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Get ready, because the iMacs are coming.

Ive been hoping for an iMac update and it looks like my wish is about to come true! Multiple sources tell me that a new lineup of desktop machines from Apple is imminent. 

A quick look around Amazons website shows dried up supplies for the 27-inch version. The popular MacRumors website looked at Apple store supplies and found dwindling availability as well, although 21-inch iMacs do appear to be widely available.

The big question: Will we see Retina iMacs, that use the high-resolution displays Apple touts as a selling point in its laptops? I havent heard a peep from people in the know. However ABC News reported in May that the iMac would be getting very, very high resolution display

Retina? Perhaps. 

But Marco Arment, the creator of Instapaper and a fairly plugged in guy, disagreed about exactly how high their resolution will be.

"I’ve now heard from multiple sources that while an iMac update is indeed coming this fall, it will not have Retina displays," he wrote in a recent blog posting.

Thats a shame, because now that Ive spent months with the Retina display MacBook Pro I cant imagine ever shelling out money for a non-Retina computer. When you look at text on that screen you dont want to view text on anything else.

A few things we can count on in the new iMacs are new Ivy Bridge processors, improved graphics chips, USB 3.0, and expanded SSD capacities. Also look for a new slimmer design with Apple finally removing the optical drive from the side. 

It is possible that the iMac announcement could happen at the rumored October iPad mini announcement, but Im not holding my breath for that. Apple has been known to update the desktops without much fanfare. 

via: foxnews

Problems regarding patents between Samsung and Apple made ​​Samsung eliminating any of the features within their latest smartphones like the Galaxy S III. Here is the brand news that we have now quoted from the website sammobile.

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider today announced the extension of the GALAXY family with the launch of Samsung GALAXY Ace, Samsung GALAXY Fit and Samsung GALAXY POP Smartphones. Announcing the launch, Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobiles and IT, stated, "Following the phenomenal success of Samsung GALAXY S, we wanted to expand our Android based Smartphone offerings in the Indian market in keeping with our philosophy of Smartphone for everyone. Our new Galaxy series will enable our consumers to be more effective, productive, better connected, and in tune with their smart life – both personal and professional – all in a very easy and simple way." The new Samsung GALAXY models offer a premium design, enhanced multimedia features and the superior Android experience with Android 2.2.

With over 100,000 applications from the Android market and Samsung Apps, the new GALAXY series are designed for optimum performance, with the new handsets offering characteristic features of the GALAXY series including Quicktype by SWYPE, Social Hub, TouchWiz 3.0 and Active Sync.

With its elegant and sophisticated design, the Samsung GALAXY Ace (S5830) based on the Android 2.2 platform, provides users with a premium experience with its 3.5"HVGA TFT display and its optimum 800 Mhz processor that enables consumers to experience smooth web browsing, hi-quality 3D graphic performance and faster data processing. Even as consumers can access and download over 100,000 applications available on the Android market, the Social Hub feature in the Galaxy series serves as a one stop point for consumers social life while the ThinkFree office allows users to create, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. The handset has a 5MP camera with flash, upto seven multiple homescreens and provides easy connectivity with HSDPA 7.2 and WI-fi. The phone has 1350mAH battery, comes with a Free 2GB card (further expandable upto 32GB) and changeable colour back panels. The Samsung GALAXY S is priced at Rs. 18,290/-.

The second Smartphone in the Galaxy series that has just been launched -the Samsung GALAXY Fit (S5670) comes with a 3.31"QVGA TFT display , Android 2.2 ; optimized user interface with Touchwiz 3.0, hybrid widgets and a 5MP camera.

Equipped with a 600 Mhz processor with 3D accelerator, the phone delivers high performance, comes with a 5MP Camera, a 1350 mAh battery and an expandable memory upto 32GB. Users can access a range of Android and Samsung apps, enjoy uninterrupted connectivity with HSDPA 7.2, Wi-fi and enjoy features such as the Social Hub, Think Free Office, SWYPE text input. Galaxy Fits Integrated email system allows users to view all the emails, calendars at once without having to log into each account separately. Samsung Galaxy Fit allows you to live a highly connected digital smart life, with an Android experience like never before. The Samsung GALAXY Fit is priced at Rs. 12,860/-

With the Samsung GALAXY POP users can unleash the true potential of the Android platform with the speed of 3G. With its typical Smartphone features like Social Hub, Touchwiz 3.0, SWYPE , Active Sync and its compact youthful design, the Samsung GALAXY POP ( S5570) is targeted for young professionals who can enjoy enhanced 3G connectivity and experience super fast downloads, content streaming an access to Android market and Samsung apps. Further the 600 MHz processor can handle multitasking of various applications while the 1200 mAH battery allows users to talk, surf, and play with ease. The phone has 3MP camera, Touchwiz 3.0 and 3.14" QVGA 16M TFT screen. This Smartphone offers great multimedia features for the user –from access to music, camera and more .The 3.5 mm ear jack enhances sound quality while listening to the users music library or built in FM radio. Positioned as the affordable 3G smartphone, the Samsung GALAXY POP is priced at Rs. 11,198/- .

With the launch of these three new phones, Samsungs Android platform now consists of 7 GALAXY smartphones in the range of Rs. 9,900/- – Rs. 31,500/-

Google+ has long been the best nerd-filled social network your mom hasn’t caught onto yet. On Friday, it got even better.

The Mountain View company has rolled 24 new features into the Google+ experience, and all of these new additions are now available in for iOS, Android and web users. On top of that, Google has redesigned its social network’s iPhone app, too.

Our first assessment of the big push: wherever you use it (if you’re one of the 135 million on the service), Google+ has improved.

The new iPhone app (version 4.0 if you’re keeping score) moves the look and feel of G+ stylistically closer to Google’s other iOS apps — the fantastic Google+ for iPad, Google Maps for iPhone, Gmail for iPhone and the Google Search iPhone app. Previously, Google+ on the iPhone had a look all its own, using a lot of black and dark gray across the interface, with a great deal of real estate given to photos. It was beautiful, and it made me wish more people used Google+, because that would make it more exciting to interact with. Alas, most of my friends — like 800 million other humans on the web — are turning to Facebook over Google+ to share and network with the world. And while that likely won’t change anytime too soon, the iPhone redesign greatly rewards those who do use G+.

The new look is airy with lots of white space, and it brings a level of personality and charm not many social networking apps (outside of Path) can match.

The use of dark regions is now confined to a black bar across the bottom of the default view — this bar is where the stream of incoming posts from your Circles shows up. The bar disappears as you’re scrolling through your stream, only to return when you’re not scrolling — which is when you’d actually want to use it. In the bar are four buttons: share a photo, check into a location, share a link from the web, or type a post. Each of the four buttons uses one of the four colors from Google’s logo — blue for photos, red for check-ins, yellow for links and green for written words. Gone is the black background, which has been replaced by a light gray color. Posts show up on white cards reminiscent of Android’s Google Now cards. Speaking of Android, the Google+ Android app remains the same for the most part, but it now also has this re-appearing black bar on its stream view.

Like the old app, you can choose which of your circles shows up in the stream view by tapping on a button at the top of the app. And, like the old app, refreshing your stream is done by the familiar pull-to-refresh action. Tug downwards on your stream and four bars show up above the most recent post, thinning as you stretch them. Let go and the text changes to “loading,” and the bars blink one at a time until the loading completes. It’s a nice embellishment.

via:wired

Price New Andromax Tab 7 Recent approximately U.S. $ 160.

We’ve already seen the BlackBerry Z10, the first handset to come with the new BlackBerry 10 software, and it looks as if we’ll be seeing the operating system on a larger-screen device soon.

According to Know Your Mobile India, a BlackBerry executive has outed the new hardware, stating that a new BB10 tablet will “definately” be coming this year.

But what about the poor old BlackBerry PlayBook, the company’s stab at taking on the iPad? That will be getting BB10 too, but we’d imagine that for the full experience, you’re going to have to pony up for this new tablet instead.

Do you think there’s room for a new BlackBerry tablet, what with the iPad and Nexus 7 dominating the sector at present? Or do you think a bit of healthy competition is needed to shake things up a little? Leave a comment below to let us know your opinion on the matter.