Carriers such as Vodafone and o2 have been giving Blackberry smartphones less shelf space. to be honest, this isn't surprising at all since blackberry devices have been going down hill for months and months and of course android powered are coming out all over the place. Some making the affordable market like the galaxy ACE and then there's flagship devices such as galaxy S3 and the HTC one x. If blackberry want to get back into the market, RIM might have to bribe, carrier stores in order to once again compete with the growing technology markets.
Something that we were all expecting is the Removal of PING, The social network that was put there by Steve Jobs to compete with Facebook and spotify. The reason for this, is ages ago when the iPad came out, Steve Jobs and Mark zuckerberg were having talks to bring out the first Facebook tablet application and the iPad would be first tablet to receive a Facebook dedicated app, But as things got pushed back and back, eventually a Facebook did come out for a tablet but not the iPad, The HP touchpad. After Steve learnt this, He went to war with Facebook and tried to bring out a music based social network where people could share comments about music, Like music and even buy music from the PING store. Sadly it failed and has now been removed from iTunes. THey'll be removing at when iTunes 11 comes out. iTunes 11 will be coming out in october.
Speaking about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Mark promises that he's going to keep Instagram as a independent company and will be focusing new features of how to make them work better in the same environment. Instagram and Facebook work really well but he wants to amplify this service. This is rather a good move on mark's side. Instagram could become part of Facebook and many people might just forget about it and then mark would lose all the money that he spent to aqruire Instagram.
Well if it isn't surprising at all that we have to talk about the iPhone 5 in the roundup. you actually can't get away from it. iPod touches were also announced which i haven't got the chance to talk about it. iPod touches have skipped last years generation release and they've been brought out this year running the A5 chip that's 7 times after than the previous generation iPod touch. the iPod touch comes in 7 colours of the spectrum. and the first time ever, you'll be able to attach a wrist strap to your iPod touch, so you can easily take pictures and play with it reducing the risk of dropping it. It's known as the iPod touch loop.
iPod nano's have also got a revamp, Instead of sticking with the small sized iPod nano, they've decided to go for 2.5 inch multi-touch screen display. The design is sleek and very fashionable. This also features, a DVI radio, so you can pause your favourite radio station so you're not missing out no your favourite song.
So how are you going to listen to these devices, Well Apple have been studying for 3 years, analysing hundreds of people's ears in order to achieve the best shape for their earphones… Or Earpods in fact. Apple have engineered the earpods to fit with any ear and make sure the listener has the best listening experience. The design is said to directly go into your ear canal and give you the best experience.
and as always thanks for reading the roundup of the week
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