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RIM launch BBM Music 4 November 2011

The answer to the BlackBerry Original music services online

We had presented you during the summer the concept of the BBM Music service, which offers online music sharing between users of BlackBerry. An opportunity for the Canadian manufacturer RIM to innovate in an attempt to halt the loss of reputation of its smartphones.

To do this, there is the new version of BlackBerry OS, new terminal approach, but also services such as BBM Music. A service which, after beta testing is now available to all (the United States and Canada at this time).

For $ 4.99 per month, allows subscribers to tap up to 50 songs in the catalogs of the major partners RIM majors (EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony Music), to listen to unlimited streaming, or download on the memory card from his BlackBerry for listening offline. Of course, it is possible to replace it with new pieces as you go.

Where social aims Music BBM is that it allows you to share up to 25 of these pieces with BBM contacts who

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Motorola Xoom 2 with 8.2″and 10.1″ 4 November 2011

While sales of the Motorola Xoom seem to be dying, Motorola announced the series with two new tablets: the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, by 10.1 inches and 8.2 inches respectively.
 

Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition are both running Android 3.2, aka Honeycomb, the manufacturer still evoking Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Let’s start with the design two models which is very different from the Motorola Xoom name first. Motorola has made a bold choice with particularly angular shelves, where the old model was fairly boilerplate with its rounded edges.
Motorola Xoom 2: Finer and more powerful

For what is Xoom 2 and as that which it replaces, it includes a 10.1 inches with a definition of 1280 x 800 pixels. It is powered by a SoC dual core 1.2 GHz, with 1 GB of RAM and a 16 GB storage. Two optical sensors are available: 1.3 Mp facade and 5 Mp at the rear.At the level of connectivity, it has Wi-Fi 802.11n ready and Bluetooth. The weight is with

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Apple could review the design of all its products within 12 months 3 November 2011

To better convey the idea of complementarity?

One of the features Apple has always been to include the design through the entire process of creating products. It deceives or not, it is an inescapable product of the firm and therefore a selling point. And now rumors speak for the first time a comprehensive review of the design of all products.

Review everything in just one year?
Changes in the appearance of a product with that of the regular components. Display a look more in tune with the idea being transmitted more modern concept of novelty. Apple, the last major switch was that of polycarbonate (plastic) to aluminum, the metal is in almost all products today. We remember especially the presentation shells “Unibody” composed of one piece.

DigiTimes reported through sources that were not named Apple prepare an overall change in its design. All ranges are concerned, but DigiTimes cites specifically the iMac, the MacBook Air, iPhone and iPad. These four products are also

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