Amazon’s Tablet will have Smaller and Cheaper Display, Less Storage to Keep the Price Down

Last week, New York Post reported that Amazon’s tablet “will sell for hundreds less than the entry-point $499 iPad”. As soon as this rumor spread every journalist / blogger started speculating that Amazon will sell a tablet that will match iPad hardware-wise, but Amazon will subsidize the cost in hope of recovering it later via digital media purchases.
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Samsung Announces NX200, WB750 and MV800 Cameras

Samsung has announced three new cameras including interchangeable lens NX200, superzoom WB750 and point-and-shoot MV800. The NX200 is an update if NX100 and features 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, 3-inch AMOLED screen, 7fps continuous shooting mode, 100ms Advanced Autofocus, ISO range of 100-12,800 and 1080p video recording. The camera support i-Function 2.0 lenses, which allow control of smart filters and more from the lens in Lens Priority mode. The NX200 will ship in October at an undisclosed price.
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Fujifilm Announces X10 Compact Camera Featuring 2/3” EXR CMOS Sensor

Fujifilm today announced all new premium compact FUJIFILM X10 digital camera, featuring a new larger 2/3" 12 megapixel EXR CMOS sensor and a bright, high-definition FUJINON F2.0 wide-angle to F2.8 telephoto, 4x manual zoom lens (28-112mm) with a proprietary Super EBC (Electron Beam Coating) that produces superb image quality from edge to edge.
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Sony Unveils 15-inch Vaio S Series Laptop

Sony is bringing their slim and light S Series design to a new 15.5-inch model featuring full HD 1080p display and optional sheet battery for all day mobility (up to 12 hours). The 1-inch thin laptop sports an elegant design in jet black or platinum silver and is crafted with magnesium and aluminum materials for lightness and weighs just 4.4 pounds. Making it one of the lightest 15-inch laptop on the market.
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Samsung Introduces Series 7 Slate PC

Samsung today introduced the Series 7 Slate PC, a lightweight slate computer with full PC capabilities running Windows 7. According to Samsung, Series 7 Slate PC offers all of the features of a full-sized laptop in an extremely portable package, providing highly mobile users with the computing power they need for maximum productivity anywhere they go.
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Leaked Front LCD Assembly of iPhone N94 Prototype Creates More Confusion

There is already lot of confusion about Apple next generation iPhone. What it will be called iPhone 4S or iPhone 5? Will there be two separate new models or just one new model? Will it have bigger screen, A5 processor and so on? And today Engadget posted pics of iPhone N94 prototype front assembly, which has added more confusion. The part looks every similar to iPhone 4 front assembly with just one difference it has a dotted pattern near top that looks like webcam LED on Mac computer. It is very likely that N94 prototype is the cheaper 8GB iPhone 4 and hence the components are very similar. Engadget explains:
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Nikon Updates the CoolPix Compact Camera Lineup

Nikon has added six new cameras to CoolPix compact camera lineup including P7100, S8200, S6200, S100, S1200pj and AW100. All the six cameras will ship in September in preparation for coming holiday season.
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Samsung Brings LTE Support to Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9

Samsung today officially announced the much rumored LTE versions of its Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet. Both the devices will now work with LTE / WCDMA / GSM networks around the world.
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Rumors: Amazon Tablets to Sell for Hundreds Less Than iPad

New York Post, a newspaper known more for gossips than tech news is reporting that Amazon will enter the tablet market in October with a lower priced tablet to compete with Apple’s iPad. Garett Sloane wrote:
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Sony Adds Two New DSLRs SLT-A77 and SLT-A65 to Alpha Series Lineup

Sony today announced two new DSLRs SLT-A77 and SLT-A65 featuring newly developed 24.3-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, as well as the world’s first XGA OLED Tru-Finder viewfinder. Sony’s latest refinements to its Translucent Mirror Technology and next generation of Sony’s BIONZ image processing engine make these cameras the fastest and most responsive interchangeable lens cameras in their class, according to Sony.
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Sony Introduces The Much Awaited NEX-7 and NEX-5N APS-C Mirrorless Compact Cameras

Sony today added two new cameras to their Alpha NEX series, the much rumored/awaited NEX-7 aimed at enthusiast photographers and the sleek NEX-5N mid-range mirrorless compact camera. The NEX-7 features new 24.3-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor that in combination with new BIONZ image processing engine gives flawless images and HD video, even in low light conditions. The camera has ultra-high sensitivity range of ISO 100-16000 and very low noise.
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Android Becomes Most Popular Mobile Malware Target

Computer security firm McAfee has released their “McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011”. The report talks in detail about security challenges like hactivist groups, continuous growth of computer malware and Android’s rise to malware supremacy. According to the report:
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WSJ: iPhone 5 Coming to Sprint in October

Earlier today we reported that the iPhone 5 would have dual-mode chipset supporting both the GSM and CDMA networks with a single model. And now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that iPhone 5 will be launched simultaneously on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. WSJ posted:
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Cheaper iPhone 4 and Dual-Mode CDMA/GSM iPhone 5 Coming in September

Reuters is reporting that Apple has started manufacturing of a lower priced iPhone 4 version that has 8GB of flash memory. Also Apple is sourcing the 8GB flash memory from a Korean company in place of Samsung or Toshiba to bring the cost further down. According to Reuters, cheaper iPhone 4 will be released along side the new iPhone 5 by end of September.
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More iPhone 5 Parts Leaked and iOS 5 Reveals LTE support

Just last week images showing the new iPhone 5 headphone jack and flex cable for the jack were leaked. And now more images of various iPhone 5 parts including battery pack, back camera assembly and flex cable have been leaked. MacRumors has posted images comparing the leaked iPhone 5 parts with iPhone 4 parts and the images show that they are definitely different.
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AT&T VP Almost Confirms Early October iPhone 5 Launch

BGR is reporting that they have heard from a very reliable source that AT&T is preparing for an October iPhone 5 launch. AT&T’s vice president has asked many store managers to be prepared for this busy launch. Jonathan Geller posted on BGR:
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WSJ: iPad 3 Coming in Early 2012 with 2048 x 1536 Resolution Screen

Lorraine Luk today reported for WSJ that Apple is planning to start trial production of next generation iPad 3 in October. One of the main features of the new iPad will be its ultra high-resolution screen (2048 x 1536) and Apple’s component suppliers have already started shipping small quantities for sample testing of the new screen technology. WSJ posted:
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iPhone 5 Parts Leaked and Carriers Preparing for September Announcement and October Shipment

Images showing the new black and white headphone jacks and camera lens assembly for iPhone 5 have been leaked. Apple has always used different color headphone jacks to maintain color consistency for white and black iPhone models. And the leak of both the white and black headphone jacks at the same time would hint at simultaneous launch for both iPhone 5 models. Similar parts leak happened before iPhone 4 was launched, but the parts were of only black color at that time, and as we all know white iPhone 4 was delayed by almost 9 months.
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Review Roundup: Apple Mac mini (Mid 2011)

Apple updated the Mac mini with second generation Core i5/i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD 6630M discrete graphics, Thunderbolt port and Mac OS X Lion in July. According to Apple, the new Mac mini delivers up to twice the processor and graphics performance of the previous generation model. The 2.3 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Mac mini with 2GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 300 and a 500GB hard drive is priced $599 and the 2.5 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 Mac mini with 4GB of memory, AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics and a 500GB hard drive is priced $799. Options include 2.7GHz dual-core Core i7 processor, up to 8GB RAM, 750GB hard drive and 256GB SSD.

Below we have added links of 12 best Mac mini reviews posted online:
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Apple to Delay iPad 3 Launch Till 2012

Rumor is Apple will be delaying the rumored Q3 2011 iPad 3 launch till 2012. According to Digitimes’ sources the delay was caused by the ultra high-resolution screen that Apple plans to use in the next generation iPad. Yenting Chen posted:
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