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iPod Touch 4th Generation, iPad revision and new mysterious iDevice coming in autumn

Mauro Dalu

A lot and a little at the same time is known about the next generation iPod Touch. Rumors are everywhere already, but we really don’t know for sure any of its specs.

The new iTouch will likely rely on the A4 CPU, feature a camera and a front-facing camera, gyroscope and a higher resolution display. It remains to be seen if the new iPod Touch will feature a 5MP camera with flash and HD video recording or the same 3,2 MP camera and SD video recording of the 3GS.

There have also been rumors of a new iPad…

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If Apple is the new IBM, then Google is the new Microsoft?

Mauro Dalu

Google Search, Google Ads, Google Phones, Google Browser, Google Netbooks, Google Tablets, Google TVs, then what?

Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google, suggested during Google I/O conference that Google’s entrance into the mobile phone market was a move meant to directly oppose the likes of Apple and its tightly controlled iPhone platform.

“If Google did not act, we faced a Draconian future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice,” Gundotra said. “That’s a future we don’t want.”

Really? Or the future Google doesn’t want is one in which they don’t control the ad networks fully? Aren’t they entering every market in which advertising is a crucial part of the picture?

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