This week the Release of the Apple iPhone 2 3G was announced by Steve Jobs at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference.

The news was both sour and sweet, the sweet being 3G download speeds, GPS Tracking and Third Party applications, the sour however was very sour indeed.

Apples iPhone 2 can now only be bought on a 24 month contract, how many people keep one phone for that long? The worst part is may iPhone users will still be locked into an 18 Month contract they signed for a free iPhone.

The reasoning behind this is to keep a strangle hold of power on the distribution of the iPhone so the right people are making money out of it, and in the near future many people are forseeing a u-turn by apple similar to the removal of Apples DRM systems last year.

There are other little quirks that still have not been fixed, including thnigs such as Video capture capability, or even Multimedia messaging, something found in the most basic of phones for the last 5 years.

All in all there is a lot of disappointment in the air, though I do not doubt that apple will still shift a huge amount of these when the iPhone 2 is released on the 11th of July.

Fans of the Apple iPhone went frantic this weekend as pictures were released showing the Apple iPhone 3G in all its slim lined Glory.

While specs have still not been confirmed for the Apple iPhone 3G they are set to be impressive. One of the major drawbacks of the original iPhone was its slow download speed from the iTunes service, this looks set to be fixed with the broadband speed downloading offered by 3G. the Apple iPhone has been a fantastic product and has excelled in bot the US and European markets. Seeing a new, sleeker faster version of the IPhone 3G is something we are all looking forward to! It is however expected that the new Apple iPhone will be fully WiFi Compatable

Of course as with many early release photos there is a high chance that these may be fake, several people have noticed that the lock button is missing on the red phone. THere is however some Contention over this though as it would be expected that the ‘red’ version would be released later, as part of the anti – AIDS campaign.

The madness over Apple’s latest gadget continues as the iPhone is released to the public, there was long lines on almost all the places where the iPhone was on sale.

Apple has set a target of selling 10 million units worldwide by 2008 and i think that’s not a hard target to reach.

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“There’s a certain amount of trouble that Apple can give us, but not enough to stop this,” Monique Farantzos, managing director at DoubleTwist told Associated Press.

“We believe we’re on good legal ground, and our attorneys have given us the green light on this.”

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UnBox will allow user to watch movies on their PC in DVD quality and users will have the choice of purchasing the movie/series or renting it.

Content can be downloaded to two different computers and can be stored on up to two portable media players that support Microsoft’s “PlaysForSure” technology. All purchases are stored in the customer’s Unbox account, and they can be re-downloaded on multiple computers.The good thing about it is that downloaded videos can be watched during downloading. According to the company, the “typical” broadband user should be able to start watching within five minutes of ordering a movie.

The bummer though is that at the moment it only works with Windows based PC’s.

When i visited the site it was pretty fast loading and the previews did look in good quality, i’m still hesistant to get an account but if you have one and have actually downloaded a movie than please do share your experience!

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If your an iPod owner,be it iPod Video,Nano,Mini or just plain iPod,you would have been tempted to change the appearance of your gadget.Many times though the ‘iPod Skins’ as they are known are rather bulky or expensive…not anymore! thanks to GelaSkins

Gelaskins provides high grade vinyl skins to keep your precious little iPod’s safe from scratches and nicks while being inexpensive,stylish and unbulky.

The costs for a skin is at $14.95.

So what your waiting for…pimp your iPod now at GelaSkins

It comes in glossy black or white.It’s Intempo’s iDS-02 iPod Dock.

This looks to be a perfect partner to your iPod,The compact iDS-02 surround-sound system packs in the latest technology to deliver great volume, plenty of detail and excellent bass response. Its sleek design and smooth lines will look great wherever you use it.

Source and More: Gadget Candy

It is believe that the service will cost around $1, half the price currently offered on Apple’s iTunes.

Ashwin Navin,president of BitTorrent said that the company has wrongly been given a bad name by those who have decided to use the file sharing protocol for illicit purposes. He argues that the company itself has never facilitated piracy, and is working to disassociate itself with those who participate in such activity.

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Prices start at an affordable $9.99 for 16 episodes of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”, with subscribers being able to download the show after it’s been broadcast.

more via : Reuters

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it’s caught our attention namely because it’s Apple’s first true foray into the iPod accessories market, along with their new leather iPod cases. We did get a good listen in some of the rooms Apple set up on campus to demo the sound in a “real world” environment (our fav was the teenager’s space, replete with dirty laundry strewn about), and yup, it sounds pretty good.

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Among them are:

The Ibox!

iLounge Toilet Paper Dispenser

You can view the Top 10 HERE

In the last 10 days alone iTunes has sold a stagerring 30 million songs.

To help generate sales, Apple is offering prizes: every person buying a 100,000th song gets a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card.

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Amazon is also said to be in talks with music industry executives to come up with a similar service.

Amazon is reportedly further advanced than Google, and could launch its own service as soon as spring – a move that appears necessary as consumer music and media tastes move to digital

Source: Macworld UK