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In the page where Apple explains the features on the new iPod touch, one of the picture has a green colored phone app.

It looks like the screen shown in the iPod Touch is actually that of iPhone and the graphic designer did copy-paste of screens of iPhone to make the iPod Touch.

Apple’s hobby is no longer a hobby with the release of the current Apple TV. Steve Jobs hopes to make the hobby a business with the introduction of new device and cloud-based streaming of TV shows and movies.

Apple slashed the price of the current model by half and physical dimensions were slashed by more than a half. The tiny WiFi and Ethernet TV receiver sports the Apple A4 processor, the same processor used in iPhone, iPod Touch and iPads.

Apple TV can be used for film rentals, YouTube streaming, playing iTunes music and photos from from the computer, and comes with Apple Remote. iPhones and iPods can also act as remote on the WiFi network.

With the release of this model Apple has stepped into the cloud based movie rental business. For a price of $4.99 the  users can watch Hollywood movies. The 99-cent rentals of TV shows is only available for the TV shows of Walt Disney Co’s Disney/ABC Television Group and News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox for now. Previously, the TV shows on Apple devices used to cost as much as $2.99 an episode.

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Apple TV – More than a hobby now

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Ahead of the Sept. 1 media event Apple has posted the guitar graphic outside of the Yerb Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Photo credits- Flickr user Maltegoesche.

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Sept 1 Apple event – Preparation on full swing

A latest Apple patent filing show touch-enabled iMac computer. Apart from using the desktop computer in it’s traditional way, it can also be used as a touch screen device.

Keyboard and mouse can still be used in upright position and switch to touch input when swiveled.

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iMac Touch and MacBook Touch

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John Gruber of DaringFireball, while talking about the 5 inch Dell Streak, priced $300 with a two-year AT&T Contract and $550 without, said that iPod Touch will come with dual camera and better display:

That’s almost twice as much as a good iPod Touch, and if you wait a few weeks to buy the Touch, you’ll get one with a Retina Display and dual cameras. If Dell can’t make an iPod Touch competitor, who can?

It is however not clear if he had some insider information or he was responding to to the rumor going around.

Apple usually release iPod updates in September, but Appleinsider reports that, this year’s event might be held earlier – on August 16 or 17.

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BestBuy, the largest retailer of electronic goods in the US is planning to to release its own tablet, to compete with Apple iPad. The chief technology officer of BestBuy, Robert Stephens, recently posted photos of a prototype tablet in his twitter post.

It is to be noted that, Best Buy is the only major U.S. retailer, besides Apple Stores, authorized to sell iPads in the US.

Does that mean, Apple’s trusted vendor is going to be it’s competitor ?

Stephens posted following comment on his Twitter feed:

I’ve been tweeting photos of tablet for months. So much for the realtime web. No one should be surprised. Who do you think makes Insignia?

NYT has noted that the tablet resembles the much-hyped HP Slate. The Slate has been extensively delayed and is told to be targeted to business users only.

Other hardware makers Asus, Acer, Lenovo, LG, and Toshiba are supposed to come out with their version tablets but, none have announced a definite release dates and prices.

It looks like a keyless keyboard, nearly 80 percent larger than the built-in trackpad on the MacBook Pro, and looks same as previously leaked photos of the device.

Priced at $69, the gesture based device is a new category of input device for Apple desktop and laptops. The trackpad is expected to get popular among people who prefer better interaction with their computer applications.

Swiping through pages on screen is just like flipping through pages in a magazine, and inertial scrolling senses the momentum in your fingers as you move up and down a page.

The new device is made with wear-resistant glass, with entire surface of Magic Trackpad working like a a button, one can click on objects in similar ways like mouse.

The Magic Trackpad interacts with Mac computers via Bluetooth wireless technology that can maintain a reliable and secure connection up to 33 feet away from the computer.  The device powered by two AA batteries requires a Mac computer with Bluetooth wireless technology, Mac OS X v10.6.4 or later to work properly.

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Despite the antenna problem, Apple is releasing iPhone 4 in 17 more countries on Friday, July 30.

Apple will release the smartphone in both retail and online stores in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

In Canada, the unlocked version of iPhone will also be available in Apple stores. The unlocked phone works in the network any of the three mobile phone providers (Rogers, Bell, or Telus) in Canada. The catch however is the price. The unlocked 16-gigabyte iPhone will sell for $659 while the 32-GB version will cost $779.

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A mystery Apple hardware has appeared in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s online database.

It appears to be the "Magic Trackpad" or "Magic Slate" device that has been rumored since last year. Last month Engadget posted some photos of similar device.

The hardware looks more like Apple keyboard sans keys.

Is it another example of Steve Jobs’ detest of buttons?

I am waiting for Jobs to start wearing the blue jeans with elastic band instead of the button.

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Apple Trackpad FCC approved ?

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By the end of this week, Apple iPads will also be sold in 9 more countries in addition to the 10 countries where iPads are currently sold.

The new addition to the ‘iPad available’ countries are Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. According to a press release dated July 19, Apple will start selling iPads in those countries on Friday, July 29.

Adding the 9 countries to the countries iPad is currently available (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US), residents of 19 countries will be able to purchase iPads next week. iPad during its release (January 27) was only available in the US. Apple started selling iPads in 9 more countries on May 28.

Residents of remaining hundreds of countries might also get hold of the iPad as the company says, the iPad will be made available in "many more" countries later this year.

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