Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile It seems everyday we learn or see something new about the Motorola Droid 2. Only yesterday we saw some official looking images regarding the Motorola Droid 2. Earlier today, we saw the Motorola Droid 2 being prepared in a packaging facility implying launch should only be a few weeks away. Today, Droid-Life is sharing a picture taken of a Droid 2 prototype which proudly shows the device running Android 2.2. As you can see from the image above, the Droid 2 is clearly running Froyo, which confirms an earlier rumor stating the Motorola Droid 2 will launch with Android 2.2. One of the major features about the Droid 2 is the physical QWERTY keyboard. During my time trying out the original Droid, I thought the keyboard was decent and got the job done. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with it and I’m hoping the keyboard on the Droid 2 is improved. The tipster who owns the prototype claims the Droid 2’s keyboard is “phenomenal,” so I’m assuming the keyboard is better the second time around. The Droid 2 runs a MOTOBLUR skin similar to that of the Droid X and it features four different soft touch buttons, just below the screen. For those holding off on the Droid X for the Droid 2, it looks like the phone should be officially announced any moment now. Via [Droid-Life] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Email / IM, Smartphones, Mobile Geeks over at Media Bistro proclaim this new Verizon Droid X commercial a winner. Verizon relies on the science fiction theme, identifying the Droid phones with some kind of alien technology. This commercial pushes the limit of how far this goes and I am going to disagree with the geeks: this commercial misses the mark by a long shot. “The first commercial I’ve seen for the just released Motorola Droid X indicates that the PR team has another series of potentially stunning commercials set for TV screens across the U.S.” -Todd Osawagara, Media Bistro.
 Walking through the video, 90% of the thing features some future astronauts finding a floating rock. One bold astronaut sticks his hand in the rock only to have the arm turn CG and a Droid phone appear in his hand. The astronaut looks on in fear as the phone boots up with familiar robotic “droid” sound and eery red eye. Let’s pretend we’re not phone geeks for just a moment. I am not certain it was a new Droid from the commercial, as we see the device for less than one second. I couldn’t tell that it was bigger, if it had no slide out keyboard, what it was running, etc. Does it do something different? Can it use all the apps the other commercials talk about? If I haven’t been following the development of the Droid X, this commercial sure wouldn’t have helped me. But if targeted to phone geeks, it hit the mark. The CG is cool, impressive even. If you spend time playing Halo or in some other space-shooter game, you’ll love this commercial and might even ask for a Droid movie from these folks. I’d argue, however, that a viral campaign before launch would hit this intended target, if indeed that is their intended target. Compare that to the recent FaceTime videos from Apple. The commercials offer a heart string pulling look at how their FaceTime video calling app works. Like most of the iPhone commercials, they offer up something tangible to talk about, to even become a reason for buying the phone (I don’t endorse that line of thinking, but it’s certainly possible). Any phone could have been inside Verizon’s floating rock, only the iPhone can run FaceTime. In the end, it probably doesn’t matter. Verizon will sell a fair number of these to the folks that wander into their store. They probably won’t know 2.1 from 1.1 and that’s OK. It’s probably a safe bet that no one will ask for the astronaut phone. Read: [Media Bistro] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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It looks like the Motorola Droid X is showing symptoms of a disease I like to call “Incredible-itis.” Due to it’s overwhelming success, the expected ship date for the Droid X on Verizon’s online store is now August 3. In fact, the HTC Droid Incredible’s expected ship date is also August 3. Recently, the expected ship date was July 23 and now it is August 3. Hopefully Motorola can pump out more devices and not have to push back the date any farther. Motorola certainly has its hands full trying to produce enough Droid X units and prepare for the impending Droid 2 launch. As long as this doesn’t turn into another Droid Incredible scenario, I think Verizon customers will be able to deal with minor delays. Check it out [Verizon] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Email / IM, Web, Websites  When you think of fast Mexican food, do you think of junk mail? Maybe you should as the company Chipotle is hard at work on it’s new campaign, “No Junk” - an effort to donate money to the Lunch Box, an organization that helps to provide healthy school lunches. Chipotle announced they’ll increase their donation to $100,000 if they reach 1 million forwarded junk mail emails by August.
Want to send them your junk? Simply forward your junk mail to nojunk@chipotlejunk.com. The company promises no email addresses are kept on file as a result of being forwarded. Further the company promises the content will not be read. "Clearly, Chipotle has many like-minded fans when it comes to making sure the nation's schools have access to better, more sustainably raised food," said Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle. "The immediate response which got us to 500,000 pieces of junk e-mail inspired us to increase our donation to The Lunch Box, an organization that shares many of our beliefs when it comes to sustainable food." Started on June 25, the No Junk campaign received a swell of junk mail, pushing the count above 500,000 pieces of mail. The company expects it will reach 1 million well before the deadline. The company feels connected to the non-profit Lunch Box through the quality of food each serves. The Lunch Box provides healthy lunches recipes with “no junk” to over 32 million children at 100,000 schools nationwide. From their website, “The Lunch Box is in beta mode. When fully functional, it will provide the multi-faceted approach necessary to transition any processed food based K-12 school meal program to a whole foods environment where food is procured regionally and prepared from scratch for the student population. As a free resource, The Lunch Box will provide the essential "tools" for examining, learning about, and implementing this type of healthy meal program. From the "why" to the "how to," The Lunch Box will offer a complete menu of choices for those seeking to implement program change in their schools and districts.” Sound like a good enough reason to forward some junk mail? Non-profit site: [the Lunch Box] via [Chipotle] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Business News, Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones  Over the past three months, Nokia’s stock has plummeted by 40% and Nokia has failed to show it can compete with the top smartphone manufacturers - Apple and RIM. Nokia is quickly falling behind manufacturers who are using Google Android such as HTC and Motorola. In an effort to regain investor confidence and make a significant splash in the smartphone market, Nokia is reportedly looking for a new CEO to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. The WSJ is citing “people familiar with the situation” and those sources claim Nokia wants to make a decision by the end of July. Even though Nokia continues to produce the most amount of phones globally, a lot of those sales take place in developing countries such as India with low-end phones. Nokia can manufacture as many phones as it wants, but at the end of the day, smartphones are more lucrative than simple featurephones. Nokia declined to comment on searching for a new CEO. Read [WSJ] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers 
The last rumor we saw regarding the Dell Streak was that it would launch July 19 with AT&T. Well, July 19 already passed and we’re left Streak-less, but it seems the launch is only several days away. According to Dell, the Streak will launch in late July, meaning within the next 11 days the Dell Streak should be available for purchase. As of now, Dell is allowing users to be alerted via email and/or text message when the Streak will be available for pre-order. Pre-ordering the Dell Streak will guarantee you a device, second day free shipping, and an exclusive coupon for a Plantronics Bluetooth headset for 99 cents. Make sure you pre-order fast, though, because the opportunity to do so will only be available for 24 hours. While we still don’t know the price and exact availability date, we will find out in the next couple of days. Anyone planning on pre-ordering the 5 inch Dell Streak? Read [Dell] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  Verizon officially released the Motorola Droid X back on July 15th, which means it has not even been available for a full week yet. Of course, the lack of time does not mean much in terms of issues and complaints—of which the message boards seem to be filling up with Droid X users complaining of display problems. Granted, in the long story I would probably say that (so far) this is limited to a select few but nonetheless—bad screens are bad news. With that, the news is coming by way of several user forums (links below) and seem to include complaints such as flickering and banding and as of now users are trying to narrow these issues down to specific batch numbers. Otherwise, aside from being annoying to see happen, at least the Droid X is still covered should anything go wrong. In the meantime, check out the videos below and then hit up the links to read through the angry user reports.
Read [Howard Forums] and [Motorola Forums] and [Droid Forums] and [Droid Forums] Via [Engadget]   Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  Ever since the Verizon Summer Catalog with the Motorola Droid 2 on the front cover was leaked online, the chatter surrounding the Droid successor has been building. For instance, just yesterday we saw some official looking images of the Motorola Droid 2. Now we have images from a packaging facility where I’m assuming the Motorola Droid 2 is being produced and housed for the time being. Since the device is currently being mass produced, it seems likely a release date is just around the corner. Of course, the latest rumor indicates an August 23 launch, and judging by the pictures we have seen as of late, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Motorola Droid 2 launched even earlier than that. It looks like the phone will ship with 8GB of onboard memory in the form of a microSD. In addition, pricing should be $199 on a two year contract and $599 off contract. I’m hoping the price is a little bit lower and that it will run Android 2.2 out of the box. Via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile As of yesterday we learned (by way of a tipster) that the Droid Incredible would be getting Android 2.2 sometime later this month or early next month. Of course, at the time it was coming by way of an unofficial source. Thankfully though, one of the official Twitter accounts for Verizon have come forward with a confirmation of sorts. “Told ya :) RT @BGR HTC DROID Incredible to be updated to Froyo end of July, early August”
With that it looks like Droid Incredible users really have something good coming soon. Of course, it was later explained (by way of the same Verizon Twitter account that the news is “officially unofficial” as the people tweeting from that account “are official technical reps but are not endorsed directly by corporate.” Either way though, I think its safe to believe that Android 2.2 will soon be rolling out to the Incredible. Read [Twitter @VZWTechSupport] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Web, Online Music/Video MOG’s bringing its entire music database to Android and iOS starting today for $10 a month. MOG touts its music data base contains over 8 million songs and it is allowing users to download as many songs as they want, but the music downloaded has to stay on the phone. Music can be available in quality as low as 64 kbps or as high as 320 kbps. In addition, it features unlimited streaming of music and users have the option of choosing to only play a single artist. However, if you want more artists to the mix, you can choose to add that as well. So far, MOG sounds great and the unlimited downloads is a great reason to purchase the app for $10, but there is one shortcoming of the iOS apps. The iPhone app does not allow for multitasking meaning if you switch the app from MOG to email, the music will stop playing. MOG expects to add a multitasking feature in the coming weeks for iOS users. Fortunately, for Android users there is already a multitasking capability. The app is available for download on both platforms, and MOG is offering a three day trial for all users. For those who don’t like Pandora, this may be a nice alternative. Full press release below. Via [BusinessWire] BERKELEY, Calif.—(EON: Enhanced Online News)—MOG (www.mog.com), the Web’s best on-demand music listening service, today announced its mobile streaming music application is now available for download through Apple's App Store and on Android Market. The MOG mobile app is free to download and users can enjoy a free three-day trial with no sign-up or credit card required. For $9.99 per month, subscribers get access to more than 8 million songs with unlimited listening and all-you-can-eat downloads, as well as MOG's desktop service which can be accessed using any PC and any browser. MOG is the first mobile service that lets subscribers download any song or album directly to their iPhone or Android phone for a low monthly fee. MOG is the first service to bring true "artist-only" radio stations to mobile devices. Users can listen to continuous, uninterrupted music from their favorite artists for as long as they want with no ads and no limit on the number of consecutive tracks by a single artist. Listeners can also discover new artists by using the player's unique slider control to introduce similar artists into the mix. The slider is powered by "MOG Mobius," a patent-pending music discovery engine. "Today’s music lovers want the ability to listen to their favorite music wherever they want without having to pay for each individual track," said David Hyman, founder and CEO of MOG. "With the launch of our mobile apps, we're getting that much closer to making MOG ubiquitous and making it easy to access the world's music collection on-demand for a low monthly fee." MOG Mobile features include: Unlimited downloads: Subscribers can download any song or album directly to their phones and continue to listen to music even when out of cell or WiFi range.
On-demand streaming: Unlimited listening to any artist, album, or song at any time.
MOG Radio: Only MOG offers the patent-pending "MOG Mobius" music discovery engine, which enables users to control the mix of similar artists, from true “artist only” radio up to a full mix of similar artists.
Playlist access between website and mobile: Make playlists on MOG.com and access them on your phone. Favorite tracks that are bookmarked from the web are then integrated into a user's personal library and appear in favorites on the mobile app.
High quality audio: Songs can be downloaded at the standard rate of 64 kbps or users can turn on HQ downloads (up to 320 kbps) to save the song as a larger file with higher audio quality. This gives listeners the option of receiving high quality downloads for maximum audio fidelity.
Multi-tasking: Android users can continue to play music with MOG while using other applications. In the coming weeks, MOG will add multi-tasking for iOS 4 users.
A video tour of the MOG Mobile Music app for iPhone and Android can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVChtvK-Lg To download the MOG app visit the App Store or Android Market. Users that already have MOG's desktop service can simply upgrade their existing accounts by downloading the mobile app to their device.
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 Section: Web, Websites  The Pirate Bay has been order to shut down in the Netherlands or face penalties. Last year, the anti-piracy group Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) sued the three founding members of the Pirate Bay citing that the website promoted copyright infringement and needed to be stopped. What’s worse is that the founders of the site, Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, will be hit with a fine of €50,000 (or $64,590) for every day the site remains up and running. Ouch.
These guys can’t seem to catch a break. Previously, the founders of the bay stated that they were not the owners and that the site was actually owned by a French-based company named Reservella. As you can imagine, that didn’t turn out too well. Seeing as how the founders couldn’t name the actual owners or provide legitimate documentation of the site being sold, the court concluded that the defendants were solely responsible for the website. Fredrik, Gottfrid and Peter have also had a history of not showing up to court meetings citing that they didn’t know it was taking place. They might as well have said that their dog ate their subpoena. I’m sure that their previous truancy won’t be helping their case anytime soon either. The only thing to be worried about here, as in almost all piracy cases, is that an association like BREIN could use this case as a means to tackle other large torrent sites. This doesn’t look good. Via [TorrentFreak] Full Story » | Written by Tarun Kunwar for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Networking, Gadgets / Other, Peripherals, Storage The company behind the Pogoplug, Cloud Engines has unveiled a new device today—its the Pogoplug Biz. And as you can likely tell by the name, its intended for the business user. First things first though, the Pogoplug Biz is going to be available for pre-order as of today and it will be priced at $299. Similar to the other Pogoplug devices, there is no monthly service fee for use. In terms of the new device, perhaps the most notable change is in the color. Unlike the regular Pogoplug which is pink, the Pogoplug Biz comes in black. Otherwise the device sports the same overall design with one front USB port as well as Ethernet connectivity and three additional USB ports on the back. Some of the key features of the Pogoplug Biz include the ability to use your own domain name and also customize the look and feel of the user interface and email templates giving users a company look and feel. Other features found on the Pogoplug Biz include; - Usage Statistics and Auditing: quickly access a summary of how many times a file or folder has been viewed, streamed or downloaded. Keep track of the number of views, streams, and downloads.
- Custom Email Addresses: claim your own custom email addresses and let your clients email files to your Pogoplug. Create an unlimited number of custom upload folders and give them each a unique email address to share with your clients.
- Cloud/Mobile Printing: print from any mobile device, including the iPhone and iPad. Print to any printer connected to Pogoplug, from anywhere.
- Web View-Only Sharing: share viewable files over the web while preventing them from being downloaded. Web View is perfect for creative professionals and photographers who want to show clients previews of work but not allow them to download the files.
- Multiple Users: allows an administrator to set access levels and storage quotas for individual users.
- Remote backup: continuously mirror all or part of your Pogoplug storage to a second Pogoplug in a remote location.
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 Section: Apple, Gadgets / Other, ebooks As of this morning an updated version of the iBooks app is now available in the App Store. This update brings the version number up to 1.1.1 and adds some welcomed features. First and foremost, this version of iBooks has caught up with the Kindle app in one aspect—support for audio and video within books. Otherwise there is now a dictionary for quick word look-ups as well as the ability to double tab to zoom in on an image within a book. Other features and additions in iBooks 1.1.1 includes “substantial performance improvements” on PDF’s and the standard “stability and performance improvements.” Finally, as it was, the iBooks app remains available as a free download for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Download [iBooks (App Store link)] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks, Web, Websites  How popular is the Kindle and digital books? Pretty damn popular if you ask Amazon. According to the latest figures, ever since Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle from $259 - $189, sales have tripled. Of course with more people using the device, it is no surprise that digital book purchases have increased, but it has increased at the expensive of traditional hardcover books.
For every 100 hardcover books sold by Amazon over the past three months, Amazon has sold 143 books for the Kindle. Now, that number is pretty impressive but in this month alone, Amazon has sold 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover ones. Keep in mind this number does not reflect the amount of free books downloaded by users, only the paid books. The fact that more people are downloading books digitally as opposed to purchasing physical ones shows that we are steadily moving away from physical books to digital ones. Such a move should be welcomed as it will save trees and overall help the environment. In addition, Amazon has sold 3 times as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 as compared to the first half of 2009. Expect that figure to rise on a year-to-year basis as the Kindle grows in popularity. The full press release can be read below. Read [Amazon] SEATTLE, Jul 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE)—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running. It’s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.com. Today, Amazon.com announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter—both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a year-over-year basis. “We’ve reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle—the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189,” said Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “In addition, even while our hardcover sales continue to grow, the Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format. Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books—astonishing when you consider that we’ve been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle books for 33 months.” Kindle offers the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read. The U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 630,000 books, including New Releases and 106 of 110 New York Times Best Sellers. Over 510,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 75 New York Times Best Sellers. Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle. Recent milestones for Kindle books include: Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle books. This is across Amazon.com’s entire U.S. book business and includes sales of hardcover books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the number even higher.
Amazon sold more than 3x as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 as in the first half of 2009.
The Association of American Publishers’ latest data reports that e-book sales grew 163 percent in the month of May and 207 percent year-to-date through May. Kindle book sales in May and year-to-date through May exceeded those growth rates.
On July 6, Hachette announced that James Patterson had sold 1.14 million e-books to date. Of those, 867,881 were Kindle books.
Five authors—Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson, and Nora Roberts—have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books.
Readers are responding to Kindle’s uncompromising approach to the reading experience. Weighing 10.2 ounces, Kindle can be held comfortably in one hand for hours, has an e-ink display that is easy on the eyes even in bright daylight, has two weeks of battery life, lets you buy your books once and read them everywhere—on your Kindle, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices—and has free 3G wireless with no monthly fees or annual contracts—all at a $189 price. Learn more about Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/kindle.
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As of this morning you can now get your news by way of Slacker Radio, that is as long as you are a Slacker Plus subscriber. The good news is that current Plus subscribers will have two ways to get their news—one by selecting the ABC News station from within the News category and two by having news headlines read on your current station each hour. As for number two, that can be added on a station by station basis by selecting the Fine Tune option for the station you choose. “Slacker listeners have access to reporting and in-depth audio coverage on the ABC News station from a team of ABC News anchors and correspondents, including Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos. The ABC News station also features segments from ABC News programs, including “Good Morning America” anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Juju Chang and Sam Champion, “Nightline” anchored by Terry Moran, Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir and much more.”
In addition, similar to the music, the news is also customizable in that you can select specific stories that you want to hear. Finally, like I mentioned earlier, those who are already Slacker Plus subscribers will see the News category. And for non-Plus members, you will be able to get a 14 day trial of the ABC News channel for free, after which time you can choose to upgrade to Slacker Plus (for as little as $3.99 per month.) Keep reading to check out the full press release… Slacker Radio Announces Addition of ABC News in Personal Radio Service ABC News Available on Slacker Radio for Listening on the Web, Smartphones and In-Home Devices SAN DIEGO, CA – July 20, 2010 – Slacker, Inc. today announced the addition of ABC News to the Slacker Personal Radio experience providing listeners with updated news from one of the nation's most trusted sources. Slacker listeners now have access to a dedicated news station covering national, world, sports, politics, entertainment, business and tech as well as the option to include headline news for top of the hour updates on any Slacker Radio station. Slacker listeners have access to reporting and in-depth audio coverage on the ABC News station from a team of ABC News anchors and correspondents, including Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos. The ABC News station also features segments from ABC News programs, including “Good Morning America” anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Juju Chang and Sam Champion, “Nightline” anchored by Terry Moran, Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir and much more. “ABC News is excited to provide Slacker listeners with award-winning audio news content,” said Steve Jones, vice president and general manager, ABC News Radio. “Slacker offers their audience immense flexibility to enjoy custom content anywhere: in the car, on their phones, at home, and we are happy to provide the full range of ABC News coverage to the Slacker Radio experience.” In addition to featuring top news stories, the ABC News station will enable Slacker listeners to create a more personalized experience by selecting specific stories they want to hear, similar to the song skipping on music stations. Listeners to the free Slacker Basic Radio service will be able to try the ABC News service for up to 14 days risk-free, while Slacker Radio Plus subscribers will have unlimited access to the ABC News station and headline news updates. “Slacker is the first to offer listeners access to such a wide range of customizable audio content – from millions of songs across custom and expertly crafted music stations, to comedy and now ABC News,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “Our listeners have been excited about the prospect of accessing news in our service and we are pleased to be offering them premium content from one of the most respectable brands in a truly innovative way.” Slacker Personal Radio, available online at http://www.Slacker.com, enables listeners to create their own Personal Radio stations based on any artist or mix of artists, or listen to and personalize over 120 expert-programmed genre stations ranging from Alternative Rock to Comedy and everything in between. Personalization options include rating songs or artists, playing more popular vs. more eclectic music and listening to newer vs. classic songs. Whether listening on the web, BlackBerry smartphone, iPhone, iPod touch, Android-powered smartphone, iPod touch, Slacker-enabled SONY TV or Blu-ray player or any of the hundreds of products where Slacker is available, Slacker listeners now have instant access to ABC News along with their favorite music, artist profiles, album reviews, album cover art and more. Pricing and Availability ABC News integration in the Slacker Radio service is now available at http://www.Slacker.com or by accessing the Slacker Radio service from a supported device. The full experience is accessible to all Slacker Radio Plus subscribers, which is available for as low as $3.99 per month and can be purchased by visiting http://www.Slacker.com or selecting the “upgrade” button from within a mobile application. Listeners of the free Slacker Basic radio service can try this feature risk-free for up to 14 days by selecting the ABC News station or by enabling Headline News updates on any of their Slacker Radio stations. The ABC News station is available within the Slacker application under “News” or by visiting http://www.Slacker.com/ABCNews from a non-mobile web browser. Headline News updates for music stations can be activated from http://www.Slacker.com/account or by selecting “Fine Tune” while listening to any station on the Slacker web application. About ABC News Radio ABC News Radio is America's largest commercial radio news organization delivering daily newscasts and breaking news coverage that reaches approximately 64 million people each week. ABC News Radio also produces ABC Sports Radio and ABC Entertainment Radio along with programs for satellite radio and digital distribution. About Slacker, Inc. Slacker is the world’s first Personal Radio company offering “Your Radio Everywhere.” Slacker enables music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site, at home on Slacker-enabled SONY TV and Blu-ray players or on the go with all leading smartphones. Slacker mobile applications are currently available for Android, iPhone, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones. For more information on where Slacker is available visit http://www.Slacker.com/everywhere. For regular Slacker updates follow us at http://www.Twitter.com/SlackerRadio, become a Fan on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/SlackerRadio or visit http://www.Slacker.com.
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 Section: Apple, Computers, Mobile Computers  Based on the latest in the rumor mill, Apple has plans to charge iPad users for the privilege of updating to iOS 4 when it comes available sometime this fall. This story is coming by way of an “anonymous source” who claim that a charge for iOS 4 is “definite.” That said, Stuff.tv is siding with the rumor stating that “they don’t think they’re wrong.” Personally, I am NOT believing it. Of course, it would not be the first time that Apple charged for an upgrade, after all many users end up paying for the iPod touch updates. And back to my reasoning behind being a non-believer—the iOS 4 update was free for iPod touch users this go around. And based on that, why would Apple decide to charge iPad users?
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