• 16Nov

    Google officially released cloud music service only available in America

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    Google today held a conference, the official launch Google Music (Google Music) service.

    The service’s web site for music. Google. Com, support the PC and Android devices. It will provide free, most users can upload 20000 songs. The user can now use.

    Google earlier this year launched a beta cloud music service, today officially launched. Then the official launch of Google and music stores. Users buy singles are 320 KBPS MP3 format music, every song can listen to the 90 seconds. In addition, Google music every day will provide a free songs.

    Google music added social characteristics. In single user purchase, you can Google + on and close friends to share. Good friends will be able to listen to complete songs, but not the 90 seconds of preview. The service will be in the coming days on Android mobile phones and tablet computers. Unfortunately, at present, only the United States to be able to use Google users music.

    Google and universal music, EMI and SONY music, the three big record companies signed the agreement with the providing content. Previously, a large number of small music manufacturers are also involved. Google says, has more than 1000 manufacturers in Google music, provide more than 13 million songs, which has 8 million first online.

    Google music also provides a group called “the artist center (artist hub)” function, artists are only required to pay a registration fee of $25, and can customize personal homepage, upload original content, on its own, formulate the price and sell songs. Google will extract from 30% of income. This will obviously be extrusion MySpace living space.

    In addition, Google and the U.S. Mobile operators T-Mobile USA signed agreement, users will be able to use words fee from Google music to buy songs. In addition, T-Mobile users will also get some exclusive offers singles.

  • 16Nov

    Is it the end of Symbian to Equipped with dual-core processor Donna?

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    The nokia executives yesterday confirmed next year will launch new flagship phone Symbian, after a new version of the system today saiban was also exposure, they were Carla and Donna. A “happy”, Donna will support dual-core processor.

    Once before, sources said nokia will follow Google, let Symbian version of the new system to A, B, C, D so on order to name, and the new exposure of Carla and Donna is proof of that. It is reported, Symbian Carla will support the web browser 8.0, dolby surround sound and NFC (near field communication), and other functions, and Donna’s largest window than support dual-core processor.

    Have sources say, Carla will in the end of 2012 or early 2013 release, Donna and the introduction of the time is much more on, and he says Donna after releasing, nokia will not provide the update of the Symbian system.

  • 03Nov

    The survey shows that serious fakery occures among iPad and Android products

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    Apple iPad success not only increase the tablet computer market competition, and allows appeared on the market a lot of fake products and imitation. November 1 news, market research company MarkMonitor data show that the July 23 in e-commerce web site, average daily have nearly 18000 iPad and Android counterfeit products to sell.

    MarkMonitor chief marketing officer (CMO) Fred · fellman (Fred Felman) said, if the tablet computer products with fake apple logo, it will be against the law. Usually these counterfeit products performance is not qualified, no guarantee service. MarkMonitor survey found reproductions and fake products from the more than 5000 distributors, many of them come from China.

    In the current economic environment of the weak, consumers tend to buy cheap goods, so during the holiday at the end of the iPad counterfeit items may be further increased, this will lead to apple face more and more competition. But the company HIS analysts Francis west Germany g (Francis Sideco) said apple product advantage lies in the software, it is difficult to copy. Other merchants can to a certain extent the generic tablet computer products, but these products may not be able to access the apple iTunes store and application services.

    Apple in April 2010 issued the iPad, and then quickly become the second largest company after the iPhone products. Total sales last quarter apple $28.3 billion, with the iPad sales account for $6.9 billion,

    The fake products to more before drug, hand bag, and software products, and now mobile technology by counterfeit products more attention. According to the consumer electronics association, figures released by the tablet computer become this holiday season most consumers want to buy products, ranking every laptop computer, TV, more than electronic reader and video games. It also makes the tablet computer become the target of counterfeit products.

    Fellman said, in order to prevent fraud, consumer should choose in their retail site known as the shopping. In addition, low price of product is counterfeit products another sign. MarkMonitor surveys show that the tablet computer knockoffs are usually sold at a 69% lower than genuine retail price.

    At the same time, if the same tablet computer high price of product is usually indicates that it is gray market products. These products are genuine, but without permission of the national market. This product buyers usually paid 15% of the premium, also may enjoy less than the warranty and service technical problems. MarkMonitor data shows that, in July average daily has 5500 sets global grey market flat products for sale.

  • 03Nov

    Seagate intends to be cutting the Barracuda XT and Green drives next year to simplify the lineup

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    The Green series will be discontinued in February of next year as the company said that its new Barracuda drives have a “nearly identical power-consumption profile as energy-efficient desktop drives,” but delivers much better performance. The flagship XT series will also disappear and will be folded into the general Barracuda lineup. However, Seagate said that it plans to reintroduce the Barracuda XT later on as the company’s desktop solid state hybrid drive.

    Seagate said that the consolidation of product names will make it easier to find hard drives and help Seagate’s OEMs and channel customers by reducing the complexity of their inventory.

    The new Barracuda hard drive features a SATA 6 Gb/second interface, 7200 RPM platter spin speed and up to 64 MB cache. Seagate’s SmartAlign technology, a feature of Seagate’s Barracuda Green drives, will continue to ship with the flagship Barracuda drives, the company said.

  • 26Oct

    Rumour that the Apple will launch iPhone in LTE version next year

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    An industry sources, said 2012 years between mobile phone manufacturer about 4 G LTE phone competition would gradually fierce, and apple are also expected to launch LTE phone.

    At present, the market of the most LTE from HTC phone. Other major cell phone manufacturers, including samsung (the Po) electronics, MOTOROLA (the Po) mobile and LG electronics, also have launched their LTE all mobile phone. But the sources said, with apple to join “LTE club”, the market competition situation in 2012 will be changed.

    In addition to apples besides, nokia (the Po), RIM and SONY Ericsson (the Po) (the Po) are also expected to launch LTE phone, and many world’s operators will be launched LTE service. At present, the number of LTE network only 35, but by the end of 2012 this kind of network may be more than 100. By 2015, LTE network is expected to cover 290 million users, and sales of smart phones LTE is expected to be 154 million department.

    In the United States, “4 G” network competition is expected in the next year white-hot, and Sprint will be in the middle of next year launched LTE service. As the third largest operator, Sprint said to middle of 2012 launched 15 of the equipment support LTE network.

    Earlier this year, reports say apple is planning in 2011 development support LTE network of mobile phones, but time will be launched in 2012. Reports say, apple think current LTE network is not yet, can’t reach the requirements of apple.

    In a conference call this year, apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook), said the current LTE technology has many defects, such as cell phone battery life time too short, that makes apple currently don’t let launched LTE iPhone version. He said: “the first generation of LTE in the design of mobile phone chip forced many need to compromise, and some of them we are not willing to accept.”

  • 26Oct

    The first batch of Nokia WP mobile phones will be listed in the next year

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    According to foreign media reports, nokia (the Po) in 2012 in the United States will spend money in Windows Phone marketing, this may mean that one of the first Windows Phone nokia Phone it will take until 2012 to market.

    Nokia is currently San Francisco mining talents, used for marketing its new flagship Phone nokia 800, this Phone launch Windows Phone system.

    Nokia will be held in London tomorrow to nokia’s 2011 world congress, by expanding the European market strategy, is expected to nokia 800 will be on display in this congress.

    A executives say “nokia need in Europe before continue to stand firm, then consider other market.”

    Earlier reports said that, nokia CEO Stephen Evans said the roper, Windows Phone mobile Phone will be in the next few weeks to launch, but didn’t explain the site is in Europe or America.

  • 09Oct

    IPhone 4S is expected to be the fastest-selling product of Apple

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    According to The Next Web reports, although apple launched iPhone 4 S, not offering iPhone 5 let you down, but, iPhone 4 S most likely be apple has The fastest product sales. Now, the three major operators AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are selling mobile phones, and Sprint is the first get representative. Last Friday (local time), iPhone 4 S in the U.S. that began to open to booking, AT&T has won the 200000 Taiwan order, this is AT&T iPhone to open to booking the best record listed.

    So far, the other operators, retailers, apple oneself were not revealed order data. But according to The Next Web reports, even without these data, apple has also completed a third of The YuDingLiang iPhone 4, iPhone 4 data for 600000 sets.

    In the iPhone 4 launch before 3 days, apple sold 1.7 million units. The Next Web estimate when The weekend comes, apple has more than The data. Incidental to say a word about the iPad, YuDingLiang for 500000 sets.

    IPhone 4 S appearance with iPhone 4, but the same internal components changed, it increases the dual-core processor, upgrade the A5 camera, support Siri voice control function, equipped with iOS 5 system.

    IPhone 4 S sell like hot cakes may have several causes. First, apple introduced the iPhone 4 S than expected some time later, all the time, apple will abide by the schedule for new product launches, the one exception, long for three months. In addition, apple co-founder Steve jobs death, which impact on sales may be even greater. Steve jobs, apple fans after the death in to store memorial.

    IPhone 4 S will be October 14 officially began to sell.

  • 09Oct

    Mac OS X 10.7.2 and iTunes 10.5 is likely to be released on the same day

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    Japan Macotakara claims to have a reliable news blog, the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion’s latest upgrade version of 10.7.2 will local time in October 10, also is not released most of more than 24 hours.

    ITunes 10.5 will also with Mac OS X 10.7.2 also come from the version number, the change of the watch may have relatively substantially upgrades, especially perfect support iOS 5,10.7… 2 is just the system maintenance update.

    IOS five operating system, iCoud cloud services are arranged in two days later on October 12,, officially released.

    It is not confirmed that Mac OS X 10.7.2 would be running all or part of the iCloud service prerequisites, developers also in alternate them for a wide range of testing. As for iOS 5, also can and iCloud tight integration.

  • 04Oct

    the new operating system of Blackberry will be named blackberry X

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    According to DuoWei people familiar with RIM will be held this month, in the Blackberry developers conference (Blackberry Devcon) the reference the naming of apple operating system, will the latest unified platform operating system named Blackberry X (Black Berry X). It is reported the blackberry X will be integrated to apply to RIM’s tablet PC and all smart phones.

    Focus on blackberry blog CrackBerry pointed out that this does not mean website RIM will skip the blackberry 8 and 9, blackberry directly introduced the blackberry 10, but stressed has its own operating system QNX RIM on the importance of mobile operating system.

    But blackberry X to RIM of the PlayBook tablet computer product the user interface of now seems to bring innovation is not significant. RIM had planned in the PlayBook 2.0 updated edition of electronic mail navigation and add other numerous basis functions. So the blackberry X update should support at least above a few updates.

    At the same time the new operating system model for reference the names of the apple’s Mac OS X the naming of. Apple’s X is actually Roman numerals, said 10 of its operating system is truly 10 e, but blackberry is take this to emphasize its operating system transformation. QNX operating system will bring more robust for RIM of multithreaded operation and many media function, at the same time, the operating system will be more applicable to touch screen operation.

    This newest operating system to blackberry renewal of speaking play a crucial role. The current blackberry 7 performance is still not pretty. Apple and Google and has been in the global range beyond the blackberry accounting for the share of the market.

    The blackberry developer conference will be held on October 18,, RIM should be providing developers with lead time in advance, and to provide them with the use of the new operating system, so that they start to prepare for application development.

  • 04Oct

    RIM is likely to stop the production of PlayBook tablet computer

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    According to foreign media reports, the investment bank Collins Stewart semiconductor industry analyst John d han (John Vihn) said on Thursday, RIM could have stopped production PlayBook tablet computer, and cancel the other tablet computer programs. D han in a report said: “we think that RIM has stopped production PlayBook, are now actively thinking about exit tablet computer market.”

    He also cited the news last week, said the contract manufacturer quanta a main production PlayBook tablet computer factory has begun to lay-offs. He also points out that: “our investigation found that RIM cancelled the development project of the other tablet computer.”

    The PlayBook tablet PC market since listing in the poor performance has been, the apple iPad tablet computer to dominate the market, amazon Wednesday also announced the launch of a cheaper prices flat computer Kindle Fire. RIM said that this year the first quarter after six weeks of the PlayBook of sales of 500000 units, the second for the quarter sales increase in 200000.

    If the information is true, then RIM is not the first exit tablet computer manufacturers to market. HP announced last month to give up only 7 weeks the tablet computer listed TouchPad.

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