000 apps are submitted every week.
  
• Steve says Apple supports two platforms HTML5 - fully open platform and iPhone App platform "curated platform".
  
• Showing iBook application and shows PDF capabilities of the iBook app. Navigation of PDF works like regular ebook.
  
• US share of iBookStore is now 22 percent in just 8 weeks, over 2.5 million ebooks sold.
  
• Steve says developer of iPad app The Elements earned more on first day than 5 years of google ads on periodictable.com
  
• iPad will be available in 19 countries by end of July, over 8,500 native iPad apps available, 35 million iPad apps downloaded so far. Steve is now showing games available on iPad.
  
• He showing a video about iPad launch in various countries.
  
• Starts with iPad update. Calls it magical again, sold over 2 million and 1 iPad sold every 2 seconds.
  
• Steve welcomes everyone he talks about WWDC being the biggest ever with over 5,200 attendees.
  
• Lights are down. Music is going down. And Steve is on stage.
  
• The friendly Apple announcement "Welcome to WWDC 2010. Please turn off your cellphone." The keynote is about to start.
  

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WWDC 2010 Keynote: Predictions
Things We KNow About Upcoming Fourth Generation iPhone
New Data Plans from AT&T: Designed to Counter Jump in Data Consumption with New iPhone?
Safari 5to Bring More HTML5 Support at WWDC


Steve Jobs will be doing inaugural keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2010 on Monday, June 7th in San Francisco. It is believed that Steve will announce the next generation iPhone along with few other product updates at the event. We will be doing live coverage of the event bring you minute-to-minute information from the event. Join us on live.techztalk.com at 10AM PST on Monday June 7 for live coverage of WWDC keynote.
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Things We Know About Upcoming Fourth Generation iPhone

Apple is going to introduce their fourth generation iPhone at WWDC keynote on June 7th. And leaked prototypes of the upcoming iPhone along with iPhone OS 4.0 announcement by Apple have revealed quite a few details about the handset. Both hardware and software of the iPhone will see some much needed improvements, as well as some new features that might help keep the iPhone ahead in the smartphone race.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at D8 Conference

Day before yesterday, it was Steve from Apple and today it was Steve from Microsoft answering Walt Mossberg’s questions at the D8 Conference. Steve Ballmer talked about Apple, Google, Mobile phones, cloud computing and even antitrust. Here are some of the highlights from his interview with Walt Mossberg:
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PC Mag: AT&T is The Fastest 3G Network in US

Earlier this year, PC World did wireless network speed test in 13 cities and found that AT&T had the fastest average download (1410 kbps) and upload (773 kbps) speeds. Now, PC Mag has conducted similar network speed tests in 18 cities and the results aren’t very different.
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Intel Showcases Dual Core Atom Processor for Netbooks and Oak Trail Chipset for Tablet

At Computex 2010, Intel introduced first dual core Atom processor codenamed “Pine Trail” for netbooks along with “Oak Trail” platform optimized for tablets and sleek netbook form factors. Intel also demoed the world’s thinnest netbook running on the upcoming Pine Trail dual core Atom processor.
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AT&T Announces New Wireless Data Plans, Unlimited Data Plan Gone

AT&T today introduced new wireless data plans that start at $15 a month for 200MB data or $25 per month for 2GB of data. AT&T says the new data plans make it more affordable for more people to enjoy the benefits of the mobile Internet. The new data plans are divided as follows:
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Steve Jobs Talks About AT&T, Flash, Gizmodo and Google at D8

Yesterday, at D8 conference Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher of The Wall Street Journal interviewed Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs. The interview lasted for more than one and half hour in which Steve talked about origin of the first iPhone, Adobe Flash, restrictions on analytics, Television, Gizmodo controversy, Google and AT&T. Some of the highlights of his interview along with videos are as follows.
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Qualcomm Starts Sampling First Dual Core Snapdragon Chipset

Even though every blog is reporting that Qualcomm has started shipping dual core Snapdragon chipset, the truth is Qualcomm has started sampling first dual core Snapdragon chipsets, and not mass production or shipment of the chipset. In fact, Qualcomm is not even showing the chipset to the media at Computex 2010. Nonetheless, it is a very important development as the new chipsets are the first sampling dual core chip based on next gen ARM Cortex A9 architecture.
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Tablets From Asus and MSI at Computex 2010

Asus executives started talking about tablets at least 6 months before iPad was announced in January, but it looks like Asus tablet will come to the market at least six months after iPad shipped in April, according to Asus announcements at Computex 2010. Asus introduced three tablet models including 10-inch Eee Pad EP101TC, 12-inch Eee Pad EP121 and Eee Tablet.
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Intel Previews 50-Core Processor and Leaked Slides Reveal Six New Mobile Core i5-i7 Processors

Intel today previewed their first 50-core processor codenamed Knights Corner. The new 22nm processor is based on Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture that integrates many small X86 cores to work together on a single chip. The new MIC architecture is derived from technologies used in 48-core single-chip cloud computer and now-cancelled Larrabee graphics card.
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Five Excellent iPad Features

Two weeks back we posted an article about five important missing features on iPad, but sales of iPad clearly indicate that Apple has done something right, which other tablet makers weren’t able to figure out before. Yes, Apple has iTunes, large iPods install base and marketing charisma. However, we think the five features that made the iPad such a huge success are as follows:
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Fourth Generation iPhone Screen Resolution 960 x 640 Confirmed

A Czech website superiphone.cz has put the next gen iPhone screen under microscope to find out the true resolution and display type of the upcoming device screen. According to the website, upcoming iPhone will indeed have 960 x 640 resolution and use IPS LCD panel for better viewing angle and color reproduction. The screen will have double the resolution and quadruple the total number of pixel when compared to current iPhone 3GS. Next iPhone will offer highest pixel density of any smartphone available on the market at whopping 320dpi.
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Nokia Posts Video Overview of The New Flagship N8 Smartphone

Nokia has posted a video showcasing the features of Symbian^3 OS on their new smartphone Nokia N8. In the video, Chris Bennetts, senior product manager of Nokia N8 team shows N8’s UI, messaging app, browser and Maps. He also talks at length about the new customizable homescreens allowing users to choose widgets and applications that will appear on the three homescreens of N8. This is the first of series of three videos that Nokia will post showcasing the new handset. The other two videos will cover applications and hardware of the device.
Watch the first video.

Analyst: WWDC to Bring iTunes.com and Updated Mac Pro, MacBook Air

Kaufman Bros’ analyst Shaw Wu wrote in his research note “Other announcements we are picking up that could potentially be made are iTunes.com, a web-based version of its iTunes client, and new Mac refreshes with faster processors and graphics, namely the Mac Pro and MacBook Air, which were last refreshed in March and June 2009, respectively.”
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Next Gen Apple TV to Use A4 Processor and Cost $99

Engadget has got a tip that Apple will update its Apple TV later this year. The website confirmed this tip with a source very close to Apple – who says that Apple has been working on next version of Apple TV long before Google announced their TV solution. Apple will base the new Apple TV on iPhone OS and use Apple’s A4 processor just like the iPad and upcoming fourth generation iPhone.
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Acer Introduces eReader LumiRead and Shows 7-inch Tablet

Acer has joined the eReader race with their new LumiRead that is DLNA compliant allowing users to access and share contents like eBooks and audio-books. LumiRead comes with 6-inch E-ink screen, 2GB flash memory and microSD card slot. An innovative ISBN scanner on the device allows to scan ISBN codes so you can create your own wish-list and search on supported online libraries and book stores. It also has QWERTY keyboard for easy browsing and searching of content.
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Buyers Lineup to Get The New iPad in Japan, Australia and UK

Apple today launched iPad in nine additional countries and like US launch in April, people have lineup outside Apple Stores to get their hands on the new iPad in Japan Australia and UK. Japan got the iPad first and there were over 1,200 buyers waiting in queue outside Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo, for 8 AM launch. Buyers also lined-up outside Softbank store - who have exclusive partnership with Apple for iPad launch.
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Barnes & Nobel Introduces BN eReader App for iPad

Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest bookseller, today launched BN eReader app for iPad, offering iPad owners another option to buy eBooks. BN eReader for iPad users can customize the way they read with professionally designed or completely personalized themes, shop more than one million eBooks, newspapers and magazines in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and access their personal Barnes & Noble digital library, including most periodicals. BN eReader for iPad is the only eReading app that offers eBook sharing with friends (Lend to Friends).
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Analyst Says More Than One iPhone Model Ready for Launch

In a Q&A section with Digitimes, senior research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed new information about upcoming fourth generation iPhone, which he got from industry sources. He said the fourth gen iPhone would be very similar to the one Gizmodo leaked last month. The phone is codenamed N90 and Apple has been working on the project since 2008.
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Next Gen iPhone to Get Early June Launch

It is almost confirmed that Apple will announce the new iPhone at WWDC on June 7th. And now BGR is reporting that AT&T has confirmed to employees new iPhone will launch in June. BGR wrote:
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Wired Magazine App Now Available on iPad App Store

Wired announced today that Wired’s first digital edition is now available for the iPad. Wired said at the launch “The tablet is our opportunity to make the Wired we always dreamed of. It has all the visual impact of paper, enhanced by interactive elements like video and animated infographics. We can offer you a history of Mars landings that lets you explore the red planet yourself. We can take you inside Trent Reznor’s recording studio and let you listen to snippets of his work in progress. And we can show you exactly how Pixar crafted each frame of its new movie, Toy Story 3.”
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Microsoft has released the third beta of Office 2011 for Mac to the developers. Office 2011 will be released by end of this year for customers and the productivity suit is under beta testing right now. With the third beta Office looks almost ready for release with some minor kinks left to iron out.
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NVIDIA Introduces First Fermi Based GeForce GTX 480M GPU for Notebooks

NVIDIA today introduced the new GeForce GTX 480M GPU for Notebooks based on Fermi architecture. NVIDIA claims the 480M is the world’s fastest notebook GPU and is DirectX 11 done right for notebooks. Tessellation is the most important new feature for the DirectX 11 API, and the GeForce GTX 480M offers a dedicated Tessellation engine for up to 5x more performance than any other GPU.
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Apple Auditioning Actors for Fourth Gen iPhone Ads Highlighting Video Chat

Engadget is reporting that Apple has hired American Beauty director Sam Mendes to put together a series of commercials for Apple’s next generation iPhone. A trusted source has confirmed to Engadget that the internal codename of the new phone is Mammoth/N90 and one of the ads will feature mother and daughter having video chat using the new front facing camera on upcoming iPhone.
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Seagate Introduces World’s Fastest Hard Drive Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive For Laptops

Seagate today announced Momentus XT drive, the world’s fastest 2.5-inch laptop hard drive, combining SSD-like performance with the massive capacity and much lower cost of HDDs. The Momentus XT drive features Adaptive Memory – a new technology from Seagate that learns and optimizes the drive’s performance to each user by moving frequently used information into the flash memory for faster access. The Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive boots up to 100 percent faster than traditional 5400RPM drives.
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Review Roundup: Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2010)

Apple updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor, faster Core 2 Duo processors and even longer battery life (10-hours). The 13-inch MacBook Pro is available in two configurations: one with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM and 250GB hard drive priced at $1,199; and one with a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM and 320GB hard drive priced at $1,499.
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