Apple launches new line of iPods

Apple is set to release its new line of ipods. These ipods will include games like sudoku, vortex etc., cover flow, 1 day audio play back or 5 hours video playback. This fatty iPod nano will costs around $150 for 4GB and $199 for 8GB.


The iPod classic, a fifth generation gadget, comes ina metallic design, same user interface but thinner than the earlier version. The total memory is around 160 GB which can store upto 40k songs with 40 hours audio playback or 7 hours video playback. The 80GB classic costs around $249 and 160GB costs around $349.

Adding to these is the newest iPod touch which is similiar to iPhone but this one is thinner say 8mm. A 3.5" screen, multitiouch and the wi-fi makes this iPod more special. 8GB costs around 300$ and 16GB @ $400.

iPhone Flaws Exposed - Patch up Released

Apple releasing a security patch, "Apple is set to release a software patch to address a recently described security flaw in the iPhone, the UK network operator 02 has said. Experts revealed on Thursday that modified SMS messages could result in iPhones being disconnected from the network or hijacked altogether. Phones incorporating the Windows Mobile and Google Android operating systems are also vulnerable, they said. An O2 spokesperson said the patch would be available Saturday through iTunes."

iPhone rejects Google Voice App

In recent days, public opinion in Russia break china possible bans VoIP-telephony, in particular, the press actively circulated information that the Skype application to be outlawed. Very symbolic and another story, concerning IP-telephony. So, these days Apple has actively removed from the AppStore all applications that utilize Google Voice. Moreover, it was removed, and the formal application of Google!

The wording of the standard - "duplicate features that come with the iPhone", that is supposedly the program duplicates the functions that are already inherently there in the iPhone. Representatives of the search giant had expressed regret and said that will continue to work on applications for the owners of iPhone, including those who will work directly in the browser without requiring installation.

Surely this is not the latest example of how mobile operators (in this case, you can suspect that for all these is a partner Apple - AT & T) are trying all possible ways to insert a stick in the wheels of the creators of VoIP-applications.

Worker committed suicide over missing iPhone

Chinese worker Sun Danyong was responsible for handling the prototypes of one of the world's hottest products — the iPhone. When one of the gadgets went missing and his company began investigating him, he jumped off his apartment building and killed himself.
The death — which involves allegations that security guards roughed up the worker — prompted Apple Inc. on Wednesday to issue a terse statement, insisting that all the company's contractors must treat workers with respect and dignity.