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Everyone’s eyes are on the iPhone 5’s release. We won’t know for sure, but there are plenty of rumors out there. Here are some: iPhone release to be on September:

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Technology Live from USA TODAY tells us that Apple will reveal the iPhone 5 in September. Along with that, the iPhone 5 will have A5 processor and 8 megapixel camera. Apple to introduce teardrop design?:

This is my next tells us that Apple will incorporate teardrop design—the design used on MacBook Air. You can see the mockup pictures by Thisismynext here. They suggest that the device would feature a different design, making it closer to iPod Touch. Also, the teardrop design in which the device gets progressively thinner towards the bottom. This would be a complete new approach for Apple in a mobile device. With that design change, the rumor suggests few more design changes. The screen will be wider, leaving less margin on sides. The resolution will stay the same. The home button will be wider, possibly used for gestures supported in iOS 5. Now all these are rumors, but it seems like we can look forward to the release.

Read more: http://technorati.com/technology/gadgets/article/iphone-5-rumors-dates-and-design/#ixzz1Q767HfKy

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By Om Malik Jun. 19, 2011, 11:00pm PT

For the past few months, I have been hearing about Facebook and Spotify getting a lot closer as companies, with a much tighter integration between the two services. However, Facebook’s musical ambitions go beyond Spotify and include other music services and applications. The company is currently working on lining up more partners for the 2011 edition of f8, its annual developer conference, which is most likely to be held in August 2011.

It seems that Facebook, after consolidating its position in three major Internet sectors – retailing, news and games – is now getting serious about music and media. At The Cable Show held recently in Chicago, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts extolled the values of cloud-based services and explained why cloud-based guides and interfaces are going to be key to television’s future. He showed off a deep integration with Facebook that can make television more social with recommendations from your social graph.

Just like Comcast, Spotify already allows you to share the information about the song that you are listening to on Spotify with your Facebook friends, but the next level of integration is going to be much deeper. And it won’t be just Spotify – my sources tell me that Facebook has been reaching out to other online music services and much of the attention at f8 should be focused on music. Facebook Connect and Facebook Likes are key components of this effort.

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By Terrence O’Brien posted Jun 23rd 2011 4:00AM

Gun accessories for your Wiimote or Move wands are old hat but, we can’t help but be at least a little intrigued by this rifle-like dock for the iPhone. The appBlaster is an accessory from apptoyz designed specifically for use with the company’s Alien Attack iOS game. Slide in your iDevice and fire up the AR shooter and you’ll be treated to a bit of Piper-vision, exposing the invisible aliens in our midst. Pull the triggers and two capacitive pads touch the screen to fire at the invaders that only you can see. The appBlaster is available for pre-order now at RED5 for £19.99 (about $32) and will official hit shelves on July 7. Check out the PR after the break.

via [engadget]

There is no such thing as too many music apps. Maybe your device doesn’t have enough room for them all, in which case there is such thing for too many music apps for you. But in general, different apps bring different features to the table, and different interfaces work for different people. Different is the word I’m really looking for, I think. It appears that Google has a firm grasp of music ownership, with its Google Music service. They’re rolling out invites pretty quickly at this point, and after using it for almost a month I have to say that I’ve been using my other music apps less and less. But I still do use them, because Google Music doesn’t quite have everything. Yahoo!’s new music app does add a few features to the table, and so it will find a home, if only temporary, on my device.

Three features separate Yahoo! Play from its competitors. While other apps feature similar functions, Yahoo brings them together, which certainly has value. The first feature is song identification. Again, we’ve seen plenty of these apps in the Market, but Yahoo brings it in addition to other features. It also has a continuous feature, so you can let it sit and identify many consecutive songs. The second feature is Facebook and Twitter sharing. My friends and I use the #nowplaying (or #np) hash tag when we want to share what songs we’re currently playing. It doesn’t appear that Yahoo Play adds the hash tag, but it does allow you to easily share your listening tastes with friends and followers.

The biggest of the three features is called Smart Shuffle. The app can identify songs that you like, using your own listening habits. It’s essentially like Pandora for your own music library, though there is no thumbs upping or downing. It just kinda knows. You can use this as a general feature, or you can base it on the song or artist you are currently playing. It would be quite better if Yahoo! had a deal similar to Slacker or Pandora and could supplement your own music library with streaming songs that you don’t yet own. Alas, that does not appear to be a feature of Play.

The app also includes other small features, such as Yahoo! Music news integration. While you’re listening to select artists — that is, popular artists — you can view the latest news about them right from the app. This doesn’t do fans of obscure music much good, but I’m sure that fans of obscure music already have their music playing app picked out and aren’t about to switch. (While I’m certainly guilty of stereotyping here, I do so with first-hand experience. Music snobs tend to be nerds about all aspects of the listening experience, including media player.) The app also scrobbles ot Last.fm, so you can keep track of your listening habits.

Play by Yahoo! is powered by Insctinctiv, which is an excellent Android media player. In fact, if you find the screen shot to your right familiar, it’s because Play uses essentially the same menu screen. The partnership gives me a bit more faith that this is a quality media player and not just some slipshod attempt by Yahoo to break further into the Android marketplace.

If you want to give Play by Yahoo a shot, you can get it at the Market for free. If you’re undecided still, check out the video below.

Yahoo v1 – Watch it on YouTube